The 46th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 4 to 15 September 1989.[1][2]
Soviet actor and filmmaker Andrei Smirnov was the Jury President of the main competition.
The Golden Lion winner was A City of Sadness directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Jury
The following people comprised the 1989 jury:[3]
- Andrei Smirnov, Soviet actor and filmmaker - Jury President
- Néstor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer
- Pupi Avati, Italian filmmaker and producer
- Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor and director
- Danièle Heymann, French film critic and journalist
- Eleni Karaindrou, Greek composer
- John Landis, American filmmaker
- Mariangela Melato, Italian actress
- David Robinson, English film critic and author
- Xie Jin, Chinese filmmaker
Official Sections
In Competition
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| And Then There Was Light |
Et la lumière fut |
Otar Iosseliani |
France, Germany
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| Australia |
Jean-Jacques Andrien |
Belgium, France
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| Berlin-Jerusalem |
ברלין ירושלים |
Amos Gitai |
Israel, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Italy
|
| Blue Eyed [de] |
Blauäugig |
Reinhard Hauff |
West Germany
|
| Christian |
Gabriel Axel |
Denmark
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| A City of Sadness |
悲情城市 |
Hou Hsiao-hsien |
Taiwan
|
| Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love |
In una notte di chiaro di luna |
Lina Wertmüller |
Italy
|
| Death of a Tea Master |
千利休 本覺坊遺文 |
Kei Kumai |
Japan
|
| I Want to Go Home |
Alain Resnais |
France
|
| Island |
Paul Cox |
Australia
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| Layla, My Reason |
Layla |
Taieb Louhichi |
Algeria, France, Tunisia
|
| Love Me Not? |
M' agapas? |
Giorgos Panousopoulos |
Greece
|
| New Year's Day |
Henry Jaglom |
United States
|
| The Pitfall |
Fallgropen |
Vilgot Sjöman |
Sweden
|
| Recollections of the Yellow House |
Recordações da Casa Amarela |
João César Monteiro |
Portugal
|
| She's Been Away (Screen One episode 5) |
Peter Hall |
United Kingdom
|
| Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself |
Sedím na konári a je mi dobre |
Juraj Jakubisko |
Czechoslovakia
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| Street Kids |
Scugnizzi |
Nanni Loy |
Italy
|
| Suddenly, One Day |
Ek Din Achanak / एक दिन अचानक |
Mrinal Sen |
India
|
| Tamara Aleksandrovna's Husband and Daughter |
Muzh i doch' Tamary Aleksandrovny |
Olga Narutskaya |
Soviet Union
|
| Twisted Obsession |
El sueño del mono loco |
Fernando Trueba |
Spain
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| What Time Is It? |
Che ora è? |
Ettore Scola |
Italy
|
| The Woman from Rose Hill |
La femme de Rose Hill |
Alain Tanner |
Switzerland
|
Independent Sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]
Official Awards
Massimo Troisi, one of the winner of Volpi Cup Best Actor at 46th Venice International Film Festival
Main Competition
Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Peggy Ashcroft & Geraldine James for She's Been Away
Independent Awards
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal
Golden Ciak
FIPRESCI Prize
OCIC Award
UNICEF Award
UNESCO Award
Pasinetti Award
Pietro Bianchi Award
Little Golden Lion
Elvira Notari Prize
- Olga Narutskaya for Muzh i doch' Tamary Aleksandrovny
Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award
Sergio Trasatti Award
Children and Cinema Award
Kodak-Cinecritica Award
References
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