37th Venice International Film Festival

The 37th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 28 August to 8 September, 1980.^[1][2]

Italian screenwriter Suso Cecchi d'Amico was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winners were: Atlantic City directed by Louis Malle and Gloria directed by John Cassavetes.

Jury

The following people comprised the 1980 jury:^[3]

• Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Italian screenwriter - Jury President
• Yûssif Châhine, Egyptian filmmaker
• Michel Ciment, French film critic
• Umberto Eco, Italian and philosopher
• Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian filmmaker
• Andrew Sarris, American film critic
• George Stevens, Jr., American filmmaker and producer
• Margarethe von Trotta, West-German filmmaker

Official Sections

Main Competition

Officina veneziana

• Les enfants du vent by Brahim Tsaki
• Ajándék ez a nap by Péter Gothár
• Opera prima by Fernando Trueba
• Oxalá by António-Pedro Vasconcelos
• Lásky mezi kapkami deste by Karel Kachyna
• Petrijin venac by Srdjan Karanovic
• Uomini e no by Valentino Orsini
• L'altra donna by Peter Del Monte
• La ragazza di via Mille lire by Gianni Serra
• Masoch by Franco Brogi Taviani
• Les nouveaux romantiques by Mohamed Benayat
• C'est la vie by Paul Vecchiali
• Guns by Robert Kramer
• The Uprising [de] by Peter Lilienthal
• Lena Rais [de] by Christian Rischert
• La repetition generale by Werner Schroeter
• Charlotte by Frans Weisz
• Pilgrim, Farewell by Michael Roemer

Out of Competition

• The Empire Strikes Back by Irvin Kershner
• The Black Stallion by Carroll Ballard
• Lightning Over Water by Wim Wenders
• Loulou by Maurice Pialat
• Mon oncle d'Amérique by Alain Resnais
• Premier pas by Mohamed Bouamari

Official Awards

Main Competition

• Golden Lion:
  • Atlantic City by Louis Malle
  • Gloria by John Cassavetes

References

1. "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – 1980". Retrieved October 6, 2013.
2. "The 1980s". Archived from the original on September 2, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
3. "Juries for the 1980s". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2018.

• Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996
• L'Europeo, Cinema in Laguna, SePtember 2008

External links

• Official website
• Venice Film Festival 1980 Awards on IMDb