# 42nd Venice International Film Festival

The 42nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 26 August to 6 September 1985.
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:
* Krzysztof Zanussi, Polish filmmaker and producer - Jury President
* Guido Aristarco, Italian film critic and author
* Gaspare Barbiellini Amidei, Italian sociologist
* 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, Yugoslav 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 | Dust | Marion Hänsel | Belgium, France |
| Glissando | 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 | Legend | Ridley Scott | United States |
| Life Is Beautiful | Zivot je lep | Boro Draskovic | Yugoslavia |
| The Lightship | The Lightship | Jerzy Skolimowski | United States |
| Mother Ebe | Mamma Ebe | Carlo Lizzani | Italy |
| No Man's Land | 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 | Police | Maurice Pialat | France |
| Prizzi's Honor | 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:
* 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 [de] (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)
** Volpi Cup Special mentions:
*** Sonja Savić for Life Is Beautiful
*** Galya Novents for The Tango of Our Childhood
*** Themis Bazaka for Stone Years

### Career Golden Lion

* Federico Fellini

### Special Lion

* John Huston
* Manoel de Oliveira

## Independent Awards
### Sergio Trasatti Awards

* Manoel de Oliveira for The Satin Slipper
** Special Mention: Juraj Jakubisko for The Feather Fairy