The 22nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 20 August to 3 September 1961.[1]
Location | Venice, Italy |
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Founded | 1932 |
Awards | Golden Lion: Last Year at Marienbad |
Festival date | 20 August – 3 September 1961 |
Website | Website |
Italian film critic Filippo Sacchi was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was Last Year at Marienbad directed by Alain Resnais.
Jury
edit- Filippo Sacchi, Italian journalist and film critic - Jury President[2]
- Lev Arnshtam, Soviet filmmaker
- Giulio Cesare Castello, Italian
- Jean de Baroncelli, French
- John Hubley, American filmmaker
- Gian Gaspare Napolitano, Italian journalist
- Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Argentinian filmmaker
Official Sections
editMain Competition
editEnglish title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Bandits of Orgosolo | Banditi a Orgosolo | Vittorio De Seta | Italy |
The Brigand | Il brigante | Renato Castellani | |
The Betrayer | Vanina Vanini | Roberto Rossellini | |
The Last Judgment | Il giudizio universale | Vittorio De Sica | |
Last Year at Marienbad | L'Année dernière à Marienbad | Alain Resnais | France |
Peace to Him Who Enters | Мир входящему | Aleksandr Alov | Soviet Union |
Samson | Andrzej Wajda | Poland | |
Summer and Smoke | Peter Glenville | United States | |
Thou Shalt Not Kill | Tu ne tueras point | Claude Autant-Lara | France |
Victim | Basil Dearden | United Kingdom | |
Yojimbo | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
Official Awards
editIndependent Awards
editNew Cinema Award
editSan Giorgio Prize
editFIPRESCI Prize
edit- The Brigand by Renato Castellani
OCIC Award
editPasinetti Award
edit- Peace to Him Who Enters by Aleksandr Alov
- Parallel Sections: Il Posto by Ermanno Olmi
Italian Cinema Clubs Award
editAward of the City of Imola
editAward of the City of Venice
editReferences
edit- ^ "The 1960s". Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ "Juries for the 1960s". Retrieved October 7, 2013.