The 26th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 6 September 1965.
Italian poet Carlo Bo was the Jury President. The Golden Lion winner was Sandra directed by Luchino Visconti.
Jury Carlo Bo, Italian poet - Jury President Lewis Jacobs, American filmmaker Nikolai Lebedev, Soviet actor Jay Leyda, American filmmaker Max Lippmann, German film historian Edgar Morin, French philosopher Rune Waldekranz, Swedish producer
Official Sections The following films were selected to be screened:
Main Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Faithfulness Верность Pyotr Todorovsky Soviet Union I Am Twenty Мне двадцать лет Marlen Khutsiev Juliet of the Spirits Giulietta degli spiriti Federico Fellini Italy Kapurush কাপুরুষ Satyajit Ray India Loves of a Blonde Lásky jedné plavovlásky Miloš Forman Czechoslovakia Mickey One Arthur Penn United StatesModiga mindre mänLeif KrantzSweden Pierrot le Fou Jean-Luc Godard France Red Beard 赤ひげ Akira Kurosawa Japan Sandra Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa Luchino Visconti Italy Simon of the Desert Simón del desierto Luis Buñuel Mexico Three Rooms in Manhattan Trois chambres à Manhattan Marcel Carné France
Out of Competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Black Wind Viento negro Servando González Mexico Deaf Sam-yong 벙어리 삼룡 Sang-ok Shin South Korea The Deceased A Falecida Leon Hirszman Brazil Film Alan Schneider United States Gertrud Carl Theodor Dreyer DenmarkThe Knack ...and How to Get It Richard Lester United Kingdom A Man Named John E venne un uomo Ermanno Olmi Italy Salto Tadeusz Konwicki Poland The Shameless Old Lady La vieille dame indigne René Allio France Seven Golden Men 7 uomini d'oro Marco Vicario Italy Studies for Louisiana Story Robert J. Flaherty United States Sunday Afternoon Domingo à Tarde António de Macedo Portugal Twenty Hours Húsz óra Zoltán Fábri Hungary War and Peace Война и мир Sergei Bondarchuk Soviet Union
Official Awards
Main Competition Golden Lion: Sandra by Luchino Visconti Special Jury Prize: I Am Twenty by Marlen Khutsiyev Simon of the Desert by Luis Buñuel Modiga mindre män by Leif Krantz Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Toshirô Mifune by Red Beard Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Annie Girardot by Three Rooms in Manhattan Best First Work: Faithfulness by Pyotr Todorovsky
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prize Simon of the Desert by Luis Buñuel Gertrud by Carl Theodor Dreyer
OCIC Award Red Beard by Akira Kurosawa
UNICRIT Award Twenty Hours by Zoltán Fábri
Lion of San Marco Utek do vetru by Václav Táborsky Tjorven, Båtsman och Moses by Olle Hellbom The Snowy Day by Mal Wittman Enter Hamlet by School of Visual Art California Best Film about Adolescence: The Searching Eye by Saul Bass Best Documentary: Le isole incantante by Aleksandr Zguridi Best Documentary - Television: Philippe Pétain: Processo a Vichy by Liliana Cavani Best Children's Film - Television: Charley by Jimmy Murakami & Alan Ball
Grand Prize: Jack Frost by Aleksandr Rou Silver Medal: Daylight Robbery by Darryl Read
San Michele Award The Whacky Mixed-Up Carabiniers by Felix G. Palmer References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1965 Awards on IMDb