12th Moscow International Film Festival


The 12th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1981. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Brazilian film O Homem que Virou Suco directed by João Batista de Andrade, the Vietnamese film directed by Nguyen Hong Shen and the Soviet-French-Swiss film Teheran 43 directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov.

Jury

The following films were selected for the main competition:
English titleOriginal titleDirectorProduction country
Ali in WonderlandAli au pays des miragesAhmed RachediAlgeria
Al QadisiyyaAl QadisiyyaSalah Abu SeifIraq
Jeppe på bjergetJeppe pa bjergetKaspar RostrupDenmark
The Pale Light of SorrowLumina palidă a dureriiIulian MihuRomania
Der BockererDer BockererFranz AntelAustria, West Germany
Brothers and SistersBrothers and SistersRichard WoolleyGreat Britain
Temporary ParadiseIdeiglenes paradicsomAndrás KovácsHungary
O Homem que Virou SucoO Homem que Virou SucoJoão Batista de AndradeBrazil
Gary Cooper, Who Art in HeavenGary Cooper, que estás en los cielosPilar MiróSpain
Tree DzhamalDerevo DzhamalKhodzha Kuli NarliyevSoviet Union
DivaDivaJean-Jacques BeineixFrance
Savage BreedRazza selvaggiaPasquale SquitieriItaly
For Freedom!For Freedom!Ola BalogunNigeria, Great Britain
Yo Ho HoYo Ho HoZako HeskiyaBulgaria
Bloody SeasonFasl-e khoonHabib KavoshIran
Muddy RiverDoro no kawaKōhei OguriJapan
BelønningenBelønningenBjørn LienNorway
Our DaughterNotre filleDaniel KamwaCameroon, France
Our Short LifeUnser kurzes LebenLothar WarnekeEast Germany
KalyugKalyugShyam BenegalIndia
The MothĆmaTomasz ZygadłoPoland
Night by the SeashoreYö meren rannallaErkko KivikoskiFinland
Cánh đồng hoangNguyễn Hồng SếnVietnam
GuardafronterasGuardafronterasOctavio CortázarCuba
SentimentalSentimental Sergio RenánArgentina
Peacetime in ParisSezona mira u ParizuPredrag GolubovićYugoslavia, France
The PretendersDe PretendersJos StellingNetherlands
SeductionLa seducciónArturo RipsteinMexico
Escape to VictoryEscape to VictoryJohn HustonUnited States
Bikaya suarBikaya suarNabil MalehSyria
Teheran 43Tegeran 43Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir NaumovSoviet Union, France, Switzerland
TrokaderoTrokaderoKlaus EmmerichWest Germany, Austria
Bye, See You MondayAu revoir... à lundiMaurice DugowsonCanada, France
Morning UnderseaManhã SubmersaLauro AntónioPortugal
PicturesPicturesMichael BlackNew Zealand
Khatan-BatorKhatan-BatorG. JigjidsurenMongolia
The Charter TripSällskapsresanLasse ÅbergSweden
The Man with the CarnationO anthropos me to garyfalloNikos TzimasGreece
Ta chvíle, ten okamžikTa chvíle, ten okamžikJiří SequensCzechoslovakia
El caso HuayanayEl caso HuayanayFederico GarcíaPeru

Awards