25th Venice International Film Festival

The 25th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 27 August to 10 September 1964.

Italian writer Mario Soldati was the jury president for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Red Desert, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.

Jury

 * Mario Soldati, Italian writer - Jury President
 * Rudolf Arnheim, American author
 * Ove Brusendorff, Danish
 * Thorold Dickinson, British filmmaker
 * Ricardo Muñoz Suay, Spanish director
 * Georges Sadoul, French writer
 * Jerzy Toeplitz, Polish film theorist

Official Awards

 * Golden Lion: Red Desert by Michelangelo Antonioni
 * Special Jury Prize:
 * Hamlet by Grigori Kozintsev
 * The Gospel According to St. Matthew by Pier Paolo Pasolini
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Tom Courtenay for King & Country
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Harriet Andersson for To Love
 * Best First Work: La vie à l'envers by Alain Jessua

San Giorgio Prize

 * Nothing But a Man by Michael Roemer

FIPRESCI Prize

 * Red Desert by Michelangelo Antonioni

OCIC Award

 * The Gospel According to St. Matthew by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pasinetti Award

 * La vie à l'envers by Alain Jessua
 * Parallel Sections: Passenger by Andrzej Munk

Lion of San Marco - Grand Prize

 * Skoplje '63 by Veljko Bulajić
 * Best Documentary: L'enigma Oppenhemier by Leandro Castellani