The 21st annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 7 September 1960.
French writer Marcel Achard was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Tomorrow Is My Turn directed André Cayatte.
Jury Marcel Achard, French writer - Jury President Peter Baker, British film critic Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet filmmaker and actor Louis Chauvet, French writer and journalist Antonio Pagliaro, Italian philosopher of language Jaime Potenze, Argentinian film critic Mario Praz, Italian film critic Samuel Steinman, American film critic Jerzy Toeplitz, Polish film scholar Arturo Tofanelli, Italian writer
Official Sections The following films were selected to be screened: Main Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Adua and Her Friends Adua e le compagne Antonio Pietrangeli Italy The Apartment Billy Wilder United States Atomic War Bride Rat Veljko Bulajic Yugoslavia Baltic Skies Балтийское небо Vladimir Vengerov Soviet Union Brainwashed Schachnovelle Gerd Oswald West Germany The White Dove Holubice František Vláčil Czechoslovakia The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 第一部 純愛篇／第二部 激怒篇 Masaki Kobayashi Japan Knights of the Teutonic Order Krzyzacy Aleksander Ford Poland Long Night in 1943 La lunga notte del '43 Florestano Vancini Italy Rocco and His Brothers Rocco e i suoi fratelli Luchino Visconti Italy, France Silver Spoon Set I delfini Francesco Maselli Italy Stowaway in the Sky Le Voyage en ballon Albert Lamorisse France Tomorrow Is My Turn Le Passage du Rhin André Cayatte France Tunes of Glory Ronald Neame United Kingdom
Out of Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Black Tights 1-2-3-4 ou Les Collants noirs Terence Young France, Portugal Pollyanna David Swift United States
Informativa English title Original title Director(s) Production country Ben-Hur William Wyler United States Bernadette of Lourdes Il suffit d'aimer Robert Darène France Be True Until Death Légy jó mindhalálig László Ranódy Hungary A Certain Major Alázatosan jelentem Mihály Szemes Ceneri della memoria Alberto Caldana Italy El Cochecito Marco Ferreri Spain Culpable Hugo del Carril Argentina Higher Principle Vyssí princip Jiří Krejčík Czechoslovakia Irohanihoheto いろはにほへと Noboru Nakamura Japan Kapo Gillo Pontecorvo Italy Key Witness Phil Karlson United States El Lazarillo de Tormes César Fernández Ardavín Spain Leili i Medzhnun Лейли и Меджнун Tatyana Berezantseva, Gafor Valamatzade Soviet Union Mad Years Les années folles Mirea Alexandresco, Henri Torrent France Maria Stuart Alfred Stöger West Germany Maribel and the Strange Family Maribel y la extraña familia José María Forqué Spain Never on Sunday Pote tin Kyriaki Jules Dassin Greece Pay or Die Richard Wilson United States A Secret Rendezvous 密会 Kô Nakahira Japan Shadows John Cassavetes United States Toro negro Benito Alazraki Mexico Towards Ecstasy Vers l'extase René Wheeler France Trapped by Fear Les distractions Jacques Dupont Vento del sud Enzo Provenzale Italy The Wedding Day Baishey Shravana Mrinal Sen India When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 女が階段を上る時 Mikio Naruse Japan
Official Awards Golden Lion: Tomorrow Is My Turn by André Cayatte Special Jury Prize: Rocco and His Brothers by Luchino Visconti Volpi Cup for Best Actor: John Mills for Tunes of Glory Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine for The Apartment Best First Work: Long Night in 1943 by Florestano Vancini
Independent Awards
San Giorgio Prize The Human Condition: No Greater Love by Masaki Kobayashi
FIPRESCI Prize El Cochecito by Marco Ferreri Rocco and His Brothers by Luchino Visconti
OCIC Award Stowaway in the Sky by Albert Lamorisse
Pasinetti Award The Human Condition: No Greater Love by Masaki Kobayashi Parallel Sections: Shadows by John Cassavetes
Lion of San Marco The Musicians by Kazimierz Karabasz
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1960 Awards on IMDb