The 6th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 8 and 31 August 1938.La Stampa, Aug 31, 1938 The festival screened a French cinema retrospective, spanning works from 1891 to 1933.
Jury Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, Italian businessman and politician - Jury President Olaf Andersson, Swedish Alfonso Rivas Bustamante, Mexican Giacomo Paolucci de'Calboli, Italian Luigi Freddi, Italian journalist and politician Miloš Havel, Czechoslovak producer and studio executive Neville Kearney, British René Jeanne, French actor, writer and historian Oswald Lehnich, German Antonio Maraini, Italian Humberto Mauro, Brazilian filmmaker Eitel Monaco, Italian Edmond Moreau, Swiss Ryszard Ordynski, Polish Harold Smith, American cinematographer Junzo Sato, Japanese F.L. Theron, South African Louis Villani, Hungarian Carl Vincent, Belgian
In-Competition films The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Norman Taurog The Drum by Zoltán Korda Come on Ponciano by Gabriel Soria Gonin no Sekkohei by Tomotaka Tasaka Heimat by Carl Froelich Jezebel by William Wyler Luciano Serra pilota by Goffredo Alessandrini Marie Antoinette by W. S. Van Dyke Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker and Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit by Leni Riefenstahl Prison sans barreaux by Léonide Moguy Pygmalion by Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen, David Hand Young Noszty and Mary Toth by Steve Sekely
Awards Best Film: Luciano Serra pilota by Goffredo Alessandrini Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker and Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit by Leni Riefenstahl Volpi Cup: Best Actor: Leslie Howard for Pygmalion Best Actress: Norma Shearer for Marie Antoinette Special Recommendation: Allá en el Rancho Grande by Fernando de Fuentes Break the News by René Clair Der Mustergatte with Heinz Rühmann En kvinnas ansikte by Gustaf Molander Fahrendes Volk by Jacques Feyder Geniusz sceny by Ludwik Solski Hanno rapito un uomo by Gennaro Righelli Jezebel by William Wyler Le quai des brumes by Marcel Carné Michelangelo by Curt Oertel Sotto la croce del sud by Guido Brignone The Rage of Paris by Henry Koster Thema's van de inspiratie by Charles Dekeukeleire Urlaub auf Ehrenwort by Karl Ritter Vivacious Lady by George Stevens Best Director: Heimat by Carl Froelich Medal: Natur und Technik by Ulrich K. T. Schultz Best Short - Fiction: by Giorgio Ferroni Karakoram by Henri de Ségogne Sv. Istvan (Magyar Film Iroda) Best Documentary: Nella luce di Roma (Istituto Nazionale Luce) The River by Pare Lorentz Best Educative or Scientific Film: Der Bienenstaat by Ulrich K. T. Schultz Special Award (The Grand Art Trophy): Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen and David Hand
See also 21st Venice Biennale
References
External links
1938 webpage on Venice Biennale website Venice Film Festival 1938 Awards on IMDb