24th Venice International Film Festival

The 24th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 7 September 1963.^[1]

24th Venice International Film Festival

Location	Venice, Italy
Founded	1932
Awards	Golden Lion: Hands Over the City
Festival date	24 August – 7 September 1963
Website	Website

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^[2]
• 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

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

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