24th Venice International Film Festival
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Hands Over the City |
| Festival date | 24 August – 7 September 1963 |
| Website | Website |
The 24th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 7 September 1963.[1]
Italian journalist Arturo Lanocita was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Hands Over the City directed by Francesco Rosi.
Jury
[edit]- Arturo Lanocita, Italian journalist, writer and film critic - Jury President[2]
- Guido Aristarco, Italian film critic
- Piero Gadda Conti, Italian writer and film critic
- Sergei Gerasimov, Soviet filmmaker
- Lewis Jacobs, American director
- Hidemi Kon, Japanese critic
- Claude Mauriac, French writer and journalist
Official Sections
[edit]In Competition
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Liar | John Schlesinger | United Kingdom | |
| The Cool World | Shirley Clarke | United States | |
| The Executioner | El Verdugo | Luis García Berlanga | Spain |
| The Fire Within | Le feu follet | Louis Malle | France |
| The Great Road | Bolshaya doroga | Yuri Ozerov | Soviet Union |
| The Golden Fern | Zlaté kapradí | Jiří Weiss | Czechoslovakia |
| Hands Over the City | Le mani sulla città | Francesco Rosi | Italy |
| High and Low | 天国と地獄 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| Hud | Martin Ritt | United States | |
| Introduction to Life | Вступление | Igor Talankin | Soviet Union |
| Mad Sea | Mare matto | Renato Castellani | Italy |
| Muriel | Muriel ou le Temps d'un retour | Alain Resnais | France |
| Ningen | 人間 | Kaneto Shindô | Japan |
| Nothing Ever Happens | Nunca pasa nada | Juan Antonio Bardem | Spain, France |
| Omicron | Ugo Gregoretti | Italy | |
| The Servant | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom | |
| Silence | Milczenie | Kazimierz Kutz | Poland |
| Sweet and Sour | Dragées au poivre | Jacques Baratier | France |
| Tom Jones | Tony Richardson | United Kingdom | |
Official Awards
[edit]- Golden Lion: Hands Over the City by Francesco Rosi
- Special Jury Prize:
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Albert Finney for Tom Jones
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Delphine Seyrig for Muriel
- Best First Work: A Sunday in September by Jörn Donner
- Best Short Film: The War Game by Mai Zetterling
Independent Awards
[edit]FIPRESCI Prize
[edit]OCIC Award
[edit]- Hud by Martin Ritt
Pasinetti Award
[edit]- The Fire Within by Louis Malle
- Parallel Sections: Il terrorista by Gianfranco De Bosio
Lion of San Marco - Grand Prize
[edit]- Best Documentary: Mud Covered City by Václav Táborsky
References
[edit]- ^ "The 1960s". Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ "Juries for the 1960s". Retrieved October 7, 2013.