6th Venice International Film Festival

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]

6th Venice International Film Festival

Location	Venice, Italy
Founded	1932
Festival date	8 – 31 August 1938
Website	Website

Jury

• Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, Italian businessman and politician - Jury President^[4]
• Olaf Andersson, Swedish
• Alfonso Rivas Bustamante, Mexican
• Giacomo Paolucci de'Calboli, Italian
• Luigi Freddi, Italian journalist and politician
• Miloš Havel, Czechoslovak producer and studio executive
• Neville Kearney, British
• René Jeanne, French actor, writer and historian
• Oswald Lehnich, German
• Antonio Maraini, Italian
• Humberto Mauro, Brazilian filmmaker
• Eitel Monaco, Italian
• Edmond Moreau, Swiss
• Ryszard Ordynski, Polish
• Harold Smith, American cinematographer
• Junzo Sato, Japanese
• F.L. Theron, South African
• Louis Villani, Hungarian
• Carl Vincent, Belgian

In-Competition films

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Norman Taurog
• The Drum by Zoltán Korda
• Come on Ponciano by Gabriel Soria
• 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
• Pygmalion by Anthony Asquith, 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:
  • Luciano Serra pilota by Goffredo Alessandrini
  • Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker and Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit by Leni Riefenstahl
• Volpi Cup:
  • Best Actor: Leslie Howard for Pygmalion
  • Best Actress: Norma Shearer for Marie Antoinette
• 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