| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Tomorrow Is My Turn |
| Festival date | 24 August – 7 September 1960 |
| Website | Website |
The 21st annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 7 September 1960. [1]
French writer Marcel Achard was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Tomorrow Is My Turn directed André Cayatte.
The following films were selected to be screened: [3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adua and Her Friends | Adua e le compagne | Antonio Pietrangeli | Italy |
| The Apartment | Billy Wilder | United States | |
| Atomic War Bride | Rat | Veljko Bulajic | Yugoslavia |
| Baltic Skies | Балтийское небо | Vladimir Vengerov | Soviet Union |
| Brainwashed | Schachnovelle | Gerd Oswald | West Germany |
| Holubice | František Vláčil | Czechoslovakia | |
| The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | 第一部 純愛篇／第二部 激怒篇 | Masaki Kobayashi | Japan |
| Knights of the Teutonic Order | Krzyzacy | Aleksander Ford | Poland |
| Long Night in 1943 | La lunga notte del '43 | Florestano Vancini | Italy |
| Rocco and His Brothers | Rocco e i suoi fratelli | Luchino Visconti | Italy, France |
| Silver Spoon Set | I delfini | Francesco Maselli | Italy |
| Stowaway in the Sky | Le Voyage en ballon | Albert Lamorisse | France |
| Tomorrow Is My Turn | Le Passage du Rhin | André Cayatte | France |
| Tunes of Glory | Ronald Neame | United Kingdom | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Tights | 1-2-3-4 ou Les Collants noirs | Terence Young | France, Portugal |
| Pollyanna | David Swift | United States | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben-Hur | William Wyler | United States | |
| Bernadette of Lourdes | Il suffit d'aimer | Robert Darène | France |
| Be True Until Death | Légy jó mindhalálig | László Ranódy | Hungary |
| A Certain Major | Alázatosan jelentem | Mihály Szemes | |
| Ceneri della memoria | Alberto Caldana | Italy | |
| El Cochecito | Marco Ferreri | Spain | |
| Culpable | Hugo del Carril | Argentina | |
| Higher Principle | Vyssí princip | Jiří Krejčík | Czechoslovakia |
| Irohanihoheto | いろはにほへと | Noboru Nakamura | Japan |
| Kapo | Gillo Pontecorvo | Italy | |
| Key Witness | Phil Karlson | United States | |
| El Lazarillo de Tormes | César Fernández Ardavín | Spain | |
| Leili i Medzhnun | Лейли и Меджнун | Tatyana Berezantseva, Gafor Valamatzade | Soviet Union |
| Mad Years | Les années folles | Mirea Alexandresco, Henri Torrent | France |
| Maria Stuart | Alfred Stöger | West Germany | |
| Maribel and the Strange Family | Maribel y la extraña familia | José María Forqué | Spain |
| Never on Sunday | Pote tin Kyriaki | Jules Dassin | Greece |
| Pay or Die | Richard Wilson | United States | |
| A Secret Rendezvous | 密会 | Kô Nakahira | Japan |
| Shadows | John Cassavetes | United States | |
| Toro negro | Benito Alazraki | Mexico | |
| Towards Ecstasy | Vers l'extase | René Wheeler | France |
| Trapped by Fear | Les distractions | Jacques Dupont | |
| Vento del sud | Enzo Provenzale | Italy | |
| The Wedding Day | Baishey Shravana | Mrinal Sen | India |
| When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | 女が階段を上る時 | Mikio Naruse | Japan |