26th Venice International Film Festival

The 26th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 6 September 1965.

Italian poet Carlo Bo was the Jury President. The Golden Lion winner was Sandra directed by Luchino Visconti.

Jury

 * Carlo Bo, Italia poet - Jury President
 * Lewis Jacobs, American filmmaker
 * Nikolai Lebedev, Soviet actor
 * Jay Leyda, American filmmaker
 * Max Lippmann, West-German
 * Edgar Morin, French philosopher
 * Rune Waldekranz, Swedish producer

Out of Competition

 * Gertrud by Carl Theodor Dreyer

Main Competition

 * Golden Lion: Sandra by Luchino Visconti
 * Special Jury Prize:
 * I Am Twenty by Marlen Khutsiyev
 * Simon of the Desert by Luis Buñuel
 * Modiga mindre män by Leif Krantz
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Toshirô Mifune by Red Beard
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Annie Girardot by Three Rooms in Manhattan
 * Best First Work: Faithfulness by Pyotr Todorovsky

FIPRESCI Prize

 * Simon of the Desert by Luis Buñuel
 * Gertrud by Carl Theodor Dreyer

OCIC Award

 * Red Beard by Akira Kurosawa

UNICRIT Award

 * Twenty Hours by Zoltán Fábri

Lion of San Marco

 * Utek do vetru by Václav Táborsky
 * Tjorven, Båtsman och Moses by Olle Hellbom
 * The Snowy Day by Mal Wittman
 * Enter Hamlet by School of Visual Art California
 * Best Film about Adolescence: The Searching Eye by Saul Bass
 * Best Documentary: Le isole incantante by Aleksandr Zguridi
 * Best Documentary - Television: Philippe Pétain: Processo a Vichy by Liliana Cavani
 * Best Children's Film - Television: Charley by Jimmy Murakami & Alan Ball


 * Grand Prize: Jack Frost by Aleksandr Rou
 * Silver Medal: Daylight Robbery by Darryl Read

San Michele Award

 * The Whacky Mixed-Up Carabiniers by Felix G. Palmer