# 45th Venice International Film Festival

The 45th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 9 September 1988.
Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was The Legend of the Holy Drinker directed by Ermanno Olmi.

## Jury

The following people comprised the 1988 jury:
* Sergio Leone, Italian filmmaker and producer
* María Julia Bertotto, Argentine production and costume designer
* Gilbert de Goldschmidt, French producer
* Klaus Eder, West German film critic
* Hannah Fischer, West German psychologist
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Indian filmmaker
* Lena Olin, Swedish actress
* Natalya Ryazantseva, Soviet screenwriter
* Harry Dean Stanton, American actor and musician
* Lina Wertmüller, Italian filmmaker

## Official Sections
### In Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Black Monk | Чёрный монах | Ivan Dykhovichny | Soviet Union |
| Burning Secret | Burning Secret | Andrew Birkin | United Kingdom |
| The Camp at Thiaroye | Camp de Thiaroye | Ousmane Sembène | Senegal |
| Chess King | 棋王 | Teng Wenji | China |
| Dear Gorbachev | Caro Gorbaciov | Carlo Lizzani | Italy |
| Dedé Mamata | Dedé Mamata | Rodolfo Brandão | Brazil |
| Eldorado | Eldorádó | Géza Bereményi | Hungary |
| Once More | Encore - Once More | Paul Vecchiali | France |
| Hard Times | Tempos dificeis | João Botelho | Portugal |
| Haunted Summer | Haunted Summer | Ivan Passer | United States |
| The Invisible Ones | Gli invisibili | Pasquale Squitieri | Italy |
| Landscape in the Mist | Τοπίο στην ομίχλη | Theo Angelopoulos | Greece |
| The Legend of the Holy Drinker | La leggenda del santo bevitore | Ermanno Olmi | Italy |
| Lights and Shadows | Luces y sombras | Jaime Camino | Spain |
| Madame Sousatzka | Madame Sousatzka | John Schlesinger | United Kingdom |
| The Moderns | The Moderns | Alan Rudolph | United States |
| Story of Women | Une affaire de femmes | Claude Chabrol | France |
| Straight for the Heart | À corps perdu | Léa Pool | Canada, Switzerland |
| Things Change | Things Change | David Mamet | United States |
| The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober | Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera | Wojciech Has | Poland |
| A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings | Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes | Fernando Birri | Cuba |
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |

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

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
* The Kiss Of Judas (Il bacio di Giuda) by Paolo Benvenuti (Italy)
* The Gassy Sky (Der gläserne Himmel) by Nina Grosse (West Germany)
* Ghosts... of the Civil Dead by John Hillcoat (Australia)
* High Hopes by Mike Leigh (United Kingdom)
* Let's Get Lost by Bruce Weber (United States)
* Little Vera (Malenkaya Vera) by Vasili Pichul (Soviet Union)
* Mortu Nega (en. Death Denied or Those Whom Death Refused) by Flora Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)
* Off Season (Nachsaison) by Wolfram Paulus (Austria, West Germany)

## Official Awards
### Main Competition

* Golden Lion: The Legend of the Holy Drinker by Ermanno Olmi
* Grand Special Jury Prize: Camp de Thiaroye by Ousmane Sembene & Thierno Faty Sow
* Silver Lion: Landscape in the Mist by Theodoros Angelopoulos
* Golden Osella:
** Best Screenplay: Pedro Almodóvar for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
** Best Cinematography: Vadim Yusov for The Black Monk
** Best Score: José María Vitier, Gianni Nocenzi, Pablo Milanés for A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
** Best Set Design: Bernd Lepel for Burning Secret
* Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Joe Mantegna & Don Ameche for Things Change
* Volpi Cup for Best Actress:
** Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka
** Isabelle Huppert for Story of Women
* Volpi Cup Special Mention: David Eberts for Burning Secret

### Career Golden Lion

* Joris Ivens

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

* Caro Gorbaciov by Carlo Lizzani

### New Cinema Award

* Camp de Thiaroye by Ousmane Sembene & Thierno Faty Sow
* Gli invisibili by Pasquale Squitieri
** Special Mention: Un petit monastère en Toscane by Otar Ioseliani

### Prize of the Students of the University 'La Sapienza'

* Landscape in the Mist by Theodoros Angelopoulos
* Ghosts... of the Civil Dead by John Hillcoat

### Golden Ciak

* Best Film: Story of Women by Claude Chabrol
* Best Actor: Klaus Maria Brandauer for Burning Secret
* Best Actress: Carmen Maura for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown