# 44th Venice International Film Festival

The 44th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 9 September 1987.
Greek actress and singer Irene Papas was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was Au revoir les enfants directed by Louis Malle.

## Jury

The following people comprised the 1987 jury:
* Irene Papas, Greek actress and singer - Jury President
* Sabine Azéma, French actress and singer
* John Bailey, American cinematographer and director
* Anja Breien, Norwegian director
* Ana Carolina, Brazilian filmmaker
* Beatriz Guido, Argentine author and screenwriter
* Carlo Lizzani, Italian filmmaker and film critic
* Károly Makk, Hungarian filmmaker
* Sergei Solovyov, Soviet filmmaker
* Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer
* Michael York, British actor
* Regina Ziegler, West German producer

## Official Sections
### In Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Au revoir les enfants | Au revoir les enfants | Louis Malle | France, West Germany, Italy |
| A Boy from Calabria | Un ragazzo di Calabria | Luigi Comencini | Italy |
| Comedy! | Comédie! | Jacques Doillon | France |
| Deaf to the City | Le sourd dans la ville | Mireille Dansereau | Canada |
| Divine Words | Divinas palabras | José Luis García Sánchez | Spain |
| The Ghost Valley | La vallée fantôme | Alain Tanner | Switzerland |
| The Gold Rimmed Glasses | Gli occhiali d'oro | Giuliano Montaldo | Italy |
| Hip Hip Hurrah! | Hip hip hurra! | Kjell Grede | Sweden |
| House of Games | House of Games | David Mamet | United States |
| If the Sun Never Returns | Si le soleil ne revenait pas | Claude Goretta | France, Switzerland |
| Long Live the Lady! | Lunga vita alla signora! | Ermanno Olmi | Italy |
| Made in Heaven | Made in Heaven | Alan Rudolph | United States |
| Maurice | Maurice | James Ivory | United Kingdom |
| Motherland Hotel | Anayurt Oteli | Ömer Kavur | Turkey |
| Mountains Of The Moon | O Desejado | Paulo Rocha | Portugal |
| Oridathu | Oridathu | G. Aravindan | India |
| Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game | Плюмбум, или опасная игра | Vadim Abdrashitov | Soviet Union |
| Quartiere | Quartiere | Silvano Agosti | Italy |
| Season of Monsters | Szörnyek évadja | Miklós Jancsó | Hungary |
| The Surrogate Woman | 씨받이 | Im Kwon-taek | South Korea |
| The Tale of Ruby Rose | The Tale of Ruby Rose | Roger Scholes | Australia |
| A Taxing Woman | マルサの女 | Juzo Itami | Japan |
| The Veiled Man | L'homme voilé | Maroun Bagdadi | Lebanon, France |

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

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
* True and Faithful Account (Relação fiel e verdadeira) by Margarida Gil (Portugal)
* Italian Night (Notte Italiana) by Carlo Mazzacurati (Italy)
* Killing Time (Poussière d'ange) by Edouard Niermans (France)
* The Burglar (Vzlomšcik) by Valerij Ogorodnikov (Soviet Union)
* Hidden City by Stephen Poliakoff (United Kingdom)
* Sierra Leone [de] by Uwe Schrader [de] (West Germany)
* Dragon Chow [de] (Drachenfutter) by Jan Schütte (West Germany, Switzerland)

## Official Awards
### Main Competition

* Golden Lion: Au revoir les enfants by Louis Malle
* Grand Special Jury Prize: Hip hip hurra! by Kjell Grede
* Silver Lion:
** Maurice by James Ivory
** Long Live the Lady! by Ermanno Olmi
* Golden Osella:
** Best Screenplay: David Mamet for House of Games
** Best Cinematography: Sten Holmberg for Hip hip hurra!
** Best Score: Richard Robbins for Maurice
** Best Set Design: Nanà Cecchi & Luciano Ricceri for The Gold Rimmed Glasses
** Honorable Mention: Season of Monsters by Miklós Jancsó
* Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Hugh Grant & James Wilby for Maurice
* Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Kang Soo-yeon for The Surrogate Woman

### Career Golden Lion

* Joseph L. Mankiewicz
* Luigi Comencini

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

* Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game by Vadim Abdrashitov

### Golden Ciak

* Best Film: House of Games by David Mamet
* Best Actor: Bernard Giraudeau for L'homme voilé
* Best Actress: Kelly McGillis for Made in Heaven
** Special Golden Ciak: Au revoir les enfants by Louis Malle

### 'Commendatore al merito della Repubblica' Medal

* Moritz de Hadeln'

### FIPRESCI Prize

* Anayurt Oteli by Ömer Kavur
* Long Live the Lady! by Ermanno Olmi
* Critics Week: Vzlomshchik by Valeri Ogorodnikov

### OCIC Award

* Au revoir les enfants by Louis Malle
** Honorable Mention: Le sourd dans la ville by Mireille Dansereau

### UNICEF Award

* Au revoir les enfants by Louis Malle

### UNESCO Award

* Drachenfutter by Jan Schütte

### Pasinetti Award

* Best Film: House of Games by David Mamet
* Best Actor: Gian Maria Volonté fpr Un ragazzo di Calabria
* Best Actress: Melita Jurisic for The Tale of Ruby Rose

### Pietro Bianchi Award

* Dino Risi

### Elvira Notari Prize

* The Tale of Ruby Rose by Roger Scholes

### Sergio Trasatti Award

* Au revoir les enfants by Louis Malle

### Cinecritica Award

* Drachenfutter by Jan Schütte
* House of Games by David Mamet

### Award of the Society for Psychology

* Long Live the Lady! by Ermanno Olmi