43rd Venice International Film Festival
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: The Green Ray |
| Artistic director | Gian Luigi Rondi |
| Festival date | 30 August – 10 September 1986 |
| Website | Website |
The 43rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 30 August to 10 September, 1986. It was the last edition directed by Gian Luigi Rondi.[1][2]
French writer and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was The Green Ray directed by Éric Rohmer.
Jury
[edit]The following people comprised the 1986 jury:[3]
- Alain Robbe-Grillet, French writer and filmmaker - Jury President
- Chantal Akerman, Belgian filmmaker
- Jörn Donner, Finnish writer
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian filmmaker
- Pál Gábor, Hungarian filmmaker
- Roman Gubern, Spanish film historian
- Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and museum director
- Alberto Lattuada, Italian director
- Nanni Moretti, Italian filmmaker
- Eldar Shengelaia, Soviet filmmaker
- Fernando Solanas, Argentine filmmaker
- Peter Ustinov, British actor, filmmaker and writer
- Bernhard Wicki, Austrian-Swiss actor, filmmaker and writer
- Catherine Wyler, American producer
Official Sections
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened:[4]
In Competition
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amorosa | Mai Zetterling | Sweden | |
| The Beekeeper | Ο Μελισσοκόμος | Theo Angelopoulos | Greece |
| Christmas Present | Regalo di Natale | Pupi Avati | Italy |
| Fatherland | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, West Germany | |
| Final Take | キネマの天地 | Yoji Yamada | Japan |
| The Green Ray | Le rayon vert | Éric Rohmer | France |
| Guard Me, My Talisman | Храни меня, мой талисман | Roman Balayan | Soviet Union |
| The Journey | Die Reise | Markus Imhoof | Switzerland |
| A King and His Movie | La película del rey | Carlos Sorin | Argentina |
| Linna | Jaakko Pakkasvirta | Finland | |
| My Case | O meu caso | Manoel De Oliveira | Portugal |
| The Prude | La puritaine | Jacques Doillon | France |
| Romance | Massimo Mazzucco | Italy | |
| A Room with a View | James Ivory | United Kingdom | |
| Round Midnight | Autour de minuit | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| The Silence of the Poet | Das Schweigen des Dichters | Peter Lilienthal | West Germany |
| A Tale of Love | Storia d'amore | Francesco Maselli | Italy |
| Time | Idö van | Péter Gothár | Hungary |
| Werther | Pilar Miró | Spain | |
| Wild Pigeon | Чужая белая и рябой | Sergei Solovyov | Soviet Union |
| The Wolf at the Door | Oviri | Henning Carlsen | Denmark, France |
| X | Oddvar Einarson | Norway | |
Out of Competition
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartburn | Mike Nichols | United States | |
| La Storia | Luigi Comencini | Italy | |
| Mélo | Alain Resnais | France | |
| My Case | O meu caso | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
Special Events
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| '38 | Wolfgang Glück | Austria | |
| The Blood | Kan | Serif Gören, Zeki Ökten | Turkey |
| Demoner | Carsten Brandt | Sweden | |
| Paltoquet | Michel Deville | France | |
Free Space for Authors
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acta general de Chile | Miguel Littin | Chile | |
| Anemia | Alberto Abruzzese, Achille Pisanti | Italy | |
| Franza | Der Fall Franza | Xaver Schwarzenberger | West Germany |
| The Pointsman | De wisselwachter | Jos Stelling | Netherlands |
| One Glance, and Love Breaks Out | Ein Blick und die Liebe bricht aus | Jutta Brückner | West Germany |
| Embriók | Pál Zolnay | Hungary | |
| The Flavor of Corn | Il sapore del grano | Gianni Da Campo | Italy |
| Innocenza | Villi Hermann | Switzerland | |
| Miss Mary | María Luisa Bemberg | Argentina | |
| Oi kekarmenoi | Οι κεκαρμένοι | Dimitris Makris | Greece |
Venezia Giovani
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| About Last Night | Edward Zwick | United States | |
| Aliens | James Cameron | United States, United Kingdom | |
| The American Way | Maurice Phillips | United States | |
| Big Trouble in Little China | John Carpenter | ||
| Jubiabá | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Brazil, France | |
| Legal Eagles | Ivan Reitman | United States | |
| Nanou | Conny Templeman | France | |
| Ping Pong | Po-Chih Leong | United Kingdom | |
| Ruthless People | Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker | United States | |
| Short Circuit | John Badham | ||
Venezia TV
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badge of the Assassin | Mel Damski | United States | |
| The Blessed Ones | De två saliga | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| Blood Ties | Il cugino americano | Giacomo Battiato | Italy, United States |
| Christmas Present | Tony Bicât | United Kingdom | |
| The Death of the Heart | Peter Hammond | United Kingdom | |
| Erdsegen | Karin Brandauer | Germany | |
| L'inconnue de Vienne | Bernard Stora | France | |
| The Insurance Man | Richard Eyre | United Kingdom | |
| Laghi profondi | Bruno Soldini | Italy | |
| Tramp at the Door | Allan Kroeker | Canada | |
| L'ultima mazurka | Gianfranco Bettetini | Italy | |
Independent Sections
[edit]Venice International Film Critics' Week
[edit]The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[5]
- Disorder (Désordre) by Olivier Assayas (France)
- Sembra morto... ma è solo svenuto by Felice Farina (Italy)
- Walls of Glass by Scott Goldstein (United States)
- To Sleep so as to Dream (Yume miru yō ni nemuritai) by Kaizo Hayashi (Japan)
- Massey Sahib by Pradip Krishen (India)
- Malcolm by Nadia Tass (Australia)
- Abel by Alex van Warmerdam (Netherlands)
Official Awards
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]- Golden Lion: The Green Ray by Eric Rohmer
- Grand Special Jury Prize:
- Special Jury Prize: X by Oddvar Einarson
- Silver Lion:
- Best First Work: A King and His Movie by Carlos Sorin
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Carlo delle Piane for Christmas Present
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Valeria Golino for A Tale of Love
References
[edit]- ^ "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – 1986". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "The 1980s". Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Juries for the 1980s". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "43. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema". labiennale.org. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ "2nd International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996
- L'Europeo, Cinema in Laguna, September 2008