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| Location | Venice, Italy | 
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| Founded | 1932 | 
| Awards | Golden Lion: Vagabond | 
| Festival date | 26 August – 6 September 1985 | 
| Website | Website | 
The 42nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 26 August to 6 September 1985.[1][2]
Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was Vagabond directed by Agnès Varda.
Jury
The following people comprised the 1985 jury:[3]
- Krzysztof Zanussi, Polish filmmaker and producer - Jury President
 - Guido Aristarco, Italian film critic and author
 - Gaspare Barbiellini Amidei, Italian
 - Ricardo Bofill, Spanish architect
 - Frank Capra, Italian-American filmmaker
 - Jean d'Ormesson, French novelist
 - Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet and art critic
 - Kon Ichikawa, Japanese filmmaker
 - Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright
 - Elem Klimov, Soviet filmmaker
 - Lino Miccichè, Italian film critic
 - Zoran Mušič, Yugoslavian painter
 - John Schlesinger, British director
 - Renzo Vespignani, Italian painter
 
Official Sections
In Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | 
|---|---|---|---|
| The Guardian | Bekçi | Ali Özgentürk | Turkey, West Germany | 
| Dust | Marion Hänsel | Belgium, France | |
| Glissando | Mircea Daneliuc | Romania | |
| Family Without a Dinner Table | Shokutaku no nai ie | Masaki Kobayashi | Japan | 
| The Feather Fairy | Perinbaba | Juraj Jakubisko | Czechoslovakia, West Germany | 
| Forget Mozart | Vergeßt Mozart | Miloslav Luther | West Germany, Czechoslovakia | 
| Legend | Ridley Scott | United States | |
| Life Is Beautiful | Zivot je lep | Boro Draskovic | Yugoslavia | 
| The Lightship | Jerzy Skolimowski | United States | |
| Mother Ebe | Mamma Ebe | Carlo Lizzani | Italy | 
| No Man's Land | Alain Tanner | Switzerland, France, West Germany, United Kingdom | |
| Planet Parade | Парад планет | Vadim Abdrashitov | Soviet Union | 
| The Lost Paradise | Los paraísos perdidos | Basilio Martín Patino | Spain | 
| Tracks in the Snow | Pervola, sporen in de sneeuw | Orlow Seunke | Netherlands, Norway | 
| Police | Maurice Pialat | France | |
| Prizzi's Honor | John Huston | United States | |
| Requiem for a Spanish Peasant | Réquiem por un campesino español | Francesc Betriu | Spain | 
| The Satin Slipper | O Sapato de Cetim | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal, France | 
| Stone Years | Petrina hronia | Pantelis Voulgaris | Greece | 
| The Tango of Our Childhood | Մեր մանկության տանգոն / Танго нашего детства | Albert Mkrtchyan | Soviet Union | 
| Tangos, the Exile of Gardel | Tangos, el exilio de Gardel | Fernando Solanas | Argentina, France | 
| Vagabond | Sans toit ni loi | Agnès Varda | France | 
| Woman of Wonders | La donna delle meraviglie | Alberto Bevilacqua | Italy | 
Independent Sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]
- A Strange Love Affair by Eric de Kuyper, Paul Verstraten (Netherlands)
 - El Haimoune (En. Wanderers of the Desert) by Nacer Khemir (Tunisia, France)
 - Fandango by Kevin Reynolds (United States)
 - Ain't Nothin' Without You a.k.a. Noisy Martha (Nicht nichts ohne Dich) by Pia Frankenberg (West Germany)
 - The Record (Der Rekord) by Daniel Helfer (West Germany, Switzerland)
 - The Disciples (A tanítványok) by Géza Bereményi (Hungary)
 - Yesterday by Radosław Piwowarski (Poland)
 
Official Awards
Main Competition
- Golden Lion: Vagabond by Agnès Varda
 - Grand Special Jury Prize: Tangos, the Exile of Gardel by Fernando Solanas
 - Special Jury Prize: The Lightship by Jerzy Skolimowski
 - Silver Lion: Dust by Marion Hänsel
 - Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Gérard Depardieu for Police
 - Volpi Cup for Best Actress: NOT ASSIGNED. (The jury deemed the best performances to be Sandrine Bonnaire (Vagabond) and Jane Birkin (Dust), but decided against awarding the prize as both films won major awards[5])
- Volpi Cup Special mentions:
- Sonja Savić for Life Is Beautiful
 - Galya Novents for The Tango of Our Childhood
 - Themis Bazaka for Stone Years
 
 
 - Volpi Cup Special mentions:
 
Career Golden Lion
Special Lion
Independent Awards
Sergio Trasatti Awards
- Manoel de Oliveira for The Satin Slipper
- Special Mention: Juraj Jakubisko for The Feather Fairy
 
 
References
- ↑ "VENICE 1985 – THE 42ND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". 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.
 - ↑ "2nd International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
 - ↑ "Venice Festival awards top prize to Varda film". New York Times. 7 September 1985.
 
- Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996
 - L'Europeo, Cinema in Laguna, SePtember 2008
 
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