2nd Venice International Film Festival

2nd Venice International Film Festival poster

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

In-Competition films

• Amok by Fyodor Otsep
• 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: Stadio by Carlo Campogalliani
• 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
  • Seeta by Debaki Bose

References

1. "Venice Film Festival: The 30s". labiennale.org. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
2. "The 1930s". Retrieved 8 October 2013.

External links

• Venice Film Festival:1934 at Internet Movie Database
• Venice Film Festival 1934