23rd Venice International Film Festival
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Family Diary and Ivan's Childhood |
| Festival date | 25 August – 8 September 1962 |
| Website | Website |
The 23rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 8 September 1962.[1]
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
- Luigi Chiarini, Italian filmmaker - Jury President[3]
- Guglielmo Biraghi, Italian film critic
- G. B. Cavallaro, Italian producer
- Georges Charensol, French critic
- John Houseman, American actor and producer
- Iosif Kheifits, Soviet filmmaker
- Arturo Lanocita, Italian writer and journalist
- Ronald Neame, British filmmaker and cinematographer
- Hans Schaarwächter, West German journalist
Official Sections
The following films were selected to be screened:[4]
Main Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(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 title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Side Story | Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins | United States | |
Informativa
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault on the Pay Train | Assalto 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 Town | Uzavreli 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 Doll | Vaxdockan | Arne Mattsson | Sweden |
| Dulcinea | Vicente Escrivá | Spain | |
| Electra | Ηλέκτρα | Mihalis 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 Sea | Il 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 Lampião | Aurélio Teixeira | Brazil | |
| When Peace Breaks Out | Los que no fuimos a la guerra | Julio Diamante | Spain |
| The Winner | Un coeur gros comme ça | François Reichenbach | France |
Official Awards
- Golden Lion:
- Special Jury Prize: Vivre sa vie by Jean-Luc Godard
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Burt Lancaster for Birdman of Alcatraz
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva for Thérèse Desqueyroux
- Best First Work:
Independent Awards
New Cinema Award
San Giorgio Prize
FIPRESCI Prize
OCIC Award
Pasinetti Award
- Vivre sa vie by Jean-Luc Godard
- Parallel Sections: A Man for Burning by Valentino Orsini, Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani
Italian Cinema Clubs Award
Award of the City of Imola
- A Milanese Story by Eriprando Visconti
- Special Mention: Pelle viva by Giuseppe Fina
Award of the City of Venice
Catholic Cinema Clubs Award
Cinema 60 Award
References
- ^ "The 1960s". Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Juries for the 1960s". Portale di Venezia®. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ "23. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema". labiennale.org. Retrieved 30 June 2025.