| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Festival date | 24 August – 7 September 1976 |
| Website | Website |
The 35th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 7 September 1976. [1]
There was no jury because from 1969 to 1979 the festival was not competitive. [2]
The following films were selected to be screened: [1] [3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Novecento | Bernardo Bertolucci | Italy, France, West Germany |
| Gli altri | Marisa Malfatti, Riccardo Tortora | Italy | |
| Arte del pueblo | Oscar Valdés | Cuba | |
| A Bag of Marbles | Un sac de billes | Jacques Doillon | France |
| Baks | Momar Thiam | Senegal | |
| Bandidos como Jesus | Grupo Cine de la Base | Argentina | |
| Beyond the Bridge | Dincolo de pod | Mircea Veroiu | Romania |
| Los Cachorros | Jorge Fons | Mexico | |
| Cantata de Chile | Humberto Solás | Cuba | |
| Cataloghi | Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi | Italy | |
| Le cinque stagioni | Gianni Amico | Italy | |
| Cronica de la victoria | Jesús Díaz, Fernando Pérez | Cuba | |
| Dokkoi! Songs from the Bottom | どっこい！ 人間節 寿・自由労働者の街 | Tadashi Hara, Yuji Okumura, Takaoki Watanabe, Marco Yumoto | Japan |
| La ETA | Jorge Fons | Mexico | |
| Faith, Hope and Charity | Fe, esperanza y caridad | Luis Alcoriza, Alberto Bojórquez, Jorge Fons | Mexico |
| A Foolproof System | Ein todsicheres System | Carlo Di Carlo | West Germany |
| How Yukong Moved the Mountains | Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes | Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan | France |
| I Am Pierre Riviere | Je suis Pierre Rivière | Christine Lipinska | France |
| In the Highest of Skies | Nel più alto dei cieli | Silvano Agosti | Italy |
| A járvány | Pál Gábor | Hungary | |
| The Judge and the Assassin | Le juge et l'assassin | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| The Last Woman | La Dernière femme | Marco Ferreri | France, Italy |
| Lovin' Molly | Sidney Lumet | United States | |
| Maladie mortelle | François Weyergans | France | |
| Mella | Enrique Pineda Barnet | Cuba | |
| Murder by Death | Robert Moore | United States | |
| Nel cerchio | Gianni Minello | Italy | |
| Nosotros | Jorge Fons | Mexico | |
| Ode to Billy Joe | Max Baer Jr. | United States | |
| One People | Wan Pipel | Pim de la Parra | Netherlands, Suriname |
| The Only One | Единственная... | Iosif Kheifits | Soviet Union |
| Origins of the Mafia | Alle origini della mafia | Enzo Muzii | Italy, United Kingdom |
| Partita for a Wooden Instrument | Partita na instrument drewniany | Janusz Zaorski | Poland |
| Der Prototyp | Sven Severin | West Germany | |
| Smile | Michael Ritchie | United States | |
| Stay Hungry | Bob Rafelson | United States | |
| Walanda | Alkaly Kaba | Mali | |
| Wamba | |||
| Zenšina sostrova Kišnu | Кихну наине | Mark Soosaar | Soviet Union, Estonia |