# 40th Venice International Film Festival

The 40th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 11 September 1983.
Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was First Name: Carmen directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

## Jury

The following people comprised the 1983 jury:
* Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
* Jack Clayton, British director and producer
* Peter Handke, Austrian novelist
* Leon Hirszman, Brazilian filmmaker
* Márta Mészáros, Hungarian filmmaker
* Nagisa Oshima, Japanese filmmaker
* Gleb Panfilov, Soviet filmmaker
* Bob Rafelson, American filmmaker
* Ousmane Sembene, Senegalese filmmaker
* Mrinal Sen, Indian filmmaker
* Alain Tanner, Swiss filmmaker
* Agnès Varda, French filmmaker, photographer and artist

## Official Sections
### In Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Biquefarre | Biquefarre | Georges Rouquier | France |
| Careful, He Might Hear You | Careful, He Might Hear You | Carl Schultz | Australia |
| The Deserter | Il disertore | Giuliana Berlinguer | Italy |
| Edith's Diary | Ediths Tagebuch | Hans W. Geissendörfer | West Germany |
| Embers | Glut | Thomas Koerfer | Switzerland, West Germany |
| First Name: Carmen | Prénom Carmen | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| Hanna K. | Hanna K. | Costa-Gavras | France, Israel, United States |
| Hotel Central | Хотел Централ | Veselin Branev | Bulgaria |
| Jogo de Mão | Jogo de Mão | Monique Rutler | Portugal |
| Life Is a Bed of Roses | La vie est un roman | Alain Resnais | France |
| A Love in Germany | Eine Liebe in Deutschland | Andrzej Wajda | West Germany, France, Poland |
| Maria Chapdelaine | Maria Chapdelaine | Gilles Carle | Canada |
| The Millennial Bee | Tisícročná včela | Juraj Jakubisko | Czechoslovakia, West Germany |
| Mother Mary | Мать Мария | Sergey Kolosov | Soviet Union |
| The Power of Feelings [de] | Die Macht der Gefühle | Alexander Kluge | West Germany |
| A School Outing | Una gita scolastica | Pupi Avati | Italy |
| Straight Through the Heart | Mitten ins Herz | Doris Dörrie | West Germany |
| Streamers | Streamers | Robert Altman | United States |
| Sugar Cane Alley | La Rue Cases-Nègres | Euzhan Palcy | France, Martinique |
| The Turning Point | Der Aufenthalt | Frank Beyer | East Germany |

## Official Awards

* Golden Lion: First Name: Carmen by Jean-Luc Godard
* Grand Special Jury Prize: Biquefarre by Georges Rouquier
* Silver Lion: Sugar Cane Alley by Euzhan Palcy
* Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Matthew Modine, Michael Wright, Mitchell Lichtenstein, David Alan Grier, Guy Boyd, and George Dzundza for Streamers
* Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Darling Légitimus for Sugar Cane Alley

### Career Golden Lion

* Michelangelo Antonioni

## Independent Awards
### FIPRESCI Prize

* Fanny and Alexander by Ingmar Bergman
* Die Macht der Gefühle by Alexander Kluge

### Pasinetti Award

* Best Film: Zelig by Woody Allen
* Best Actor: Carlo Delle Piane for Una gita scolastica
* Best Actress: Angela Winkler for Edith's Diary

### Pietro Bianchi Award

* Luigi Zampa

### De Sica Award

* Summertime by Massimo Mazzucco
* Toxic Love by Claudio Caligari
* Technical Prize: Raoul Coutard & François Musy for First Name: Carmen
* Best First Work: Sugar Cane Alley by Euzhan Palcy