21st Venice International Film Festival

The 21st annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 7 September 1960.

French writer Marcel Achard was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Tomorrow Is My Turn directed André Cayatte.

Jury

• Marcel Achard, French writer - Jury President
• Peter Baker, British film critic
• Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker
• Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet filmmaker and actor
• Louis Chauvet, French writer and journalist
• Antonio Pagliaro, Italian philosopher of language
• Jaime Potenze, Argentinian film critic
• Mario Praz, Italian film critic
• Samuel Steinman, American film critic
• Jerzy Toeplitz, Polish film scholar
• Arturo Tofanelli, Italian writer

Official Sections

The following films were selected to be screened:

Main Competition

Out of Competition

Informativa

Official Awards

• Golden Lion: Tomorrow Is My Turn by André Cayatte
• Special Jury Prize: Rocco and His Brothers by Luchino Visconti
• Volpi Cup for Best Actor: John Mills for Tunes of Glory
• Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine for The Apartment
• Best First Work: Long Night in 1943 by Florestano Vancini

Independent Awards

San Giorgio Prize

• The Human Condition: No Greater Love by Masaki Kobayashi

FIPRESCI Prize

• El Cochecito by Marco Ferreri
• Rocco and His Brothers by Luchino Visconti

OCIC Award

• Stowaway in the Sky by Albert Lamorisse

Pasinetti Award

• The Human Condition: No Greater Love by Masaki Kobayashi
• Parallel Sections: Shadows by John Cassavetes

Lion of San Marco

• The Musicians by Kazimierz Karabasz

References

External links

• Venice Film Festival 1960 Awards on IMDb