| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Sandra |
| Festival date | 24 August – 6 September 1965 |
| Website | Website |
The 26th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 6 September 1965. [1]
Italian poet Carlo Bo was the Jury President. The Golden Lion winner was Sandra directed by Luchino Visconti.
The following films were selected to be screened: [3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faithfulness | Верность | Pyotr Todorovsky | Soviet Union |
| I Am Twenty | Мне двадцать лет | Marlen Khutsiev | |
| Juliet of the Spirits | Giulietta degli spiriti | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| Kapurush | কাপুরুষ | Satyajit Ray | India |
| Loves of a Blonde | Lásky jedné plavovlásky | Miloš Forman | Czechoslovakia |
| Mickey One | Arthur Penn | United States | |
| Modiga mindre män | Leif Krantz | Sweden | |
| Pierrot le Fou | Jean-Luc Godard | France | |
| Red Beard | 赤ひげ | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| Sandra | Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa | Luchino Visconti | Italy |
| Simon of the Desert | Simón del desierto | Luis Buñuel | Mexico |
| Three Rooms in Manhattan | Trois chambres à Manhattan | Marcel Carné | France |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Wind | Viento negro | Servando González | Mexico |
| Deaf Sam-yong | 벙어리 삼룡 | Sang-ok Shin | South Korea |
| The Deceased | A Falecida | Leon Hirszman | Poland |
| Film | Alan Schneider | United States | |
| Gertrud | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Denmark | |
| The Knack ...and How to Get It | Richard Lester | United Kingdom | |
| A Man Named John | E venne un uomo | Ermanno Olmi | Italy |
| Salto | Tadeusz Konwicki | Poland | |
| The Shameless Old Lady | La vieille dame indigne | René Allio | France |
| Seven Golden Men | 7 uomini d'oro | Marco Vicario | Italy |
| Studies for Louisiana Story | Robert J. Flaherty | United States | |
| Sunday Afternoon | Domingo à Tarde | António de Macedo | Portugal |
| Twenty Hours | Húsz óra | Zoltán Fábri | Hungary |
| War and Peace | Война и мир | Sergei Bondarchuk | Soviet Union |