12th Moscow International Film Festival

The 12th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1981.[1] The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Brazilian film O Homem que Virou Suco directed by João Batista de Andrade, the Vietnamese film The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone directed by Nguyễn Hồng Sến and the Soviet-French-Swiss film Teheran 43 directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov.The following films were selected for the main competition:
MoscowMoscow International Film FestivalO Homem que Virou SucoJoão Batista de AndradeTeheran 43Aleksandr AlovVladimir NaumovStanislav RostotskyJuan Antonio BardemBasu BhattacharyaJerzy HoffmanBata ŽivojinovićKomaki KuriharaJay LeydaMiguel LittínLászló LugossyNelson Pereira dos SantosGian Luigi RondiOlzhas SuleimenovMed HondoLyudmila ChursinaMarcela Fernandez ViolanteAli in WonderlandAhmed RachediAl QadisiyyaSalah Abu SeifJeppe på bjergetKaspar RostrupThe Pale Light of SorrowIulian MihuDer BockererFranz AntelBrothers and SistersRichard WoolleyTemporary ParadiseAndrás KovácsGary Cooper, Who Art in HeavenPilar MiróTree DzhamalKhodzhakuli NarlievJean-Jacques BeineixSavage BreedPasquale SquitieriOla BalogunYo Ho HoZako HeskiyaMuddy RiverKōhei OguriBelønningenOur DaughterDaniel KamwaOur Short LifeLothar WarnekeKalyugShyam BenegalThe MothTomasz ZygadłoNight by the SeashoreErkko KivikoskiGuardafronterasOctavio CortázarSentimentalSergio RenánPeacetime in ParisPredrag GolubovićThe PretendersJos StellingSeductionArturo RipsteinEscape to VictoryJohn HustonNabil MalehTrokaderoKlaus EmmerichBye, See You MondayMaurice DugowsonMorning UnderseaLauro AntónioPicturesKhatan-BatorThe Charter TripLasse ÅbergThe Man with the CarnationTa chvíle, ten okamžikJiří SequensKarl MerkatzTito JuncoRoman WilhelmiMercedes SampietroMaya-Gozel AimedovaFIPRESCIInternet Movie DatabaseStanislavsky Award