23rd Venice International Film Festival

23rd Venice International Film Festival
Venice Film Festival chronology
Location	Venice, Italy
Founded	1932
Awards	Golden Lion: Family Diary and Ivan's Childhood
Festival date	25 August – 8 September 1962
Website	Website
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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 actor
Iosif Kheifits, Soviet filmmaker
John Houseman, American actor and producer
Arturo Lanocita, Italian writer and journalist
Ronald Neame, British filmmaker and cinematographer
Hans Schaarwächter, West-German journalist

Official Sections

Main Competition

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Birdman of Alcatraz		John Frankenheimer	United States
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
Vivre sa vie		Jean-Luc Godard	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

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

^ "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". Retrieved October 7, 2013.