25th Venice International Film Festival

The 25th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 27 August to 10 September 1964.^[1]

25th Venice International Film Festival

Location	Venice, Italy
Founded	1932
Awards	Golden Lion: Red Desert by Michelangelo Antonioni
Festival date	27 August – 10 September 1964
Website	Website

Italian writer Mario Soldati was the jury president for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Red Desert, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.

Jury

• Mario Soldati, Italian writer - Jury President^[2]
• Rudolf Arnheim, American author
• Ove Brusendorff, Danish film historian
• Thorold Dickinson, British filmmaker
• Georges Sadoul, French writer
• Ricardo Muñoz Suay, Spanish director
• Jerzy Toeplitz, Polish film theorist

Official Sections

The following films were selected to be screened:^[3]

In Competition

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Girl with Green Eyes		Desmond Davis	United Kingdom
The Gospel According to St. Matthew	Il vangelo secondo Matteo	Pier Paolo Pasolini	Italy
Hamlet	Гамлет	Grigori Kozintsev	Soviet Union
King & Country		Joseph Losey	United Kingdom
Life Upside Down	La vie à l'envers	Alain Jessua	France
To Love	Att Älska	Jörn Donner	Sweden
A Married Woman	Une femme mariée	Jean-Luc Godard	France
Nothing but a Man		Michael Roemer	United States
The Peach Thief	Kradetzat na praskovi	Vulo Radev	Bulgaria
Red Desert	Il deserto rosso	Michelangelo Antonioni	Italy
This Special Friendship	Les amitiés particulières	Jean Delannoy	France
Tonio Kröger		Rolf Thiele	West Germany

Out of Competition

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
All These Women	För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor	Ingmar Bergman	Sweden
Woman Is a Wonderful Thing	La donna è una cosa meravigliosa	Mauro Bolognini	Italy

Official Awards

• Golden Lion: Red Desert by Michelangelo Antonioni
• Special Jury Prize:
  • Hamlet by Grigori Kozintsev
  • The Gospel According to St. Matthew by Pier Paolo Pasolini
• Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Tom Courtenay for King & Country
• Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Harriet Andersson for To Love
• Best First Work: La vie à l'envers by Alain Jessua

Independent Awards

San Giorgio Prize

• Nothing But a Man by Michael Roemer

FIPRESCI Prize

• Red Desert by Michelangelo Antonioni

OCIC Award

• The Gospel According to St. Matthew by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pasinetti Award

• La vie à l'envers by Alain Jessua
  • Parallel Sections: Passenger by Andrzej Munk

Lion of San Marco - Grand Prize

• Skoplje '63 by Veljko Bulajić
  • Best Documentary: L'enigma Oppenhemier by Leandro Castellani