- Jury
- Films in competition
- Awards
- References
- External links
{{Infobox Film festival
|name = 18th Venice International Film Festival
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|location = Venice, Italy
|founded = 1932
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|date = 25 August – 8 September 1957
|website = Website
| chronology = Venice Film Festival
| preceded_by = 17th
| followed_by = 19th
}}The 18th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 8 September 1957.[1] Jury- René Clair (France) (head of jury)[2]
- Vittorio Bonicelli (Italy)
- Ettore Giannini (Italy)
- Penelope Houston (UK)
- Arthur Knight (USA)
- Miguel Perez Ferrero (Spain)
- Ivan Pyryev (Russia)
Films in competition| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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| Bitter Victory | Nicholas Ray | USA | | (aka UK) "Aparajito (The Unvanquished)" | Aparajito | Satyajit Ray | India | | An Eye for an Eye | Oeil pour oeil | André Cayatte | France | | A Hatful of Rain | Fred Zinnemann | USA | | Throne of Blood | Kumonosu-jō | Akira Kurosawa | Japan | | The Teacher and the Miracle | El maestro | Aldo Fabrizi | Italy | | Malva | Vladimir Braun | USSR | | White Nights | Le Notti Bianche | Luchino Visconti | Italy | | Something of Value | Richard Brooks | USA | | The Story of Esther Costello | David Miller | UK |
Awards- Golden Lion:
- Silver Lion:
- Le Notti Bianche (Luchino Visconti)
- Volpi Cup:
- Best Actor - Anthony Franciosa - (A Hatful of Rain)
- Best Actress - Dzidra Ritenberga - (Malva)
- New Cinema Award
- Best Film - Aparajito (Satyajit Ray)
- Best Actor - Anthony Franciosa - (A Hatful of Rain)
- Best Actress - Eva Marie Saint - (A Hatful of Rain)
- San Giorgio Prize
- Something of Value (Richard Brooks)
- FIPRESCI Prize
- OCIC Award
- A Hatful of Rain (Fred Zinnemann)
- Pasinetti Award
- A Hatful of Rain (Fred Zinnemann)
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.carnivalofvenice.com/?page_id=496&lang=en|title=The 1950′s|accessdate=October 8, 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.carnivalofvenice.com/?page_id=521&lang=en|title=Juries for the 1950′s|accessdate=October 8, 2013}}
External links- {{official website|http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/}}
- [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000681/1957/1/ Venice Film Festival 1957 Awards] on IMDb
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