38th Venice International Film Festival
The 38th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 2 to 12 September, 1981.

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.

Jury
The following people comprised the 1981 jury:
 Italo Calvino, Italian writer and journalist - Jury President
 Marie-Christine Barrault, French actress
 Peter Bogdanovich, American filmmaker
 Luigi Comencini, Italian filmmaker
 Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese filmmaker
 Jesús Fernández Santos, Spanish filmmaker
 Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algerian filmmaker
 Sergei Solovyov, Soviet filmmaker
 Krzysztof Zanussi, Polish filmmaker and producer

Official Sections

Main Competition

Official Awards
The following awards were presented at the 38th edition:

In Competition 
Golden Lion: Marianne and Juliane by Margarethe von Trotta
Special Jury Prize:
Sweet Dreams by Nanni Moretti
They Don't Wear Black-tie by Leon Hirszman
Silver Lion: Do You Remember Dolly Bell? by Emir Kusturica
Best Actress (assigned, but not Volpi Cup): Barbara Sukowa & Jutta Lampe for Marianne and Juliane

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prize 
Marianne and Juliane by Margarethe von Trotta
They Don't Wear Black-tie by Leon Hirszman
Do You Remember Dolly Bell? by Emir Kusturica

References 

Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996
L'Europeo, Cinema in Laguna, SePtember 2008

External links 

Venice Film Festival 1981 Awards on IMDb

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