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
Venice Film Festival chronology
	23rd 21st

Founded1932

AwardsGolden Lion: Last Year at Marienbad

Festival date20 August – 3 September 1961

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.

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
Bridge to the Sun		Etienne Périer	France, United States
The Day the Tree Blooms	Kde reky mají slunce	Václav Krska	Czechoslovakia
The Girl with the Golden Eyes	La fille aux yeux d'or	Jean-Gabriel Albicocco	France
The Last Judgment	Il giudizio universale	Vittorio De Sica	Italy
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

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Accattone		Pier Paolo Pasolini	Italy
Angel Baby		Paul Wendkos	United States
Ánimas Trujano		Ismael Rodríguez	Mexico
Clear Skies	Чистое небо	Grigori Chukhrai	Soviet Union
Chronicle of a Summer	Chronique d'un été	Edgar Morin, Jean Rouch	France
The Connection		Shirley Clarke	United States
Dark Journey	Leviathan	Léonard Keigel	France
Days of Thrills and Laughter		Robert Youngson	United States
Education of Love	爱的教育	Robert Chung	Hong Kong
The Exiles		Kent Mackenzie	United States
A False Student	偽大学生	Yasuzo Masumura	Japan
Happiness of Us Alone	名もなく貧しく美しく	Zenzô Matsuyama	Japan
Kauf dir einen bunten Luftballon		Géza von Cziffra	West Germany, Austria
My Friend, Kolka!	Друг мой, Колька!	Aleksandr Mitta, Aleksei Saltykov	Soviet Union
Il Posto		Ermanno Olmi	Italy
The Promise	Συννέφιασε ο Παρνασσός	Vasilis Georgiadis	Greece
Square of Violence	Nasilje na trgu	Leonardo Bercovici	Yugoslavia
Night Tide		Curtis Harrington	United States
Of Stars and Men		John Hubley	United States
Prisioneros de una noche		David José Kohon	Argentina
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning		Karel Reisz	United Kingdom
A Song About the Gray Pigeon	Piesen o sivom holubovi	Stanislav Barabas	Czechoslovakia
Summer Skin	Piel de verano	Leopoldo Torre Nilsson	Argentina
Tiro al piccione		Giuliano Montaldo	Italy
Tonight a City Will Die	Dzis w nocy umrze miasto	Jan Rybkowski	Poland
Yanco		Servando González	Mexico

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Official awards	Golden Lion Grand Jury Prize Special Jury Prize Silver Lion Volpi Cup for Best Actor Volpi Cup for Best Actress Best Screenplay Marcello Mastroianni Award Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Glory to the Filmmaker Lion of the Future
Retired awards	Golden Osella
Parallel sections	Orizzonti Giornate degli Autori
Independent awards	Brian Award Queer Lion Young Cinema Award
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List of Venice Film Festival jury presidents

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