44th Venice International Film Festival

The 44th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 9 September 1987.

Greek actress and singer Irene Papas was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was Au revoir les enfants directed by Louis Malle.

Jury
The following people comprised the 1987 jury:
 * Irene Papas, Greek actress and singer - Jury President
 * Sabine Azéma, French actress and singer
 * John Bailey, American cinematographer and director
 * Anja Breien, Norwegian director
 * Beatriz Guido, Argentine author and screenwriter
 * Carlo Lizzani, Italian filmmaker and film critic
 * Károly Makk, Hungarian filmmaker
 * Sergei Solovyov, Soviet filmmaker
 * Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer
 * Ana Carolina, Brazilian filmmaker
 * Michael York, British actor
 * Regina Ziegler, West-German producer

Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
 * True and Faithful Account (Relação fiel e verdadeira) by Margarida Gil (Portugal)
 * Italian Night (Notte Italiana) by Carlo Mazzacurati (Italy)
 * Killing Time (Poussière d'ange) by Edouard Niermans (France)
 * The Burglar (Vzlomšcik) by Valerij Ogorodnikov (Soviet Union)
 * Hidden City by Stephen Poliakoff (United Kingdom)
 * Sierra Leone (film) by Uwe Schrader (West Germany)
 * Dragon Chow (Drachenfutter) by Jan Schütte (West Germany, Switzerland)

Main Competition

 * Golden Lion: Au revoir les enfants by Louis Malle
 * Grand Special Jury Prize: Hip hip hurra! by Kjell Grede
 * Silver Lion:
 * Maurice by James Ivory
 * Long Live the Lady! by Ermanno Olmi
 * Golden Osella:
 * Best Screenplay: David Mamet for House of Games
 * Best Cinematography: Sten Holmberg for Hip hip hurra!
 * Best Score: Richard Robbins for Maurice
 * Best Set Design: Nanà Cecchi & Luciano Ricceri for The Gold Rimmed Glasses
 * Honorable Mention: Season of Monsters by Miklós Jancsó
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Hugh Grant & James Wilby for Maurice
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Kang Soo-yeon for The Surrogate Woman

Career Golden Lion

 * Joseph L. Mankiewicz
 * Luigi Comencini

The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

 * Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game by Vadim Abdrashitov

Golden Ciak

 * Best Film: House of Games by David Mamet
 * Best Actor: Bernard Giraudeau for L'homme voilé
 * Best Actress: Kelly McGillis for Made in Heaven
 * Special Golden Ciak: Au revoir les enfants by Louis Malle

'Commendatore al merito della Repubblica' Medal

 * Moritz de Hadeln'

FIPRESCI Prize

 * Anayurt Oteli by Ömer Kavur
 * Long Live the Lady! by Ermanno Olmi
 * Critics Week: Vzlomshchik by Valeri Ogorodnikov

OCIC Award

 * Au revoir les enfants by Louis Malle
 * Honorable Mention: Le sourd dans la ville by Mireille Dansereau

UNICEF Award

 * Au revoir les enfants by Louis Malle

UNESCO Award

 * Drachenfutter by Jan Schütte

Pasinetti Award

 * Best Film: House of Games by David Mamet
 * Best Actor: Gian Maria Volonté fpr Un ragazzo di Calabria
 * Best Actress: Melita Jurisic for The Tale of Ruby Rose

Pietro Bianchi Award

 * Dino Risi

Elvira Notari Prize

 * The Tale of Ruby Rose by Roger Scholes

Sergio Trasatti Award

 * Au revoir les enfants by Louis Malle

Cinecritica Award

 * Drachenfutter by Jan Schütte
 * House of Games by David Mamet

Award of the Society for Psychology

 * Long Live the Lady! by Ermanno Olmi