1981 Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film Winner and Nominees

Marianne & Juliane

Margarethe von Trotta

Two sisters both fight for women’s rights. Juliane is a journalist and Marianne a terrorist. When Marianne is jailed, Juliane feels obligated to help her despite their differing views on how to live.

Beirut the Encounter

Borhane Alaouié

Bosco d’amore

Alberto Bevilacqua

Chaalchitra

Mrinal Sen

Do You Remember Dolly Bell?

Emir Kusturica

Forfølgelsen

Anja Breien

Kargus

Juan Miñón

La caduta degli angeli ribelli

Marco Tullio Giordana

Le occasioni di Rosa

Salvatore Piscicelli

Prince of the City

Sidney Lumet

Shortcuts

Jirí Menzel

Silvestre

João César Monteiro

Sweet Dreams

Nanni Moretti

Sweet Pea

Peter Del Monte

The Fall of Italy

Lordan Zafranovic

The Games of Countess Dolingen

Catherine Binet

The Tyrant’s Heart

Miklós Jancsó

They All Laughed

Peter Bogdanovich

They Don’t Wear Black Tie

Leon Hirszman

True Confessions

Ulu Grosbard

Zvezdopad

Igor Talankin