38th Venice International Film Festival

The 38th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 2 to 12 September, 1981.

Italian writer and journalist Italo Calvino was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was Marianne and Juliane directed by Margarethe von Trotta.

Jury

The following people comprised the 1981 jury:

• Italo Calvino, Italian writer and journalist - Jury President
• Marie-Christine Barrault, French actress
• Peter Bogdanovich, American filmmaker
• Luigi Comencini, Italian filmmaker
• Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese filmmaker
• Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algerian filmmaker
• Jesús Fernández Santos, Spanish filmmaker
• Sergei Solovyov, Soviet filmmaker
• Krzysztof Zanussi, Polish filmmaker and producer

Official Sections

The following films were selected to be screened:

Main Competition

Out of Competition

Mezzogiorno-Mezzanotte

Officina Veneziana

Official Awards

The following awards were presented at the 38th edition:

In Competition

• Golden Lion: Marianne and Juliane by Margarethe von Trotta
• Special Jury Prize:
• Sweet Dreams by Nanni Moretti
• They Don't Wear Black-tie by Leon Hirszman
• Silver Lion: Do You Remember Dolly Bell? by Emir Kusturica
• Best Actress (assigned, but not Volpi Cup): Barbara Sukowa & Jutta Lampe for Marianne and Juliane

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prize

• Marianne and Juliane by Margarethe von Trotta
• They Don't Wear Black-tie by Leon Hirszman
• Do You Remember Dolly Bell? by Emir Kusturica

References

• Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996
• L'Europeo, Cinema in Laguna, SePtember 2008

External links

• Venice Film Festival 1981 Awards on IMDb