The 13th Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival (Film Festival) (Le 13eme edition du Festival international du film fantastique d'Avoriaz) was held in the French Alps (France) in January 1985.
Jury
- Robert De Niro - President
- Valerio Adami
- Guy Beart
- Franco Brusati
- Nicole Garcia
- Benoîte Groult
- Masaki Kobayashi
- Gabrielle Lazure
- Claude Pinoteau
- Michael Radford
- Jacques Rosny
- Christopher Walken
- Georges Wilson
- Claude Zidi
Laureates
- Grand Prix: " Terminator " (The Terminator, The) , USA, 1984 , director James Cameron
- Special jury prize:
- " In the company of wolves " (Company of Wolves, The) , United Kingdom, 1984 , director Neil Jordan
- Cold Room (The) , USA (for TV), 1984 , director James Dierden
- Special mention to female performers: Heather Langenkamp for his role in Nightmare on Elm Street
- Criticism Prize: Nightmare on Elm Street, USA, 1984 , directed by Wes Craven
- Golden Antenna: Electric Dreams, USA, UK, 1984 , directed by Steve Barron
- Audience Award : Electric Dreams, USA, UK, 1984 , directed by Steve Barron
Nominees
- Dungeon Humanoid Cannibals (CHUD), USA, 1984 , directed by Douglas Chick
- Children of the Corn 1984 , directed by Fritz Kirsch
- Escape From Dream (Dreamscape) 1984 , directed by Joseph Ruben
- The Forbrydelsens element, Denmark, 1984 , directed by Lars von Trier
- “ The Last Starfighter ” (Last Starfighter, The), USA, 1984 , director Nick Castle
- Dawn (Morgengrauen), Austria, 1985 , directed by Peter Zeman
- Razorback Australia, ( 1984 , directed by Russell Malkakhi
- The Legend of Eight Samurai (Satomi hakken-den), Japan, 1983 , directed by Kinji Fukasaku