39th Venice International Film Festival

The 39th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 2 September 1982.

French filmmaker Marcel Carné was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was The State of Things directed by Wim Wenders.

Jury
The following people comprised the 1982 jury:
 * Marcel Carné, French filmmaker - Jury President
 * Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker
 * Mario Monicelli, Italian filmmaker
 * Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian filmmaker
 * Valerio Zurlini, Italian filmmaker
 * Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker
 * Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet filmmaker

Mezzogiorno-Mezzanotte
A section devoted to spectacular films (Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark and E.T.), remakes (Vertigo, Leave Her to Heaven) or eccentrics.

Official Awards
The following awards were presented at the 39th edition:

In Competition

 * Golden Lion: The State of Things by Wim Wenders
 * Special Jury Prize: Imperative by Krzysztof Zanussi
 * Silver Lion for Best First Work:
 * Sciopèn by Luciano Odorisio
 * The Hes Case by Orlow Seunke

Career Golden Lion

 * Marcel Carné, Alessandro Blasetti, Luis Buñuel, Frank Capra, George Cukor, Jean-Luc Godard, Sergei Yutkevich, Alexander Kluge, Akira Kurosawa, Michael Powell, Satyajit Ray, King Vidor and Cesare Zavattini.

FIPRESCI Prize

 * Agony by Elem Klimov
 * The State of Things by Wim Wenders

OCIC Award

 * Fünf letzte Tage by Percy Adlon
 * Honorable Mention: Imperative by Krzysztof Zanussi

UNICEF Award

 * De smaak van water by Orlow Seunke

Pasinetti Award

 * Best Film: Imperative by Krzysztof Zanussi
 * Best Actor: Max von Sydow for Flight of the Eagle
 * Best Actress: Susan Sarandon by Tempest

Pietro Bianchi Award

 * Renato Castellani

Best Artistic Collaboration

 * Mikhail Ulyanov for Private Life

Golden Phoenix

 * Best Actor: Robert Powell for Imperative
 * Best Actress: Béatrice Romand for Le Beau Mariage