The 40th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 11 September 1983.
Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was ' directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
Jury
The following people comprised the 1983 jury:
- Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
- Jack Clayton, British director and producer
- Peter Handke, Austrian novelist
- Leon Hirszman, Brazilian filmmaker
- Márta Mészáros, Hungarian filmmaker
- Nagisa Oshima, Japanese filmmaker
- Gleb Panfilov, Soviet filmmaker
- Bob Rafelson, American filmmaker
- Ousmane Sembene, Senegalese filmmaker
- Mrinal Sen, Indian filmmaker
- Alain Tanner, Swiss filmmaker
- Agnès Varda, French filmmaker, photographer and artist
Official Sections
The following films were selected to be screened:
In Competition
Out of Competition
Venezia Giovani
Venezia Giorno
Venezia Notte
Venezia De Sica
Official Awards
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prize
Pasinetti Award
Pietro Bianchi Award
De Sica Award
References
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