23rd Venice International Film Festival

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23rd Venice International Film Festival
Location Venice, Italy
Founded1932
Awards Golden Lion: Family Diary and Ivan's Childhood
Festival date25 August – 8 September 1962
Website Website
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The 23rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 8 September 1962. [1]

Contents

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

Official Sections

The following films were selected to be screened: [4]

Main Competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Birdman of Alcatraz John Frankenheimer United States
Eva Joseph Losey France, Italy
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
The Trial Le procès Orson Welles France, Italy, West Germany
Vivre sa vie Jean-Luc Godard France

Out of Competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
West Side Story Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins United States

Informativa

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Assault on the Pay TrainAssalto ao Trem Pagador Roberto Farias Brazil
La Bandida Roberto Rodríguez Mexico
Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler Louis Clyde Stoumen United States
Boom TownUzavreli grad Veljko Bulajic Yugoslavia
The Bread of Those Early Years Das Brot der frühen Jahre Herbert Vesely West Germany
Cléo from 5 to 7 Cléo de 5 à 7 Agnès Varda France
David and Lisa Frank Perry United States
The DollVaxdockan Arne Mattsson Sweden
Dulcinea Vicente Escrivá Spain
Electra Ηλέκτρα Michalis Kakogiannis Greece
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen Baron Prásil Karel Zeman Czechoslovakia
Flooded Out Los inundados Manuel Antin Argentina
The Grass-Cutters草を刈る娘 Katsumi Nishikawa Japan
The Grim Reaper La commare secca Bernardo Bertolucci Italy
The Houseguest and My Mother 사랑방 손님과 어머니 Shin Sang-ok South Korea
The Intruder Roger Corman United States
Knife in the Water Nóz w wodzie Roman Polanski Poland
Kwiecien Witold Lesiewicz Poland
La lunga strada del ritorno Alessandro Blasetti Italy
A Man for Burning Un uomo da bruciare Valentino Orsini, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Italy
Megszállottak Károly Makk Hungary
A Milanese Story Una storia milanese Eriprando Visconti Italy
Odd Number La cifra impar Manuel Antin Argentina
Paris, My Love Parigi o cara Vittorio Caprioli Italy
Pitfall おとし穴 Hiroshi Teshigahara Japan
The SeaIl mare Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Italy
Sundays and Cybèle Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray Serge Bourguignon France
A Taste of Honey Tony Richardson United Kingdom
Third of a Man Robert Lewin United States
The Time and the Touch Benito Alazraki Mexico, United States
Três Cabras de LampiãoAurélio TeixeiraBrazil
When Peace Breaks OutLos que no fuimos a la guerra Julio Diamante Spain
The Winner Un coeur gros comme ça François Reichenbach France

Official Awards

Independent Awards

New Cinema Award

San Giorgio Prize

FIPRESCI Prize

OCIC Award

Pasinetti Award

Italian Cinema Clubs Award

Award of the City of Imola

Award of the City of Venice

Catholic Cinema Clubs Award

Cinema 60 Award

References

  1. "The 1960s". Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  2. "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.
  3. "Juries for the 1960s". Portale di Venezia®. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  4. "23. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema". labiennale.org . Retrieved 30 June 2025.