15th Venice International Film Festival

15th Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Location	Venice, Italy
Founded	1932
Festival date	22 August – 7 September 1954
Website	http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/

The 15th Venice International Film Festival was held from 22 August to 7 September 1954.^[1]

Jury

Ignazio Silone - Italy (head of jury)^[2]
Bengt Idestam Almquist - Sweden
Louis Chauvet - France
Carlos Fernandez Cuenca - Spain
Roger Manvell - UK
Mario Gromo - Italy
Pasquale Ojetti - Italy
Piero Regnoli - Italy
Filippo Sacchi - Italy

In Competition

English title	Original title ^[3]	Director(s)	Production country
Sansho the Bailiff	Sansho Dayu	Kenji Mizoguchi	Japan
Seven Samurai	Shichinin no Samurai	Akira Kurosawa	Japan
	On the Waterfront	Elia Kazan	United States
	La strada	Federico Fellini	Italy
	Executive Suite	Robert Wise	United States
Air of Paris	L'air de Paris	Marcel Carné	France
	Romeo and Juliet	Renato Castellani	Italy
Grisbi, Hands Off the Loot!	Touchez pas au grisbi	Jacques Becker	France
	Father Brown	Robert Hamer	United Kingdom
Woman of Rome	La romana	Luigi Zampa	Italy
	Senso	Luchino Visconti	Italy

Awards

Grand International Prize of Venice
- Best Film - Romeo and Juliet (Renato Castellani)
Silver Lion for Best Direction
- On the Waterfront by (Elia Kazan)
- Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi)
- Seven Samurai by (Akira Kurosawa)
- La Strada by (Federico Fellini)
Volpi Cup
- Best Actor - L'air de Paris (Jean Gabin)
OCIC Award
- On the Waterfront by (Elia Kazan)
Pasinetti Award
- On the Waterfront by (Elia Kazan)
Absolute Grand Prize
- The Back of Beyond (John Heyer)
Special Award
- Executive Suite (ensemble cast)

References

↑ "The 1950s". Retrieved October 8, 2013.
↑ "Juries for the 1950s". Retrieved October 8, 2013.
↑ "Venice Film Festival 1954". Retrieved 4 October 2013.

External links

Venice Film Festival

Awards	Golden Lion Silver Lion (for Best Direction) Grand Jury Prize Special Jury Prize Best Actress (Volpi Cup) Best Actor (Volpi Cup) Golden Osella Premio Marcello Mastroianni Queer Lion Young Cinema Award

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