6th Venice International Film Festival

The 6th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 8 and 31 August 1938. The festival screened a French cinema retrospective, spanning works from 1891 to 1933.

Jury

 * Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata (president) (Italy)
 * Olaf Andersson (Sweden)
 * Luigi Freddi (Italy)
 * Miloš Havel (Czechoslovakia)
 * Neville Kearney (UK)
 * René Jeanne (France)
 * Oswald Lehnich (Germany)
 * Antonio Maraini (Italy)
 * Humberto Mauro (Brazil)
 * Edmond Moreau (Switzerland)
 * Eitel Monaco (Italy)
 * Ryszard Ordynski (Poland)
 * Giacomo Paolucci de Calboli Barone (Italy)
 * Alfonso Rivas Bustamante (Mexico)
 * Harold Smith (USA)
 * Junzo Sato (Japan)
 * F. L. Theron (South Africa)
 * Carl Vincent (Belgium)
 * Louis Villani (Hungary)

In-Competition films

 * The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Norman Taurog
 * The Drum by Zoltán Korda
 * Gonin no Sekkohei by Tomotaka Tasaka
 * Heimat by Carl Froelich
 * Jezebel by William Wyler
 * Luciano Serra pilota by Goffredo Alessandrini
 * Marie Antoinette by W. S. Van Dyke
 * Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker and Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit by Leni Riefenstahl
 * Prison sans barreaux by Léonide Moguy
 * Pygmalion by Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard
 * Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen, David Hand
 * Young Noszty and Mary Toth by Steve Sekely

Awards

 * Best Film:
 * Luciano Serra pilota by Goffredo Alessandrini
 * Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker and Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit by Leni Riefenstahl
 * Volpi Cup:
 * Best Actor: Leslie Howard for Pygmalion
 * Best Actress: Norma Shearer for Marie Antoinette
 * Special Recommendation:
 * Allá en el Rancho Grande by Fernando de Fuentes
 * Break the News by René Clair
 * Der Mustergatte with Heinz Rühmann
 * En kvinnas ansikte by Gustaf Molander
 * Fahrendes Volk by Jacques Feyder
 * Geniusz sceny by Ludwik Solski
 * Hanno rapito un uomo by Gennaro Righelli
 * Jezebel by William Wyler
 * Le quai des brumes by Marcel Carné
 * Michelangelo by Curt Oertel
 * Sotto la croce del sud by Guido Brignone
 * The Rage of Paris by Henry Koster
 * Thema's van de inspiratie by Charles Dekeukeleire
 * Urlaub auf Ehrenwort by Karl Ritter
 * Vivacious Lady by George Stevens
 * Best Director: Heimat by Carl Froelich
 * Medal: Natur und Technik by Ulrich K. T. Schultz
 * Best Short - Fiction:
 * Armonie pucciniane by Giorgio Ferroni
 * Karakoram by Henri de Ségogne
 * Sv. Istvan (Magyar Film Iroda)
 * Best Documentary:
 * Nella luce di Roma (Istituto Nazionale Luce)
 * The River by Pare Lorentz
 * Best Educative or Scientific Film: Der Bienenstaat by Ulrich K. T. Schultz
 * Special Award (The Grand Art Trophy): Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen and David Hand