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12th Venice International Film Festival

Italian film festival in 1951

Field	Value
name	12th Venice International Film Festival
location	Venice, Italy
founded	1932
awards	Golden Lion of Saint Mark: Rashomon
date	20 August – 10 September 1951
website	[Website](http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/)
chronology	Venice Film Festival
preceded_by	[11th](11th-venice-international-film-festival)
followed_by	[13th](13th-venice-international-film-festival)

The 12th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 20 August to 10 September 1951.

Italian film critic Mario Gromo, was the jury president for the main competition. The Golden Lion of Saint Mark was awarded to Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa.

Jury

Mario Gromo, Italian film critic - Jury President
Antonio Baldini, Italian writer
Piero Gadda Conti, Italian film critic
Ermanno Contini
Fabrizio Dentice, Italian composer
Vinicio Marinucci
Gian Gaspare Napolitano, Italian journalist
Gian Luigi Rondi, Italian screenwriter
Giorgio Vigolo

Official Sections

Main Competition

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Alice in Wonderland	Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske	United States
Ace in the Hole	Billy Wilder
Born Yesterday	George Cukor
Diary of a Country Priest	Journal d'un curé de campagne	Robert Bresson	France
Fourteen Hours	Henry Hathaway	United States
Four Ways Out	La città si difende	Pietro Germi	Italy
*Rashomon*	羅生門	Akira Kurosawa	Japan
The Lavender Hill Mob	Charles Crichton	United Kingdom
Murder in the Cathedral	George Hoellering
The Night Is My Kingdom	La Nuit est mon royaume	Georges Lacombe	France
The River	Le Fleuve	Jean Renoir
A Streetcar Named Desire	Elia Kazan	United States
Teresa	Fred Zinnemann

Official Awards

Main Competition

Golden Lion of Saint Mark: Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa
Best Italian Film: Four Ways Out by Pietro Germi
Special Jury Prize: A Streetcar Named Desire by Elia Kazan
Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Jean Gabin for The Night Is My Kingdom
Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Vivien Leigh for A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Original Screenplay: T. E. B. Clarke for The Lavender Hill Mob
Best Cinematography: Léonce-Henri Burel for Diary of a Country Priest
Best Original Music: Hugo Friedhofer for Ace in the Hole

Independent Awards

International Award

Diary of a Country Priest by Robert Bresson
The River by Jean Renoir
Ace in the Hole by Billy Wilder

OCIC Award

Diary of a Country Priest by Robert Bresson

Italian Film Critics Award

Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa)
Diary of a Country Priest by Robert Bresson
Special Prize: Peter Pendrey for Murder in the Cathedral (For the best production design)

References

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