22nd Venice International Film Festival

22nd Venice International Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	Venice, Italy
Founded	1932
Awards	Golden Lion: Last Year at Marienbad
Festival date	20 August – 3 September 1961
Website	Website

The 22nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 20 August to 3 September 1961.^[1]

Italian film critic Filippo Sacchi was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was Last Year at Marienbad directed by Alain Resnais.

Jury

• Filippo Sacchi, Italian journalist and film critic - Jury President^[2]
• Lev Arnshtam, Soviet filmmaker
• Giulio Cesare Castello, Italian
• Jean de Baroncelli, French
• John Hubley, American filmmaker
• Gian Gaspare Napolitano, Italian journalist
• Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Argentinian filmmaker

Official Sections

Main Competition

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Bandits of Orgosolo	Banditi a Orgosolo	Vittorio De Seta	Italy
The Brigand	Il brigante	Renato Castellani
The Betrayer	Vanina Vanini	Roberto Rossellini
The Last Judgment	Il giudizio universale	Vittorio De Sica
Last Year at Marienbad	L'Année dernière à Marienbad	Alain Resnais	France
Peace to Him Who Enters	Мир входящему	Aleksandr Alov	Soviet Union
Samson		Andrzej Wajda	Poland
Summer and Smoke		Peter Glenville	United States
Thou Shalt Not Kill	Tu ne tueras point	Claude Autant-Lara	France
Victim		Basil Dearden	United Kingdom
Yojimbo		Akira Kurosawa	Japan

Official Awards

• Golden Lion: Last Year at Marienbad by Alain Resnais
• Special Jury Prize: Peace to Him Who Enters by Aleksandr Alov
• Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Toshiro Mifune for Yojimbo
• Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Suzanne Flon for Thou Shalt Not Kill
• Best First Work: Banditi a Orgosolo by Vittorio De Seta

Independent Awards

New Cinema Award

• Banditi a Orgosolo by Vittorio De Seta

San Giorgio Prize

• Banditi a Orgosolo by Vittorio De Seta

FIPRESCI Prize

• The Brigand by Renato Castellani

OCIC Award

• Il Posto by Ermanno Olmi

Pasinetti Award

• Peace to Him Who Enters by Aleksandr Alov
  • Parallel Sections: Il Posto by Ermanno Olmi

Italian Cinema Clubs Award

• Banditi a Orgosolo by Vittorio De Seta

Award of the City of Imola

• Il Posto by Ermanno Olmi

Award of the City of Venice

• Léon Morin, Priest by Jean-Pierre Melville

References

1. "The 1960s". Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
2. "Juries for the 1960s". Retrieved October 7, 2013.

External links

• Official website
• Venice Film Festival 1961 Awards on IMDb