| 45th Venice International Film Festival | |
| Location: | Venice, Italy |
| Founded: | 1932 |
| Awards: | Golden Lion |
| Date: | 29 August – 9 September 1988 |
| Website: | Website |
| Chronology: | Venice Film Festival |
| Preceded By: | 44th |
| Followed By: | 46th |
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.
The following people comprised the 1988 jury:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="" | The Black Monk | Чёрный монах | data-sort-value="Dykhovichnyy" | Soviet Union | ||
| Burning Secret | data-sort-value=Birkin"" | United Kingdom | ||||
| data-sort-value="Camp" | The Camp at Thiaroye | Camp de Thiaroye | data-sort-value="Sembène" | Senegal | ||
| Chess King | 棋王 | data-sort-value="Wenji" | Teng Wenji | China | ||
| Dear Gorbachev | Caro Gorbaciov | data-sort-value="Lizzani" | Italy | |||
| Dedé Mamata | data-sort-value="Brandão" | Brazil | ||||
| Eldorado | Eldorádó | data-sort-value="Bereményi" | Hungary | |||
| Once More | Encore - Once More | data-sort-value="Vecchiali" | France | |||
| Hard Times | Tempos dificeis | data-sort-value="Botelho" | Portugal | |||
| Haunted Summer | data-sort-value="Passer" | United States | ||||
| data-sort-value=Invisible"" | The Invisible Ones | data-sort-value="Invisibli" | Gli invisibili | data-sort-value="Squitieri" | Italy | |
| Landscape in the Mist | Τοπίο στην ομίχλη | data-sort-value="Angelopoulos" | Greece | |||
| data-sort-value="Legend" | The Legend of the Holy Drinker | data-sort-value="Leggenda" | La leggenda del santo bevitore | data-sort-value="Olmi" | Ermanno Olmi | Italy |
| Lights and Shadows | Luces y sombras | data-sort-value="Camino" | Spain | |||
| Madame Sousatzka | data-sort-value="Schlesinger" | United Kingdom | ||||
| The Moderns | data-sort-value="Rudolph" | United States | ||||
| Story of Women | data-sort-value="Affaire" | Une affaire de femmes | data-sort-value="Chabrol" | France | ||
| Straight for the Heart | data-sort-value="A corps" | À corps perdu | data-sort-value="Pool" | Canada, Switzerland | ||
| Things Change | data-sort-value="Mamet" | United States | ||||
| data-sort-value="Tribulations" | The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober | Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera | data-sort-value="Has" | Poland | ||
| data-sort-value="Very" | A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings | data-sort-value="Senor" | Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes | data-sort-value="Birri" | Cuba | |
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios | data-sort-value="Almodóvar" | Spain | |||
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]
The Legend of the Holy Drinker by Ermanno Olmi
Camp de Thiaroye by Ousmane Sembene & Thierno Faty Sow
Landscape in the Mist by Theodoros Angelopoulos
Joe Mantegna & Don Ameche for Things Change