23rd Venice International Film Festival
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Family Diary and Ivan's Childhood |
| Festival date | 25 August – 8 September 1962 |
| Website | Website |
The 23rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 8 September 1962.[1]
Italian filmmaker Luigi Chiarini was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion winners were: Family Diary directed by Valerio Zurlini and Ivan's Childhood directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.
A retrospective of the American Twenties is famously linked to this edition.[2]
Jury[edit]
- Luigi Chiarini, Italian filmmaker - Jury President[3]
- Guglielmo Biraghi, Italian film critic
- G. B. Cavallaro, Italian producer
- Georges Charensol, French actor
- Iosif Kheifits, Soviet filmmaker
- John Houseman, American actor and producer
- Arturo Lanocita, Italian writer and journalist
- Ronald Neame, British filmmaker and cinematographer
- Hans Schaarwächter, West-German journalist
Official Sections[edit]
Main Competition[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birdman of Alcatraz | John Frankenheimer | United States | |
| Family Diary | Cronaca familiare | Valerio Zurlini | Italy |
| Homage at Siesta Time | Homenaje a la hora de la siesta | Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Argentina |
| Ivan's Childhood | Ива́ново де́тство | Andrei Tarkovsky | Soviet Union |
| Lolita | Stanley Kubrick | United Kingdom | |
| The Mad Fox | 恋や恋なすな恋 | Tomu Uchida | Japan |
| Mamma Roma | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italy | |
| Men and Beasts | Люди и звери | Sergei Gerasimov | Soviet Union |
| Smog | Franco Rossi | Italy | |
| Term of Trial | Peter Glenville | United Kingdom | |
| Thérèse Desqueyroux | Georges Franju | France | |
| Vivre sa vie | Jean-Luc Godard | ||
Official Awards[edit]
- Golden Lion:
- Special Jury Prize: Vivre sa vie by Jean-Luc Godard
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Burt Lancaster for Birdman of Alcatraz
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva for Thérèse Desqueyroux
- Best First Work:
Independent Awards[edit]
New Cinema Award[edit]
San Giorgio Prize[edit]
FIPRESCI Prize[edit]
OCIC Award[edit]
Pasinetti Award[edit]
- Vivre sa vie by Jean-Luc Godard
- Parallel Sections: A Man for Burning by Valentino Orsini, Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani
Italian Cinema Clubs Award[edit]
Award of the City of Imola[edit]
- A Milanese Story by Eriprando Visconti
- Special Mention: Pelle viva by Giuseppe Fina
Award of the City of Venice[edit]
Catholic Cinema Clubs Award[edit]
Cinema 60 Award[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "The 1960s". Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ "The Front Page/1962". Sight & Sound. Vol. 32, no. 1. British Film Institute. Winter 1962–1963. p. 3. Retrieved 3 December 2022 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "Juries for the 1960s". Retrieved October 7, 2013.