45th Venice International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: The Legend of the Holy Drinker |
| Festival date | 29 August – 9 September 1988 |
| Website | Website |
The 45th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 9 September 1988.[1][2]
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[edit]
The following people comprised the 1988 jury:[3]
- Sergio Leone, Italian filmmaker and producer
- María Julia Bertotto, Argentine producer and costume designer
- Klaus Eder
- Hannah Fischer
- Gilbert de Goldschmidt, French producer
- Adoor Gopalakrishnan, India filmmaker
- Lena Olin, Swedish actress
- Natalya Ryazantseva, Soviet screenwriter
- Harry Dean Stanton, American actor and musician
- Lina Wertmüller, Italian filmmaker
Official Sections[edit]
In Competition[edit]
Independent Sections[edit]
Venice International Film Critics' Week[edit]
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]
- 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[edit]
Main Competition[edit]
- 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:
- Volpi Cup Special Mention: David Eberts for Burning Secret
Career Golden Lion[edit]
Independent Awards[edit]
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal[edit]
- Caro Gorbaciov by Carlo Lizzani
New Cinema Award[edit]
- 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'[edit]
Golden Ciak[edit]
- 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
References[edit]
- ^ "VENICE 1988 – THE 45TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL". 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.
- ^ "5th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
External links[edit]
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