Location | Venice, Italy |
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Founded | 1932 |
Awards |
Golden Lion: The Battle of Algiers |
Festival date | 28 August – 10 September 1966 |
Website | Website |
The 27th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 10 September 1966. [1]
Italian writer Giorgio Bassani was the Jury President. The Golden Lion winner was The Battle of Algiers, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Almost a Man / Half a Man | Un uomo a metà | Vittorio De Seta | Italy |
Au Hasard Balthazar | Robert Bresson | France | |
The Battle of Algiers | La battaglia di Algeri | Gillo Pontecorvo | Italy, Algeria |
Chappaqua | Conrad Rooks | United States | |
Les Créatures | Agnès Varda | France | |
Fahrenheit 451 | François Truffaut | France, United Kingdom | |
The First Teacher | Первый учитель | Andrey Konchalovskiy | Soviet Union |
The Game Is Over | La Curée | Roger Vadim | France, Italy |
The Search | La Busca | Angelino Fons | Spain |
Night Games | Nattlek | Mai Zetterling | Sweden |
The Wild Angels | Roger Corman | United States | |
Yesterday Girl | Abschied von gestern | Alexander Kluge | West Germany |