5th Venice International Film Festival

The 5th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 10 August and 3 September 1937. The new Palazzo del Cinema building was completed for this year's festival. It has been used as the venue since, excluding the years 1940 to 1948.

Jury

• Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, Italian - Jury President
• Luigi Chiarini, Italian
• Sandro De Feo, Italian
• Luigi Freddi, Italian
• Mario Gromo, Italian
• René Jeanne, Italian
• Neville Kearney, British
• Oswald Lehnich, German
• Karl Meltzer, German
• Georges Lourau, French
• Ryszard Ordynski, Polish
• Esodo Pratelli, Italian
• Louis Villani, Hungarian

In-Competition films

• A Star Is Born by William A. Wellman
• Der Herrscher by Veit Harlan
• Elephant Boy by Robert J. Flaherty
• Kid Galahad by Michael Curtiz
• La grande illusion by Jean Renoir
• Les perles de la couronne by Christian-Jaque, Sacha Guitry
• Marked Woman by Lloyd Bacon
• Scipione l'africano by Carmine Gallone
• Shall We Dance by Mark Sandrich
• Theodora Goes Wild by Ryszard Bolesławski
• Victoria the Great by Herbert Wilcox
• Winterset by Alfred Santell
• Un carnet de bal by Julien Duvivier

Awards

• Best Foreign Film: Un carnet de bal by Julien Duvivier
• Best Italian Film: Scipione l'africano by Carmine Gallone
• Volpi Cup:
  • Best Actor: Emil Jannings for Der Herrscher
  • Best Actress: Bette Davis for Kid Galahad and Marked Woman
• Special Recommendation:
  • Batalión by Miroslav Cikán
  • Kōjō no Tsuki by Keisuke Sasaki
  • Mária növér by Viktor Gertler
  • Sant Tukaram by Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh Fattelal
  • The Flying Doctor by Miles Mander
• Honorable Mention:
  • Barbara Radziwillówna by Joseph Lejtes
  • Template:Proper name by Eugeniusz Cekalski, Stanislaw Wohl
• Best Director: Elephant Boy by Robert J. Flaherty, Zoltán Korda
• Best Screenplay: Les perles de la couronne by Sacha Guitry, Christian-Jaque
• Best Cinematography: Winterset by J. Peverell Marley

External links

• Venice Film Festival 1937 Awards on IMDb