| 38th Venice International Film Festival | |
| Location: | Venice, Italy |
| Founded: | 1932 |
| Awards: | Golden Lion |
| Date: | 2 – 12 September 1981 |
| Website: | Website |
| Chronology: | Venice Film Festival |
| Preceded By: | 37th |
| Followed By: | 39th |
The 38th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 2 to 12 September, 1981.[1] [2]
Italian writer and journalist Italo Calvino was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was Marianne and Juliane directed by Margarethe von Trotta.
The following people comprised the 1981 jury:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beirut the Encounter | Beyroutou el lika | data-sort-value="Alaouie" | Lebanon | |||
| Cutting It Short | Postrizinj | data-sort-value="Menzel" | Czechoslovakia | |||
| Do You Remember Dolly Bell? | Сјећаш ли се Доли Бел? | data-sort-value="Kusturica" | Yugoslavia | |||
| data-sort-value="Fall of Italy" | The Fall of Italy | Pad Italije | data-sort-value="Zafranovic" | |||
| data-sort-value="Fall of the" | The Fall of the Rebel Angels | data-sort-value="Caduta" | La caduta degli angeli ribelli | data-sort-value="Giordana" | Italy | |
| Forest of Love | Bosco d'amore | data-sort-value="Bevilacqua" | ||||
| data-sort-value="Games" | The Games of Countess Dolingen | data-sort-value="Jeux" | Les Jeux de la Comtesse Dolingen de Gratz | data-sort-value="Binet" | Catherine Binet | France |
| data-sort-value="Kaleidoscope" | The Kaleidoscope | Chaalchitra | data-sort-value="Sen" | India | ||
| Kargus | data-sort-value="Minon" | Juan Minon, Miguel Ángel Trujillo | Spain | |||
| Marianne and Juliane | data-sort-value="Bleierne" | Die bleierne Zeit | data-sort-value="von Trotta" | Margarethe von Trotta | West Germany | |
| data-sort-value="Opportunities" | The Opportunities of Rosa | data-sort-value="Occasioni" | Le occasioni di Rosa | data-sort-value="Piscicelli" | Italy | |
| Prince of the City | data-sort-value="Lumet" | United States | ||||
| Silvestre | data-sort-value="Monteiro" | Portugal | ||||
| data-sort-value="Zvezdopad" | Звездопад | data-sort-value="Talankin" | Soviet Union | |||
| Sweet Dreams | Sogni d'oro | data-sort-value="Moretti" | Italy | |||
| Sweet Pea | Piso pisello | data-sort-value="Del Monte" | ||||
| They Don't Wear Black Tie | Eles Não Usam Black-Tie | data-sort-value="Hirszman" | Brazil | |||
| True Confessions | data-sort-value="Grosbard" | United States | ||||
| data-sort-value="Tyrant" | The Tyrant's Heart | data-sort-value="Zsarnok" | A Zsarnok Szive | data-sort-value="Jancso" | Hungary | |
| data-sort-value="Witch" | The Witch Hunt | Forfølgelsen | data-sort-value="Brejen" | Norway | ||
The following awards were presented at the 38th edition:[4]
Marianne and Juliane by Margarethe von Trotta
Do You Remember Dolly Bell? by Emir Kusturica