| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Artistic director | Ernesto G. Laura |
| Festival date | 23 August – 5 September 1969 |
| Website | Website |
The 30th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 23 August to 5 September 1969. There was no jury because from 1969 to 1979 the festival was not competitive. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The following films were selected to be screened: [6]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ambush | Zaseda | Živojin Pavlović | Yugoslavia |
| Benito Cereno | Serge Roullet | France | |
| Boy | 少年 | Nagisa Ōshima | Japan |
| Cardillac | Edgar Reitz | West Germany | |
| Children's Games | Walter Welebit | United States | |
| Day Stars | Дневные звёзды | Igor Talankin | Soviet Union |
| An Event | Dogadjaj | Vatroslav Mimica | Yugoslavia |
| The Father | Fadern | Alf Sjöberg | Sweden |
| Fellini Satyricon | Federico Fellini | Italy | |
| The First Charge of the Machete | La primera carga al machete | Manuel Octavio Gómez | Cuba |
| Forbidden Ground | Tiltott terület | Pál Gábor | Hungary |
| Génius | Štefan Uher | Czechoslovakia | |
| The Heirs | Os Herdeiros | Carlos Diegues | Brazil |
| Honor and Glory | Čest a sláva | Hynek Bočan | Czechoslovakia |
| Love and Other Solitudes | Del amor y otras soledades | Basilio Martín Patino | Spain |
| Paulina Is Leaving | Paulina s'en va | André Téchiné | France |
| Pigsty | Porcile | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italy |
| Prologue | Robin Spry | Canada | |
| Sierra Maestra | Ansano Giannarelli | Italy | |
| Subject for a Short Story | Сюжет для небольшого рассказа | Sergei Yutkevich | Soviet Union, France |
| Sweet Hunters | Ternos caçadores | Ruy Guerra | Portugal |
| Two Gentlemen Sharing | Ted Kotcheff | United Kingdom | |
| Blood of the Condor | Yawar mallku | Jorge Sanjinés | Bolivia |
| Under the Sign of Scorpio | Sotto il segno dello scorpione | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Italy |
| A Very Curious Girl | La fiancée du pirate | Nelly Kaplan | France |
| Winter Wind | Sirokkó | Miklós Jancsó | Hungary |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Axe | Baltagul | Mircea Muresan | Romania |
| Bhuvan Shome | Mrinal Sen | India | |
| Double Suicide | 心中天網島 | Masahiro Shinoda | Japan |
| A Gentle Woman | Une femme douce | Robert Bresson | France |
| The Gladiators | Gladiatorerna | Peter Watkins | Sweden |
| Glory Day | La sua giornata di gloria | Edoardo Bruno | Italy |
| L'indiscret | François Reichenbach | France, West Germany | |
| Macunaima | Joaquim Pedro de Andrade | Brazil | |
| Rose Spot | Una macchia rosa | Enzo Muzii | Italy |
| Salesman | Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin | United States | |
| Story of a Girl Alone | Historia de una chica sola | Jorge Grau | Spain |
| The Year of the Cannibals | I cannibali | Liliana Cavani | Italy |
| A Woman's Case | Mikreh Isha | Jacques Katmor | Israel |