42nd Venice International Film Festival
The 42nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 26 August to 6 September 1985.Jury
The following people comprised the 1985 jury:
In competition
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
The jury deemed the best performances to be Sandrine Bonnaire and Jane Birkin, but decided against awarding the prize as both films won major awards.
- *Special mentions:
- **Sonja Savić
- **Galya Novents
- **Themis Bazaka
- Career Golden Lion
- *Federico Fellini
- Special Lion for the Overall Work
- *John Huston
- *Manoel de Oliveira
- Sergio Trasatti Awards
- *Manoel de Oliveira
- *Special Mention — Juraj Jakubisko