| 37th Venice International Film Festival | |
| Location: | Venice, Italy |
| Founded: | 1932 |
| Awards: | Golden Lion |
| Date: | 28 August – 8 September 1980 |
| Website: | Website |
| Chronology: | Venice Film Festival |
| Preceded By: | 36th |
| Followed By: | 38th |
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.
The following people comprised the 1980 jury:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="Age" | The Age of the Earth | data-sort-value="Idade" | A Idade da Terra | data-sort-value="Rocha" | Brazil | |
| Alexander the Great | data-sort-value="Megalèxandros" | Ο Μεγαλέξανδρος | data-sort-value="Angelopoulos" | Greece | ||
| Atlantic City | data-sort-value="Malle" | Louis Malle | France, Canada | |||
| Eugenio / Turn Around Eugenio | Voltati Eugenio | data-sort-value="Comencini" | Italy | |||
| Gloria | data-sort-value="Cassavetes" | John Cassavetes | United States | |||
| Going in Style | data-sort-value="Brest" | United States | ||||
| The Human Factor | data-sort-value="Preminger" | United Kingdom | ||||
| data-sort-value="Little" | The Little Mermaid | data-sort-value="Petite" | La petite sirène | data-sort-value="Andrieux" | Roger Andrieux | France |
| Long Days | Al-ayyam al-tawila | data-sort-value="Saleh" | Iraq | |||
| Melvin and Howard | data-sort-value="Demme" | United States | ||||
| Phobia | data-sort-value="Huston" | Canada | ||||
| Richard's Things | data-sort-value="Harvey" | United Kingdom | ||||
| Story of an Unknown Man | Рассказ неизвестного человека | data-sort-value="Zalakevicius" | Soviet Union | |||
| Two Lions in the Sun | Deux lions au soleil | data-sort-value="Faraldo" | France | |||