The 30th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 23 August to 5 September 1969. There was no jury because from 1969 to 1979 the festival was not competitive.
Official Selections The following films were selected to be screened:
Main selection English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Ambush Zaseda Živojin Pavlović Yugoslavia Benito Cereno Serge Roullet France Boy 少年 Nagisa Ōshima Japan Cardillac Edgar Reitz West Germany Children's Games Walter Welebit United States Day Stars Дневные звёзды Igor Talankin Soviet Union An Event Događaj Vatroslav Mimica YugoslaviaThe Father Fadern Alf Sjöberg Sweden Fellini Satyricon Federico Fellini Italy The First Charge of the Machete La primera carga al machete Manuel Octavio Gómez Cuba Forbidden Ground Tiltott terület Pál Gábor Hungary Génius Štefan Uher Czechoslovakia The Heirs Os Herdeiros Carlos Diegues Brazil Honor and Glory Čest a sláva Hynek Bočan Czechoslovakia Love and Other Solitudes Del amor y otras soledades Basilio Martín Patino Spain Paulina Is Leaving Paulina s'en va André Téchiné France Pigsty Porcile Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy Prologue Robin Spry Canada Sierra Maestra Ansano Giannarelli Italy Subject for a Short Story Сюжет для небольшого рассказа Sergei Yutkevich Soviet Union, France Sweet Hunters Ternos caçadores Ruy Guerra PortugalTwo Gentlemen Sharing Ted Kotcheff United Kingdom Blood of the Condor Yawar mallku Jorge Sanjinés Bolivia Under the Sign of Scorpio Sotto il segno dello scorpione Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Italy A Very Curious Girl La fiancée du pirate Nelly Kaplan France Winter Wind Sirokkó Miklós Jancsó Hungary
Informativa English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Axe Baltagul Mircea Muresan Romania Bhuvan Shome Mrinal Sen India Double Suicide 心中天網島 Masahiro Shinoda Japan A Gentle Woman Une femme douce Robert Bresson France The Gladiators Gladiatorerna Peter Watkins Sweden Glory Day La sua giornata di gloria Edoardo Bruno Italy L'indiscret François Reichenbach France, West Germany Macunaima Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Brazil Rose Spot Una macchia rosa Enzo Muzii Italy Salesman Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin United States Story of a Girl Alone Historia de una chica sola Jorge Grau Spain The Year of the Cannibals I cannibali Liliana Cavani Italy A Woman's Case Mikreh Isha Jacques Katmor Israel
Awards
Omaggio per il complesso dell'opera The Omaggio per il complesso dell'opera (a lifetime achievement award) was awarded to Luis Buñuel. Pasinetti Award Best Foreign Film: Cest a sláva by Hynek Bocan Best Italian Film: Fellini Satyricon by Federico Fellini
CIDALC Award Zaseda by Zivojin Pavlovic
Golden Rudder Blood of the Condor by Jorge Sanjinés
Luis Buñuel Award La primera carga al machete by Manuel Octavio Gómez
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1969 Awards on IMDb