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 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 Michalis 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 ReaperLa 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: 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