The 24th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 7 September 1963.
Italian journalist Arturo Lanocita was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Hands Over the City directed by Francesco Rosi.
Jury Arturo Lanocita, Italian journalist, writer and film critic - Jury President Guido Aristarco, Italian film critic Piero Gadda Conti, Italian writer and film critic Sergei Gerasimov, Soviet filmmaker Lewis Jacobs, American director Hidemi Kon, Japanese critic Claude Mauriac, French writer and journalist
Official Sections The following films were selected to be screened:
In Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Billy Liar John Schlesinger United Kingdom The Cool World Shirley Clarke United States The Executioner El Verdugo Luis García Berlanga Spain The Fire Within Le feu follet Louis Malle France The Great Road Bolshaya doroga Yuri Ozerov Soviet Union The Golden Fern Zlaté kapradí Jiří Weiss Czechoslovakia Hands Over the City Le mani sulla città Francesco Rosi Italy High and Low 天国と地獄 Akira Kurosawa Japan Hud Martin Ritt United States Introduction to Life Вступление Igor Talankin Soviet Union Mad Sea Mare matto Renato Castellani Italy Muriel Muriel ou le Temps d'un retour Alain Resnais France Ningen 人間 Kaneto Shindô Japan Nothing Ever Happens Nunca pasa nada Juan Antonio Bardem Spain, France Omicron Ugo Gregoretti Italy The Servant Joseph Losey United Kingdom Silence Milczenie Kazimierz Kutz Poland Sweet and Sour Dragées au poivre Jacques Baratier France Tom Jones Tony Richardson United Kingdom
In Competition - First Work English title Original title Director(s) Production country La belle vie Robert Enrico France Chi lavora è perduto Tinto Brass Italy The Demon Il demonio Brunello Rondi Italy Greenwich Village Story Jack O'Connell United Kingdom Le Joli Mai Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme France A Sentimental Attempt Un tentativo sentimentale Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa Italy Stories in the Sand Storie sulla sabbia Riccardo Fellini Italy A Sunday in September En söndag i september Jörn Donner Sweden The Terrorist Il terrorista Gianfranco De Bosio Italy
Out of Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Chair Robert Drew United States Laugh with Max Linder En compagnie de Max Linder Maud Linder France Mysteries of Rome I misteri di Roma Gianni Bisiach, Libero Bizzarri Italy Pour la suite du monde Pierre Perrault, Marcel Carrière, Michel Brault Canada Primary Richard Leacock United States Rose et Landry Pierre Perrault, Marcel Carrière, Michel Brault Canada Official Awards Golden Lion: Hands Over the City by Francesco Rosi Special Jury Prize: The Fire Within by Louis Malle Introduction to Life by Igor Talankin Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Albert Finney for Tom Jones Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Delphine Seyrig for Muriel Best First Work: A Sunday in September by Jörn Donner Best Short Film: The War Game by Mai Zetterling
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prize El Verdugo by Luis García Berlanga
OCIC Award Hud by Martin Ritt
Pasinetti Award The Fire Within by Louis Malle Parallel Sections: Il terrorista by Gianfranco De Bosio
Lion of San Marco - Grand Prize Best Documentary: Mud Covered City by Václav Táborsky
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1963 Awards on IMDb