The 4th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 10 and 31 August 1936. This year saw an international jury nominated for the first time.
Jury Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, Italian - Jury President Ottavio Croze, Italian Giacomo Paolucci de'Calboli, Italian Luigi Freddi, Italian Mario Gromo, Italian Neville Kearney, British Oswald Lehnich, German Antonio Maraini, Italian Karl Meltzer, German Filippo Sacchi, Italian Ryszard Ordynski, Polish Louis Villani, Hungarian Émile Vuillermoz, French
In-Competition films La Kermesse héroïque by Jacques Feyder Der Kaiser von Kalifornien by Luis Trenker The Ghost Goes West by René Clair The Great Ziegfeld by Robert Z. Leonard It Was Me by Arthur Bárdos Lo squadrone bianco by Augusto Genina Mayerling by Anatole Litvak Mr. Deeds Goes to Town by Frank Capra Show Boat by James Whale The Story of Louis Pasteur by William Dieterle Veille d'armes by Marcel L'Herbier
Awards Best Foreign Film: Der Kaiser von Kalifornien by Luis Trenker Best Italian Film: Lo squadrone bianco by Augusto Genina Volpi Cup: Best Actor: Paul Muni for The Story of Louis Pasteur Best Actress: Annabella for Veille d'armes Special Recommendation: Ave Maria by Johannes Riemann Children's Corner by Marcel L'Herbier, Emile Vuillermoz Mary of Scotland by John Ford Marysa by Josef Rovenský Metropolitan Nocturne by Leigh Jason Mr. Deeds Goes to Town by Frank Capra Opernring by Carmine Gallone Polesie by Maksymilian Emmer, Jerzy Maliniak Pompei by Giorgio Ferroni Scrooge by Henry Edwards The Mine by J. B. Holmes The Robber Symphony by Friedrich Feher Verräter by Karl Ritter Animated Film: Who Killed Cock Robin? by Walt Disney Color Film: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by Henry Hathaway Best Director: La Kermesse héroïque by Jacques Feyder Best Cinematography: Tudor Rose by Mutz Greenbaum
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1936 Awards on IMDb