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    Golden Lion

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    • Winner
        Not awarded.
      • [object Object]

        The Awakening

        6.2 (89)
        Mario Camerini
      • [object Object]

        Empire in the Sun

        5.9 (21)
        Enrico Gras
      • [object Object]

        The Captain from Köpenick

        7.1 (2.1K)
        Helmut Käutner
      • [object Object]

        The Immortal Garrison

        6.8 (82)
        Zakhar Agranenko
        Eduard Tisse
      • [object Object]

        The Ogre of Athens

        7.9 (2.3K)
        Nikos Koundouros
      • [object Object]

        Bus Stop

        6.3 (13K)
        Joshua Logan
      • [object Object]

        Veliki i mali

        7.6 (90)
        Vladimir Pogacic
      • [object Object]

        Street of Shame

        7.8 (5.2K)
        Kenji Mizoguchi
      • [object Object]

        Attack

        7.4 (6.3K)
        Robert Aldrich
      • [object Object]

        Bigger Than Life

        7.4 (8.6K)
        Nicholas Ray
      • [object Object]

        The Burmese Harp

        8.0 (7K)
        Kon Ichikawa
      • [object Object]

        The Rocket from Calabuch

        7.3 (1.4K)
        Luis García Berlanga
      • [object Object]

        Main Street

        7.7 (1.8K)
        Juan Antonio Bardem
      • [object Object]

        Gervaise

        7.4 (1.8K)
        René Clément
      • [object Object]

        Torero

        6.4 (139)
        Carlos Velo
      • [object Object]

        The Crossing of Paris

        7.3 (4.6K)
        Claude Autant-Lara

      Silver Lion

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      • Winner
          Not awarded.

        Volpi Cup

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        Best Actor

        • Bourvil
          Winner
          • Bourvil
          • The Crossing of Paris
          Unanimously.

        Best Actress

        • Maria Schell
          Winner
          • Maria Schell
          • Gervaise
          Unanimously.

        Special Mention

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        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Street of Shame

          7.8 (5.2K)
          Kenji Mizoguchi
          For its poignancy.
        • [object Object]
          Winner

          The Captain from Köpenick

          7.1 (2.1K)
          Heinz Rühmann
          For his performance.
        • [object Object]
          Winner

          The Awakening

          6.2 (89)
          Anna Magnani
          For her performance.
        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Empire in the Sun

          5.9 (21)
          Franco Bernetti
          Mario Craveri
          Ubaldo Marelli
          Giovanni Raffaldi
          For the cinematography.
        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Torero

          6.4 (139)
          Carlos Velo
          For the originality.
        • [object Object]
          Winner

          The Immortal Garrison

          6.8 (82)
          Zakhar Agranenko
          Eduard Tisse
          For the direction and cinematography.
        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Main Street

          7.7 (1.8K)
          Betsy Blair
          For her performance.
        • [object Object]
          Winner

          The Burmese Harp

          8.0 (7K)
          Kon Ichikawa
          For the nobility of its images.
        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Main Street

          7.7 (1.8K)
          Juan Antonio Bardem
          For the technical skills and moral sincerity.

        New Cinema Award

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        Best Actor

        • Heinz Rühmann in Bachelor's Paradise (1939)
          Winner
          • Heinz Rühmann
          • The Captain from Köpenick

        Best Actress

        • Maria Schell
          Winner
          • Maria Schell
          • Gervaise

        Best Film

        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Main Street

          7.7 (1.8K)
          Juan Antonio Bardem

        San Giorgio Prize

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        • [object Object]
          Winner

          The Burmese Harp

          8.0 (7K)
          Kon Ichikawa

        FIPRESCI Prize

        Edit
        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Main Street

          7.7 (1.8K)
          Juan Antonio Bardem
        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Gervaise

          7.4 (1.8K)
          René Clément

        OCIC Award

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        • [object Object]
          Winner

          The Rocket from Calabuch

          7.3 (1.4K)
          Luis García Berlanga

        OCIC Award - Honorable Mention

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        • [object Object]
          Winner

          The Burmese Harp

          8.0 (7K)
          Kon Ichikawa

        Pasinetti Award

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        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Attack

          7.4 (6.3K)
          Robert Aldrich

        Best Foreign Documentary

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        • [object Object]
          Winner

          On the Bowery

          7.4 (1.3K)
          Lionel Rogosin
          Rogosin Films

        Also known as

        • Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica
        • Manifestazione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica
        • Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica

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        Awards and events

        Academy Awards, USABAFTA AwardsBerlin International Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalCritics Choice AwardsDirectors Guild of America, USAFilm Independent Spirit AwardsGolden Globes, USAGrammy AwardsMumbai Film FestivalPGA AwardsPrimetime Emmy AwardsScreen Actors Guild AwardsSundance Film FestivalSXSW Film FestivalToronto International Film FestivalTribeca Film FestivalVenice Film FestivalWriters Guild of America, USA

        Event date

        August 28, 1956 - September 9, 1956

        Event location

        Venice, Italy

        Event links

        • http://www.labiennale.org/
        • http://www.fipresci.org/
        • http://www.signis.net/
        • http://www.filmklubb.no/ficc/introdu.htm
        • http://www.cinegiornalisti.it/
        • http://www.cinegiornalisti.it/
        • http://www.queerlion.it/
        • http://www.eurofilmfest.org/ecff/projects/index.html
        • http://uaar.it/
        • http://uaar.it/
        • http://www.eiuc.org/
        • http://www.jameson.ie/cinema/short_film.asp

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