# 46th Venice International Film Festival

The 46th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 4 to 15 September 1989.
Soviet actor and filmmaker Andrei Smirnov was the Jury President of the main competition.
The Golden Lion winner was A City of Sadness directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.

## Jury

The following people comprised the 1989 jury:
* Andrei Smirnov, Soviet actor and filmmaker - Jury President
* Néstor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer
* Pupi Avati, Italian filmmaker and producer
* Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor and director
* Danièle Heymann, French film critic and journalist
* Eleni Karaindrou, Greek composer
* John Landis, American filmmaker
* Mariangela Melato, Italian actress
* David Robinson, English film critic and author
* Xie Jin, Chinese filmmaker

## Official Sections
### In Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| And Then There Was Light | Et la lumière fut | Otar Iosseliani | France, Germany |
| Australia | Australia | Jean-Jacques Andrien | Belgium, France |
| Berlin-Jerusalem | ברלין ירושלים | Amos Gitai | Israel, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Italy |
| Blue Eyed [de] | Blauäugig | Reinhard Hauff | West Germany |
| Christian | Christian | Gabriel Axel | Denmark |
| A City of Sadness | 悲情城市 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love | In una notte di chiaro di luna | Lina Wertmüller | Italy |
| Death of a Tea Master | 千利休 本覺坊遺文 | Kei Kumai | Japan |
| I Want to Go Home | I Want to Go Home | Alain Resnais | France |
| Island | Island | Paul Cox | Australia |
| Layla, My Reason | Layla | Taieb Louhichi | Algeria, France, Tunisia |
| Love Me Not? | M' agapas? | Giorgos Panousopoulos | Greece |
| New Year's Day | New Year's Day | Henry Jaglom | United States |
| The Pitfall | Fallgropen | Vilgot Sjöman | Sweden |
| Recollections of the Yellow House | Recordações da Casa Amarela | João César Monteiro | Portugal |
| She's Been Away (Screen One episode 5) | She's Been Away (Screen One episode 5) | Peter Hall | United Kingdom |
| Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself | Sedím na konári a je mi dobre | Juraj Jakubisko | Czechoslovakia |
| Street Kids | Scugnizzi | Nanni Loy | Italy |
| Suddenly, One Day | Ek Din Achanak / एक दिन अचानक | Mrinal Sen | India |
| Tamara Aleksandrovna's Husband and Daughter | Muzh i doch' Tamary Aleksandrovny | Olga Narutskaya | Soviet Union |
| Twisted Obsession | El sueño del mono loco | Fernando Trueba | Spain |
| What Time Is It? | Che ora è? | Ettore Scola | Italy |
| The Woman from Rose Hill | La femme de Rose Hill | Alain Tanner | Switzerland |

## Independent Sections
### Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
* Koma (en. "Coma") by Nijole Adomenajte (Soviet Union)
* Corsa di primavera (en. Spring Race) Giacomo Campiotti (Italy)
* O Sangue (en. Blood) by Pedro Costa (Portugal)
* Chameleon Street by Wendell B. Harris Jr. (United States)
* Homebound (Kotia päin) by Ilkka Järvi-Laturi (Finland)
* Jaded by Oja Kodar (United States)
* The Handsome Priest (Il prete bello) by Carlo Mazzacurati (Italy)
* Love Without Pity (Un monde sans pitié) by Éric Rochant (France)
* Lover Boy by Geoffrey Wright (Australia)

## Official Awards
### Main Competition

* Golden Lion: A City of Sadness by Hou Hsiao-hsien
* Grand Special Jury Prize: And Then There Was Light by Otar Iosseliani
* Silver Lion:
** Recollections of the Yellow House by João César Monteiro
** Death of a Tea Master by Kei Kumai
* Golden Osella:
** Best Screenplay: Jules Feiffer for I Want to Go Home
** Best Cinematography: Giorgos Arvanitis for Australia
** Best Music: Claudio Mattone for Scugnizzi
* Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Massimo Troisi & Marcello Mastroianni for What Time Is It?
Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Peggy Ashcroft & Geraldine James for She's Been Away

### Career Golden Lion

* Robert Bresson

## Independent Awards
### The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

* Scugnizzi by Nanni Loy

### Golden Ciak

* Best Film: I Want to Go Home by Alain Resnais
* Best Actor: Massimo Troisi for What Time Is It?
* Best Actress: Peggy Ashcroft for She's Been Away

### FIPRESCI Prize

* Critics Week: Love Without Pity by Eric Rochant
* Out of Competition: Dekalog by Krzysztof Kieślowski

### OCIC Award

* What Time Is It? by Ettore Scola
** Honorable Mention: Ek Din Achanak by Mrinal Sen

### UNICEF Award

* Reinhard Hauff for Blue Eyed [de]

### UNESCO Award

* Hou Hsiao-hsien for A City of Sadness

### Pasinetti Award

* Best Film: I Want to Go Home by Alain Resnais
* Best Actor: Massimo Troisi for What Time Is It?
* Best Actress: Peggy Ashcroft for She's Been Away

### Pietro Bianchi Award

* Francesco Rosi

### Little Golden Lion

* Scugnizzi by Nanni Loy
* She's Been Away by Peter Hall

### Elvira Notari Prize

* Olga Narutskaya for Muzh i doch' Tamary Aleksandrovny

### Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award

* Nanni Moretti for Red Wood Pigeon
** Special Mention:
*** Otar Iosseliani for And Then There Was Light
*** Amos Gitai for Berlin-Jerusalem
*** João César Monteiro for Recollections of the Yellow House

### Sergio Trasatti Award

* Peter Hall for She's Been Away

### Children and Cinema Award

* Krzysztof Kieślowski for Dekalog

### Kodak-Cinecritica Award

* Eric Rochant for Love Without Pity