6th Venice International Film Festival
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| Location | Venice, Italy |
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| Founded | 1932 |
| Festival date | 8 – 31 August 1938 |
| Website | Website |
The 6th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 8 and 31 August 1938.[1] The festival screened a French cinema retrospective, spanning works from 1891 to 1933.[2][3]
Jury
- Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata (president) (Italy)[4]
- Olaf Andersson (Sweden)
- Luigi Freddi (Italy)
- Miloš Havel (Czechoslovakia)
- Neville Kearney (UK)
- René Jeanne (France)
- Oswald Lehnich (Germany)
- Antonio Maraini (Italy)
- Humberto Mauro (Brazil)
- Edmond Moreau (Switzerland)
- Eitel Monaco (Italy)
- Ryszard Ordynski (Poland)
- Giacomo Paolucci de Calboli Barone (Italy)
- Alfonso Rivas Bustamante (Mexico)
- Harold Smith (USA)
- Junzo Sato (Japan)
- F. L. Theron (South Africa)
- Carl Vincent (Belgium)
- Louis Villani (Hungary)
In-Competition films
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Norman Taurog
- Zoltán Korda
- Gonin no Sekkohei by Tomotaka Tasaka
- Heimat by Carl Froelich
- Jezebel by William Wyler
- Luciano Serra pilota by Goffredo Alessandrini
- Marie Antoinette by W. S. Van Dyke
- Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker and Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit by Leni Riefenstahl
- Prison sans barreaux by Léonide Moguy
- Leslie Howard
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen, David Hand
- Young Noszty and Mary Toth by Steve Sekely
Awards
- Best Film:
- Volpi Cup:
- Best Actor: Leslie Howard for Pygmalion
- Best Actress: Norma Shearer for Marie Antoinette
- Best Actor:
- Special Recommendation:
- Allá en el Rancho Grande by Fernando de Fuentes
- Break the News by René Clair
- Der Mustergatte with Heinz Rühmann
- En kvinnas ansikte by Gustaf Molander
- Fahrendes Volk by Jacques Feyder
- Geniusz sceny by Ludwik Solski
- Hanno rapito un uomo by Gennaro Righelli
- Jezebel by William Wyler
- Le quai des brumes by Marcel Carné
- Michelangelo by Curt Oertel
- Sotto la croce del sud by Guido Brignone
- The Rage of Paris by Henry Koster
- Thema's van de inspiratie by Charles Dekeukeleire
- Urlaub auf Ehrenwort by Karl Ritter
- Vivacious Lady by George Stevens
- Best Director: Heimat by Carl Froelich
- Medal: Natur und Technik by Ulrich K. T. Schultz
- Best Short - Fiction:
- Armonie pucciniane by Giorgio Ferroni
- Karakoram by Henri de Ségogne
- Sv. Istvan (Magyar Film Iroda)
- Best Documentary:
- Nella luce di Roma (Istituto Nazionale Luce)
- The River by Pare Lorentz
- Best Educative or Scientific Film: Der Bienenstaat by Ulrich K. T. Schultz
- Special Award (The Grand Art Trophy): Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen and David Hand
References
- ^ La Stampa, Aug 31, 1938
- ^ "Venice Film Festival: The 30s". labiennale.org. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
- ^ "The 1930s". Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Juries for the 1930s". Retrieved 8 October 2013.