25th Venice International Film Festival
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Red Desert by Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Festival date | 27 August – 10 September 1964 |
| Website | Website |
The 25th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 27 August to 10 September 1964.[1]
Italian writer Mario Soldati was the jury president for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Red Desert, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.
Jury
- Mario Soldati, Italian writer - Jury President[2]
- Rudolf Arnheim, American author
- Ove Brusendorff, Danish film historian
- Thorold Dickinson, British filmmaker
- Georges Sadoul, French writer
- Ricardo Muñoz Suay, Spanish director
- Jerzy Toeplitz, Polish film theorist
Official Sections
The following films were selected to be screened:[3]
In Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girl with Green Eyes | Desmond Davis | United Kingdom | |
| The Gospel According to St. Matthew | Il vangelo secondo Matteo | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italy |
| Hamlet | Гамлет | Grigori Kozintsev | Soviet Union |
| King & Country | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom | |
| Life Upside Down | La vie à l'envers | Alain Jessua | France |
| To Love | Att Älska | Jörn Donner | Sweden |
| A Married Woman | Une femme mariée | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| Nothing but a Man | Michael Roemer | United States | |
| The Peach Thief | Kradetzat na praskovi | Vulo Radev | Bulgaria |
| Red Desert | Il deserto rosso | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy |
| This Special Friendship | Les amitiés particulières | Jean Delannoy | France |
| Tonio Kröger | Rolf Thiele | West Germany | |
Out of Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| All These Women | För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| Woman Is a Wonderful Thing | La donna è una cosa meravigliosa | Mauro Bolognini | Italy |
Official Awards
- Golden Lion: Red Desert by Michelangelo Antonioni
- Special Jury Prize:
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Tom Courtenay for King & Country
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Harriet Andersson for To Love
- Best First Work: La vie à l'envers by Alain Jessua
Independent Awards
San Giorgio Prize
FIPRESCI Prize
OCIC Award
Pasinetti Award
- La vie à l'envers by Alain Jessua
- Parallel Sections: Passenger by Andrzej Munk
Lion of San Marco - Grand Prize
- Skoplje '63 by Veljko Bulajić
- Best Documentary: L'enigma Oppenhemier by Leandro Castellani
References
- ^ "The 1960s". Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ "Juries for the 1960s". Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ "25. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema". labiennale.org. Retrieved 15 June 2025.