22nd Venice International Film Festival

22nd Venice International Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	Venice, Italy
Founded	1932
Awards	Golden Lion: Last Year at Marienbad
Festival date	20 August – 3 September 1961
Website	Website
Venice Film Festival chronology
23rd 21st

The 22nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 20 August to 3 September 1961.^[1]

Italian film critic Filippo Sacchi was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was Last Year at Marienbad directed by Alain Resnais.

• Filippo Sacchi, Italian journalist and film critic - Jury President^[2]
• Lev Arnshtam, Soviet filmmaker
• Giulio Cesare Castello, Italian
• Jean de Baroncelli, French
• John Hubley, American filmmaker
• Gian Gaspare Napolitano, Italian journalist
• Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Argentinian filmmaker

• Golden Lion: Last Year at Marienbad by Alain Resnais
• Special Jury Prize: Peace to Him Who Enters by Aleksandr Alov
• Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Toshiro Mifune for Yojimbo
• Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Suzanne Flon for Thou Shalt Not Kill
• Best First Work: Banditi a Orgosolo by Vittorio De Seta

• Banditi a Orgosolo by Vittorio De Seta

• Banditi a Orgosolo by Vittorio De Seta

• The Brigand by Renato Castellani

• Il Posto by Ermanno Olmi

• Peace to Him Who Enters by Aleksandr Alov
  • Parallel Sections: Il Posto by Ermanno Olmi

• Banditi a Orgosolo by Vittorio De Seta

• Il Posto by Ermanno Olmi

• Léon Morin, Priest by Jean-Pierre Melville

• Official website
• Venice Film Festival 1961 Awards on IMDb