# 13th Moscow International Film Festival

The 13th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1983. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Moroccan-Guinea-Senegalese film Amok directed by Souheil Ben-Barka, the Nicaraguan-Cuban-Mexican-Costa Rican film Alsino and the Condor directed by Miguel Littín and the Soviet film Vassa directed by Gleb Panfilov.

## Jury

* Stanislav Rostotsky (USSR – President of the Jury)
* Maya-Gozel Aimedova (USSR)
* Vladimir Baskakov USSR)
* Blanca Guerra (Mexico)
* Cesare Zavattini (Italy)
* Jacques Duqeau-Rupp (France)
* Stanisław Mikulski (Poland)
* Ulyses Petit de Murat (Argentina)
* Ion Popescu-Gopo (Romania)
* Dusan Roll (Czechoslovakia)
* Alimata Salambere (Upper Volta)
* Mrinal Sen (India)
* Georgi Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
* Pham Nguoc Truong (Vietnam)
* Theo Hinz (West Germany)

## Films in competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Alsino and the Condor | Alcino y el condor | Miguel Littín | Nicaragua, Cuba, Mexico, Costa Rica |
| Amok | Amok | Souheil Ben-Barka | Morocco, Guinea, Senegal |
| The Homeless One | Matlosa | Villi Hermann | Switzerland |
| Clash of Loyalties | Al-mas' Ala Al-Kubra | Mohamed Shukri Jameel | Iraq, Great Britain |
| Back to the Sand Village | Ve noi gio cat | Hui Thanh | Vietnam |
| Vassa | Vassa | Gleb Panfilov | Soviet Union |
| The Bicycle Racer | El escarabajo | Lisandro Duque Naranjo | Colombia |
| Return from Hell | Întoarcerea din iad | Nicolae Mărgineanu | Romania |
| Pastorale heroica | Pastorale heroica | Henryk Bielski | Poland |
| Little Stones | Kieselsteine | Lukas Stepanik | Austria |
| Demons in the Garden | Demonios en el jardín | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Spain |
| Doctor Faustus | Doktor Faustus | Franz Seitz | West Germany |
| Breathless | Ademloos | Mady Saks | Netherlands |
| The Smell of Quinces | Miris dunja | Mirza Idrizović | Yugoslavia |
| Zappa | Zappa | Bille August | Denmark |
| Winter of Our Dreams | Winter of our Dreams | John Duigan | Australia |
| Winter 1960 | Hiver 60 | Thierry Michel | Belgium |
| The Outsiders | The Outsiders | Francis Ford Coppola | United States |
| Jon | Jon | Jaakko Pyhälä | Finland |
| My Friend | Mi socio | Paolo Agazzi | Bolivia |
| Concrete Pastures | ...pasla kone na betone | Štefan Uher | Czechoslovakia |
| Nelisita | Nelisita | Ruy Duarte de Carvalho | Angola |
| Night Rehearsal | Hatásvadászok | Miklós Szurdi | Hungary |
| Les Misérables | Les Misérables | Robert Hossein | France |
| Homecoming Song | To tragoudi tis epistrofis | Yannis Smaragdis | Greece |
| Five Fingers of One Hand | Five Fingers of One Hand | I. Hyamgavaa, B. Baljinniam | Mongolia |
| Balance | Ravnovesie | Lyudmil Kirkov | Bulgaria |
| Hometown | Furusato | Seijirō Kōyama | Japan |
| The Compass Rose | La rosa de los vientos | Patricio Guzmán | Cuba, Spain, Venezuela |
| The Deal | El arreglio | Fernando Ayala | Argentina |
| Seventh Man | Ezhavathu manithan | K. Hariharan | India |
| Sergeant Getulio | Sargento Getúlio | Hermanno Penna | Brazil |
| Guerilla from the North | El guerrillero del norte | Francisco Guerrero | Mexico |
| Harvesting of Steel | Moissons d'acier | Ghaouti Bendedouche | Algeria |
| The Tin Flute | Bonheur d'occasion | Claude Fournier | Canada |
| Shadow of the Earth | Dhil al ardh | Taieb Louhichi | Tunisia, France |
| Sunset Street | Xizhao jie | Wang Haowei | China |
| The Street Player | El harrif | Mohamed Khan | Egypt |
| Frances | Frances | Graeme Clifford | United States, Great Britain |
| The Painter | Målaren | Göran du Rées | Sweden |
| Zille and Me | Zille und ick | Werner W. Wallroth | East Germany |
| I Know That You Know That I Know | Io so che tu sai che io so | Alberto Sordi | Italy |

## Awards

* Golden Prizes:
** Amok by Souheil Ben-Barka
** Alsino and the Condor by Miguel Littín
** Vassa by Gleb Panfilov
* Special Prizes – For the contribution to cinema:
** Alberto Sordi for I Know That You Know That I Know
** Robert Hossein for Les Misérables
* Silver Prizes:
** Balance by Lyudmil Kirkov
** Doctor Faustus by Franz Seitz
** Concrete Pastures by Štefan Uher
* Prizes:
** Best Actor: Wirgiliusz Gryń for Pastorale heroica
** Best Actor: Yoshi Katō for Hometown
** Best Actress: Judy Davis for Winter of Our Dreams
** Best Actress: Jessica Lange for Frances
** Shadow of the Earth by Taieb Louhichi
* Special Diplomas:
** The Deal by Fernando Ayala
** Five Fingers of One Hand by I. Hyamgavaa, B. Baljinniam
** Return from Hell by Nicolae Mărgineanu
* Prix FIPRESCI:
** Demons in the Garden by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
** Without Witness by Nikita Mikhalkov