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In Competition:
The Black Monk / Чёрный монах (Ivan Dykhovichny - Soviet Union)
Burning Secret (Andrew Birkin - United Kingdom)
The Camp at Thiaroye / Camp de Thiaroye (Ousmane Sembène - Senegal)
Chess King / 棋王 (Teng Wenji - China)
Dear Gorbachev / Caro Gorbaciov (Carlo Lizzani - Italy)
Dedé Mamata (Rodolfo Brandão - Brazil)
Eldorado / Eldorádó (Géza Bereményi - Hungary)
Once More / Encore - Once More (Paul Vecchiali - France)
Hard Times / Tempos dificeis (João Botelho - Portugal)
Haunted Summer (Ivan Passer - United States)
The Invisible Ones / Gli invisibili (Pasquale Squitieri - Italy)
Landscape in the Mist / Τοπίο στην ομίχλη (Theo Angelopoulos - Greece)
The Legend of the Holy Drinker / La leggenda del santo bevitore (Ermanno Olmi - Italy)
Lights and Shadows / Luces y sombras (Jaime Camino - Spain)
Madame Sousatzka (John Schlesinger - United Kingdom)
The Moderns (Alan Rudolph - United States)
Story of Women / Une affaire de femmes (Claude Chabrol - France)
Straight for the Heart / À corps perdu (Léa Pool - Canada, Switzerland)
Things Change (David Mamet - United States)
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober / Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera (Wojciech Has - Poland)
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings / Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes (Fernando Birri - Cuba)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown / Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Pedro Almodóvar - Spain)
Golden Lion:
The Legend of the Holy Drinker by Ermanno Olmi
Grand Special Jury Prize:
Camp de Thiaroye by Ousmane Sembene & Thierno Faty Sow
Silver Lion:
Landscape in the Mist by Theodoros Angelopoulos
Volpi Cup for Best Actor:
Joe Mantegna & Don Ameche for Things Change
Volpi Cup for Best Actress:
Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka
Isabelle Huppert for Story of Women
Best Screenplay:
Pedro Almodóvar for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Best Cinematography:
Vadim Yusov for The Black Monk
Best Art Direction and Costumes:
Bernd Lepel for Burning Secret
Best Score:
José María Vitier, Gianni Nocenzi, Pablo Milanés for A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Volpi Cup Special Mention:
David Eberts for Burning Secret