The 44th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 9 September 1987.
[1][2] 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.
The following people comprised the 1987 jury:[3] The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[5]