2nd Venice International Film Festival
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| Location | Venice, Italy | 
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| Founded | 1932 | 
| Festival date | 1–20 August 1934 | 
| Website | Website | 
The 2nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 1 and 20 August 1934.[1] This was the first year the festival had a competition with the Coppa Mussolini being awarded for Best Foreign Film and Best Italian Film.[1][2]
In-Competition films
- Amok by Fyodor Otsep
 - Broken Dreams by Robert G. Vignola
 - Ekstase by Gustav Machatý
 - It Happened One Night by Frank Capra
 - La signora di tutti by Max Ophüls
 - Le Grand Jeu by Jacques Feyder
 - Little Women by George Cukor
 - Man of Aran by Robert J. Flaherty
 - Queen Christina by Rouben Mamoulian
 - The Private Life of Don Juan by Alexander Korda
 - Teresa Confalonieri by Guido Brignone
 - Viva Villa! by Jack Conway
 
Awards
- Best Foreign Film: Man of Aran by Robert J. Flaherty
 - Best Italian Film: Teresa Confalonieri by Guido Brignone
 - Golden Medal: Stadium by Carlo Campogalliani
 - Best Director: Gustav Machatý for Ecstasy
 - Best Actor: Wallace Beery for Viva Villa!
 - Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn for Little Women
 - Best Animation: Walt Disney for Funny Little Bunnies
 - Special Recommendation:
 - Best Short Film: Voulez-vous être un assassin? by Marcel De Hubsch
 - Best Cinematography: Dood water by Andor von Barsy
 - Special Prize: Seconda B by Goffredo Alessandrini
 - Honorary Diploma: 
- En stilla flirt by Gustaf Molander
 - Leblebici horhor aga by Muhsin Ertuğrul
 - Nippon Nippon by Katsudo Shashin
 - Se ha fugado un preso by Benito Perojo
 - Savitri by C. Pullaiah[3]
 - Seeta by Debaki Bose
 
 
References
- ^ a b "Venice Film Festival: The 30s". labiennale.org. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
 - ^ "The 1930s". Retrieved 8 October 2013.
 - ^ Bhagwan Das Gag (1996). So many cinemas: the motion picture in India. Eminence Designs. p. 86. ISBN 81-900602-1-X.
 
