5th Venice International Film Festival

The 5th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 10 August and 3 September 1937. The new Palazzo del Cinema building was completed for this year's festival. It has been used as the venue since, excluding the years 1940 to 1948.

Jury

 * Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata (president) (Italy)
 * Luigi Chiarini (Italy)
 * Sandro De Feo (Italy)
 * Luigi Freddi (Italy)
 * Mario Gromo (Italy)
 * René Jeanne (France)
 * Neville Kearney (UK)
 * Oswald Lehnich (Germany)
 * Karl Meltzer (Germany)
 * Georges Lourau (France)
 * Ryszard Ordynski (Poland)
 * Esodo Pratelli (Italy)
 * Louis Vilani (Hungary)

In-Competition films

 * A Star Is Born by William A. Wellman
 * Der Herrscher by Veit Harlan
 * Elephant Boy by Robert J. Flaherty
 * Kid Galahad by Michael Curtiz
 * La grande illusion by Jean Renoir
 * Les perles de la couronne by Christian-Jaque, Sacha Guitry
 * Marked Woman by Lloyd Bacon
 * Scipione l'africano by Carmine Gallone
 * Shall We Dance by Mark Sandrich
 * Theodora Goes Wild by Ryszard Bolesławski
 * Victoria the Great by Herbert Wilcox
 * Winterset by Alfred Santell
 * Un carnet de bal by Julien Duvivier

Awards

 * Best Foreign Film: Un carnet de bal by Julien Duvivier
 * Best Italian Film: Scipione l'africano by Carmine Gallone
 * Volpi Cup:
 * Best Actor: Emil Jannings for Der Herrscher
 * Best Actress: Bette Davis for Kid Galahad and Marked Woman
 * Special Recommendation:
 * Batalión by Miroslav Cikán
 * Kōjō no Tsuki by Keisuke Sasaki
 * Mária növér by Viktor Gertler
 * Sant Tukaram by Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh Fattelal
 * The Flying Doctor by Miles Mander
 * Honorable Mention:
 * Barbara Radziwillówna by Joseph Lejtes
 *  by Eugeniusz Cekalski, Stanislaw Wohl
 * Best Director: Elephant Boy by Robert J. Flaherty, Zoltán Korda
 * Best Screenplay: Les perles de la couronne by Sacha Guitry, Christian-Jaque
 * Best Cinematography: Winterset by J. Peverell Marley