| Location | Venice, Italy |
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| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Au revoir les enfants |
| Festival date | 29 August – 9 September 1987 |
| Website | Website |
| Venice Film Festival chronology | |
| 45th 43rd | |
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
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:
- 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
Independent Awards
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal
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
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
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
Elvira Notari Prize
Sergio Trasatti Award
Cinecritica Award
- Drachenfutter by Jan Schütte
- House of Games by David Mamet
Award of the Society for Psychology
References
- "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – 1987". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- "The 1980s". Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- "Juries for the 1980s". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- "Juries for the 1980s". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- "4th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Roger Scholes – writer, director, cinematographer". Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
External links
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| List of Venice Film Festival jury presidents | |