41st Venice International Film Festival

The 41st annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 September 1984 under the direction of Gian Luigi Rondi.

Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was A Year of the Quiet Sun directed by Krzysztof Zanussi.

The main event of this edition was, out of competition, the premiere of Heimat, an almost 16 hours-long film directed by Edgar Reitz. Among the other titles showed out of competition there were Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Wolfgang Petersen's The NeverEnding Story and a restored version of Metropolis edited and scored by Giorgio Moroder. The retrospective was dedicated to Luis Buñuel.

Jury
The following people comprised the 1984 jury:
 * Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
 * Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet
 * Balthus, French painter
 * Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Soviet poet
 * Günter Grass, West-German author and visual artist
 * Joris Ivens, Dutch filmmaker
 * Isaac Bashevis Singer, American author
 * Erica Jong, American writer and poet
 * Erland Josephson, Swedish actor
 * Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Italian filmmakers
 * Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer

Out of competition
Among the other titles showed out of competition there were Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Wolfgang Petersen's The NeverEnding Story and a restored version of Metropolis edited and scored by Giorgio Moroder.

Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
 * O pokojniku sve najlepse by Predrag Antonijevic (Yugoslavia)
 * Beyond The Walls (Meachorei Hasoragim) by Uri Barbash (Israel)
 * Wildrose by John Hanson (United States)
 * Final Call (Unerreichbare Nähe) by Dagmar Hirtz (West Germany)
 * Strikebound by Richard Lowenstein (Austria)
 * Mosquito on the 10th Floor (Jukkai no mosukîto) by Yoichi Sai (Japan)
 * End of the Miracle (A csoda vége) by János Vészi (Hungary)

Main Competition

 * Golden Lion: A Year of the Quiet Sun by Krzysztof Zanussi
 * Silver Lion for Best First Film: Sonatine by Micheline Lanctôt
 * Grand Special Jury Prize: Favorites of the Moon by Otar Ioseliani
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Naseeruddin Shah for Paar
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Pascale Ogier for Full Moon in Paris