23rd Venice International Film Festival

The 23rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 8 September 1962.

Italian filmmaker Luigi Chiarini was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion winners were: Family Diary directed by Valerio Zurlini and Ivan's Childhood directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.

A retrospective of the American Twenties is famously linked to this edition.

Jury

 * Luigi Chiarini, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
 * Guglielmo Biraghi, Italian film critic
 * G. B. Cavallaro, Italian producer
 * Georges Charensol, French actor
 * Iosif Kheifits, Soviet filmmaker
 * John Houseman, American actor and producer
 * Arturo Lanocita, Italian writer and journalist
 * Ronald Neame, British filmmaker and cinematographer
 * Hans Schaarwächter, West-German journalist

Official Awards

 * Golden Lion:
 * Family Diary by Valerio Zurlini
 * Ivan's Childhood by Andrei Tarkovsky
 * Special Jury Prize: Vivre sa vie by Jean-Luc Godard
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Burt Lancaster for Birdman of Alcatraz
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva for Thérèse Desqueyroux
 * Best First Work:
 * David and Lisa by Frank Perry
 * Los inundados by Fernando Birri

New Cinema Award

 * A Man for Burning by Valentino Orsini, Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani

San Giorgio Prize

 * Birdman of Alcatraz by John Frankenheimer

FIPRESCI Prize

 * Knife in the Water by Roman Polanski

OCIC Award

 * Term of Trial by Peter Glenville

Pasinetti Award

 * Vivre sa vie by Jean-Luc Godard
 * Parallel Sections: A Man for Burning by Valentino Orsini, Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani

Italian Cinema Clubs Award

 * Mamma Roma by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Award of the City of Imola

 * A Milanese Story by Eriprando Visconti
 * Special Mention: Pelle viva by Giuseppe Fina

Award of the City of Venice

 * Family Diary by Valerio Zurlini

Catholic Cinema Clubs Award

 * Family Diary by Valerio Zurlini

Cinema 60 Award

 * A Man for Burning by Valentino Orsini, Paolo Taviani and VittorioTaviani