11th Venice International Film Festival

Recognized as the oldest film festival in the world, the Venice Film Festival, made its entry in 1932 in Venice, Italy. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, the initial hosting of the festival was done in the Hotel Excelsior in Venice. The participating countries in the 1940s were just a handful owing to the breakout of World War II. The turn-out of participating countries, however, shot up in the 1950s and the festival grew internationally. Even films from Japan and India made their entry in that year. With the introduction of new genre of films, the festival took to newer heights and gained worldwide popularity. The festival helped film directors from all round the world in the betterment of their careers.^[3]

• Mario Gromo, Italian writer and film critic - Jury President^[4]
• Umbro Apollonio
• Antonio Baldini, Italian writer
• Piero Gadda Conti, Italian film critic
• Ermanno Contini
• Arturo Lanocita
• Gian Luigi Rondi, Italian screenwriter
• Turi Vasile, Italian producer, film critic and director
• Adone Zecchi

The following films were screened at the 1950 Venice Film Festival.^[1][5]