| Location | Venice,Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion:Tomorrow Is My Turn |
| Festival date | 24 August – 7 September 1960 |
| Website | Website |
| Venice Film Festival chronology | |
The21st annualVenice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 7 September 1960.[1]
French writerMarcel Achard was the Jury President for the main competition. TheGolden Lion was awarded toTomorrow Is My Turn directedAndré Cayatte.
The following films were selected to be screened:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adua and Her Friends | Adua e le compagne | Antonio Pietrangeli | Italy |
| The Apartment | Billy Wilder | United States | |
| Atomic War Bride | Rat | Veljko Bulajic | Yugoslavia |
| Baltic Skies | Балтийское небо | Vladimir Vengerov | Soviet Union |
| Brainwashed | Schachnovelle | Gerd Oswald | West Germany |
| Holubice | František Vláčil | Czechoslovakia | |
| The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | 第一部 純愛篇／第二部 激怒篇 | Masaki Kobayashi | Japan |
| Knights of the Teutonic Order | Krzyzacy | Aleksander Ford | Poland |
| Long Night in 1943 | La lunga notte del '43 | Florestano Vancini | Italy |
| Rocco and His Brothers | Rocco e i suoi fratelli | Luchino Visconti | Italy, France |
| Silver Spoon Set | I delfini | Francesco Maselli | Italy |
| Stowaway in the Sky | Le Voyage en ballon | Albert Lamorisse | France |
| Tomorrow Is My Turn | Le Passage du Rhin | André Cayatte | France |
| Tunes of Glory | Ronald Neame | United Kingdom | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Tights | 1-2-3-4 ou Les Collants noirs | Terence Young | France, Portugal |
| Pollyanna | David Swift | United States | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben-Hur | William Wyler | United States | |
| Bernadette of Lourdes | Il suffit d'aimer | Robert Darène | France |
| Be True Until Death | Légy jó mindhalálig | László Ranódy | Hungary |
| A Certain Major | Alázatosan jelentem | Mihály Szemes | |
| Ceneri della memoria | Alberto Caldana | Italy | |
| El Cochecito | Marco Ferreri | Spain | |
| Culpable | Hugo del Carril | Argentina | |
| Higher Principle | Vyssí princip | Jiří Krejčík | Czechoslovakia |
| Irohanihoheto | いろはにほへと | Noboru Nakamura | Japan |
| Kapo | Gillo Pontecorvo | Italy | |
| Key Witness | Phil Karlson | United States | |
| El Lazarillo de Tormes | César Fernández Ardavín | Spain | |
| Leili i Medzhnun | Лейли и Меджнун | Tatyana Berezantseva, Gafor Valamatzade | Soviet Union |
| Mad Years | Les années folles | Mirea Alexandresco, Henri Torrent | France |
| Maria Stuart | Alfred Stöger | West Germany | |
| Maribel and the Strange Family | Maribel y la extraña familia | José María Forqué | Spain |
| Never on Sunday | Pote tin Kyriaki | Jules Dassin | Greece |
| Pay or Die | Richard Wilson | United States | |
| A Secret Rendezvous | 密会 | Kô Nakahira | Japan |
| Shadows | John Cassavetes | United States | |
| Toro negro | Benito Alazraki | Mexico | |
| Towards Ecstasy | Vers l'extase | René Wheeler | France |
| Trapped by Fear | Les distractions | Jacques Dupont | |
| Vento del sud | Enzo Provenzale | Italy | |
| The Wedding Day | Baishey Shravana | Mrinal Sen | India |
| When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | 女が階段を上る時 | Mikio Naruse | Japan |