8th_Venice_International_Film_Festival

8th Venice International Film Festival

8th Venice International Film Festival

Film festival

The 8th Venice International Film Festival was held from 23 August to 15 September 1947.[1] Screenwriter Vinicio Marinucci was appointed as the president of the jury.[2] Formally, it still was not the Golden Lion to designate the highest honor of the event. The prize was known as the Grand International Prize of Venice,[3] which was awarded to The Strike, directed by Karel Steklý.[4]

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Jury

Main Competition (Venezia 8)[2]

  • Vinicio Marinucci, Italian screenwriter and journalist (Jury President)
  • Hugo Mauerhofer, Swiss film scholar
  • Antonín Martin Brousil, Czechoslovak film critic and historian
  • Jacques Ibert, French composer
  • Fabrizio Malipiero, Danish entrepreneur
  • Cirly Ray, British journalist
  • William Karol, Mexican film producer
  • Dimitri Jeriomin, Soviet writer
  • Jeanne Contini, American journalist

Official selection

In Competition

The following films were selected for the main international competition:

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Highlighted title indicates Grand International Prize winner.

Awards

Official selection

The following official awards were presented at the 8th edition:[4]

In Competition

References

  1. [1]
    "ASAC Data: Year 1947" (in Italian). Venice Biennale. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019.
  2. [2]
    "ASAC Data: Juries" (in Italian). Venice Biennale. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019.
  3. [3]
    "The 1940s". Carnival of Venice. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011.
  4. [4]
    "ASAC Data: Awards" (in Italian). Venice Biennale. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019.
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