23rd Venice International Film Festival

The 23rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 8 September 1962.

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.

Jury

• Luigi Chiarini, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
• 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:

Main Competition

Out of Competition

Informativa

Official Awards

• Golden Lion:
• Family Diary by Valerio Zurlini
• Ivan's Childhood by Andrei Tarkovsky
• 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:
• David and Lisa by Frank Perry
• Los inundados by Fernando Birri

Independent Awards

New Cinema Award

• A Man for Burning by Valentino Orsini, Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani

San Giorgio Prize

• Birdman of Alcatraz by John Frankenheimer

FIPRESCI Prize

• Knife in the Water by Roman Polanski

OCIC Award

• Term of Trial by Peter Glenville

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

• Mamma Roma by Pier Paolo Pasolini

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

• Family Diary by Valerio Zurlini

Catholic Cinema Clubs Award

• Family Diary by Valerio Zurlini

Cinema 60 Award

• A Man for Burning by Valentino Orsini, Paolo Taviani and VittorioTaviani

References

External links

• Venice Film Festival 1962 Awards on IMDb