Awards at Venice Film Festival

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19777, 3 November 1938, Page 10

Awards at Venice Film Festival

THE international annual Film Festi--1 val has just taken place at Venice, and the awards of the international jury have been published. This festival is unique in the cinema world in bringing together pictures of all kinds from all producing countries for what may be assumed to be impartial judgment. Although there has been a certain amount of dissatisfaction about one or two of the awards, and consequent resignations of protests, it is generally accepted that the best films have received the highest quota of recognition.

When representative pictures thus come together, it is discovered that the quantitive domination of the American studios is offset by the high quality of European production. On the whole, England came out well.

“Pygmalion” (the screen version of George Bernard Shaw’s play), received the Volpi Cup; “The Drum," the sensational picture from the Korda studios, was given the cup of the City of Venice, and two British topical films were awarded diplomas.

The American picture to receive the highest honour was “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and two such different works as “Marie Antoinette' and “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" were received by the judging committee with the greatest appropriation.