5th Venice International Film Festival
# 5th Venice International Film Festival

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.

## Jury

* Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata (president) (Italy)
* 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
