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2nd Venice International Film Festival

Italian film festival in 1934


Italian film festival in 1934

FieldValue
name2nd Venice International Film Festival
imageVeniceFilmFestival2poster.jpg
captionFestival poster
locationVenice, Italy
founded1932
date1–20 August 1934
website[Website](http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/)
chronologyVenice Film Festival
preceded_by[1st](1st-venice-international-film-festival)
followed_by[3rd](3rd-venice-international-film-festival)

The 2nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 1 and 20 August 1934. This was the first year the festival had a competition with the Coppa Mussolini being awarded for Best Foreign Film and Best Italian Film.

In-Competition films

  • Amok by Fyodor Otsep
  • Broken Dreams by Robert G. Vignola
  • Ekstase by Gustav Machatý
  • It Happened One Night by Frank Capra
  • La signora di tutti by Max Ophüls
  • Le Grand Jeu by Jacques Feyder
  • Little Women by George Cukor
  • Man of Aran by Robert J. Flaherty
  • Queen Christina by Rouben Mamoulian
  • The Private Life of Don Juan by Alexander Korda
  • Teresa Confalonieri by Guido Brignone
  • Viva Villa! by Jack Conway

Awards

  • Best Foreign Film: Man of Aran by Robert J. Flaherty
  • Best Italian Film: Teresa Confalonieri by Guido Brignone
  • Golden Medal: Stadium by Carlo Campogalliani
  • Best Director: Gustav Machatý for Ecstasy
  • Best Actor: Wallace Beery for Viva Villa!
  • Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn for Little Women
  • Best Animation: Walt Disney for Funny Little Bunnies
  • Special Recommendation:
    • Death Takes a Holiday by Mitchell Leisen
    • The Invisible Man by James Whale
    • The World Moves On by John Ford
    • Viva Villa! by Jack Conway
  • Best Short Film: Voulez-vous être un assassin? by Marcel De Hubsch
  • Best Cinematography: Dood water by Andor von Barsy
  • Special Prize: Seconda B by Goffredo Alessandrini
  • Honorary Diploma:
    • En stilla flirt by Gustaf Molander
    • Leblebici horhor aga by Muhsin Ertuğrul
    • Nippon Nippon by Katsudo Shashin
    • Se ha fugado un preso by Benito Perojo
    • Savitri by C. Pullaiah
    • Seeta by Debaki Bose

References

References

  1. "Venice Film Festival: The 30s". labiennale.org.
  2. "The 1930s".
  3. Bhagwan Das Gag. (1996). "So many cinemas: the motion picture in India". Eminence Designs.
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