1985 Festival

June 1 – June 8, 1985

Opening Film: Rembetiko by Costas Ferris

50 films from 20 countries

Guests: 
Vittorio Taviani, Paul Cox, Charlotte Silvera, Lindsay Kemp, Nina Rosenblum

Israeli films
You’re in the Army Girls by Nadav Levitan
When Night Falls by Eitan Green
Labor for Sale by Amos Gitai
The Transparent House by Ayelet Menchami

Short Israeli Film Competition
Winner: Toby Neustadt for The last appearance of Ghengis Cohen. 
A special prize by festival guest Australian filmmaker Paul Cox inviting the winner to participate in the shooting of his film Vincent van Gogh.

Important International Titles: 
Berlin Alexanderplatz by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Brother from Another Planet by John Sayles
The Bostonians by James Ivory
Carmen by Ernst Lubitsch
The Tragedy of Carmen by Peter Brook
Stranger than Paradise by Jim Jarmusch 
La Femme de L’Hotel by Lea Pool
A Private Function by Malcolm Mowbray
Variety by Betty Gordon
The Times of Harvey Milk by Robert Epstein
Tosca’s Kiss by Daniel Schmid
Rockaby by DA Pennebaker
Celeste by Percy Adlon
Prenom Carmen by Jean-Luc Goddard
Where the Green Ants Dream by Werner Herzog
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by David Hand
Kaos by Vittorio and Paolo Taviani