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.^[1][2]

Jury

• Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata (president) (Italy)^[3]
• 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
  • Trzy etiudy Chopina 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

References

External links

• Official website
• Venice Film Festival 1937 Awards on IMDb