1985

Dancing and international intrigue open the Festival with the premiere of Taylor Hackford’s White Knights, starring Mkihail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, and Isabella Rossellini, who are all in attendance. Bonnie and Clyde director Arthur Penn and camp film icon Russ Meyer are honored, and Argentine director Luis Puezo’s The Official Story debuts before going on to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.