The 43rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 30 August to 10 September, 1986. It was the last edition directed by Gian Luigi Rondi.
French writer and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was The Green Ray directed by Éric Rohmer.
Jury The following people comprised the 1986 jury: Alain Robbe-Grillet, French writer and filmmaker - Jury President Chantal Akerman, Belgian filmmaker Jörn Donner, Finnish writer Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian filmmaker Pál Gábor, Hungarian filmmaker Roman Gubern, Spanish film historian Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and museum director Alberto Lattuada, Italian director Nanni Moretti, Italian filmmaker Eldar Shengelaia, Soviet filmmaker Fernando Solanas, Argentine filmmaker Peter Ustinov, British actor, filmmaker and writer Bernhard Wicki, Austrian-Swiss actor, filmmaker and writer Catherine Wyler, American producer
Official Sections The following films were selected to be screened: In Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Amorosa Mai Zetterling Sweden The Beekeeper Ο Μελισσοκόμος Theo Angelopoulos Greece Christmas Present Regalo di Natale Pupi Avati Italy Fatherland Ken Loach United Kingdom, West Germany Final Take キネマの天地 Yoji Yamada Japan The Green Ray Le rayon vert Éric Rohmer France Guard Me, My Talisman Храни меня, мой талисман Roman Balayan Soviet Union The Journey Die Reise Markus Imhoof Switzerland A King and His Movie La película del rey Carlos Sorin Argentina Linna Jaakko Pakkasvirta Finland My Case O meu caso Manoel De Oliveira Portugal The Prude La puritaine Jacques Doillon France Romance Massimo Mazzucco Italy A Room with a View James Ivory United Kingdom Round Midnight Autour de minuit Bertrand Tavernier France The Silence of the Poet Das Schweigen des DichtersPeter LilienthalWest Germany A Tale of Love Storia d'amore Francesco Maselli Italy Time Idö van Péter Gothár Hungary Werther Pilar Miró Spain Wild Pigeon Чужая белая и рябой Sergei Solovyov Soviet Union The Wolf at the Door Oviri Henning Carlsen Denmark, France X Oddvar Einarson Norway
Out of Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Heartburn Mike Nichols United States La Storia Luigi Comencini Italy Mélo Alain Resnais France My Case O meu caso Manoel de Oliveira Portugal
Special Events English title Original title Director(s) Production country '38 Wolfgang Glück Austria The Blood Kan Serif Gören, Zeki Ökten Turkey Demoner Carsten Brandt Sweden Paltoquet Michel Deville France
Free Space for Authors English title Original title Director(s) Production country Acta general de Chile Miguel Littin Chile Anemia Alberto Abruzzese, Achille Pisanti Italy Franza Der Fall Franza Xaver Schwarzenberger West Germany The Pointsman De wisselwachter Jos Stelling Netherlands One Glance, and Love Breaks Out Ein Blick und die Liebe bricht aus Jutta Brückner West Germany Embriók Pál Zolnay Hungary The Flavor of Corn Il sapore del grano Gianni Da Campo Italy Innocenza Villi Hermann Switzerland Miss Mary María Luisa Bemberg Argentina Oi kekarmenoi Οι κεκαρμένοι Dimitris Makris Greece
Venezia Giovani English title Original title Director(s) Production countryAbout Last Night Edward Zwick United States Aliens James Cameron United States, United Kingdom The American Way Maurice Phillips United StatesBig Trouble in Little China John Carpenter Jubiabá Nelson Pereira dos Santos Brazil, FranceLegal Eagles Ivan Reitman United States Nanou Conny Templeman France Ping Pong Po-Chih Leong United Kingdom Ruthless People Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker United States Short Circuit John Badham
Venezia TV English title Original title Director(s) Production country Badge of the Assassin Mel Damski United States The Blessed Ones De två saliga Ingmar Bergman Sweden Blood Ties Il cugino americano Giacomo Battiato Italy, United States Christmas Present Tony Bicât United Kingdom The Death of the Heart Peter Hammond United Kingdom Erdsegen Karin Brandauer Germany L'inconnue de Vienne Bernard Stora France The Insurance Man Richard Eyre United Kingdom Laghi profondi Bruno Soldini Switzerland Tramp at the Door Allan Kroeker Canada L'ultima mazurka Gianfranco Bettetini Italy
Independent Sections Venice International Film Critics' Week The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section: English title Original title Director(s) Production country Disorder Désordre Olivier Assayas France Sembra morto... ma è solo svenuto Felice Farina Italy Walls of Glass Scott Goldstein United States To Sleep so as to Dream 夢みるように眠りたい Kaizo Hayashi Japan Massey Sahib Pradip Krishen India Malcolm Nadia Tass Australia Abel Alex van Warmerdam Netherlands
Official Awards
Main Competition Golden Lion: The Green Ray by Eric Rohmer Grand Special Jury Prize: Wild Pigeon by Sergei Solovyov A Tale of Love by Francesco Maselli Special Jury Prize: X by Oddvar Einarson Silver Lion: Best First Work: A King and His Movie by Carlos Sorin Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Carlo delle Piane for Christmas Present Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Valeria Golino for A Tale of Love
Career Golden Lion Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
References
Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996 L'Europeo, Cinema in Laguna, September 2008
External links
Venice Film Festival 1986 Awards on IMDb