The 5th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 10 August and 3 September 1937. The new Palazzo del Cinema building was completed for this year's festival. It has been used as the venue since, excluding the years 1940 to 1948.
Jury Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, Italian - Jury President Luigi Chiarini, Italian Sandro De Feo, Italian Luigi Freddi, Italian Mario Gromo, Italian René Jeanne, Italian Neville Kearney, British Oswald Lehnich, German Karl Meltzer, German Georges Lourau, French Ryszard Ordynski, Polish Esodo Pratelli, Italian Louis Villani, Hungarian
In-Competition films A Star Is Born by William A. Wellman Der Herrscher by Veit Harlan Elephant Boy by Robert J. Flaherty Kid Galahad by Michael Curtiz La grande illusion by Jean Renoir Les perles de la couronne by Christian-Jaque, Sacha Guitry Marked Woman by Lloyd Bacon Scipione l'africano by Carmine Gallone Shall We Dance by Mark Sandrich Theodora Goes Wild by Ryszard Bolesławski Victoria the Great by Herbert Wilcox Winterset by Alfred Santell Un carnet de bal by Julien Duvivier
Awards Best Foreign Film: Un carnet de bal by Julien Duvivier Best Italian Film: Scipione l'africano by Carmine Gallone Volpi Cup: Best Actor: Emil Jannings for Der Herrscher Best Actress: Bette Davis for Kid Galahad and Marked Woman Special Recommendation: Batalión by Miroslav Cikán Kōjō no Tsuki by Keisuke Sasaki Mária növér by Viktor Gertler Sant Tukaram by Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh Fattelal The Flying Doctor by Miles Mander Honorable Mention: Barbara Radziwillówna by Joseph Lejtes by Eugeniusz Cekalski, Stanisław Wohl Best Director: Elephant Boy by Robert J. Flaherty, Zoltán Korda Best Screenplay: Les perles de la couronne by Sacha Guitry, Christian-Jaque Best Cinematography: Winterset by J. Peverell Marley
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1937 Awards on IMDb