# 8th Venice International Film Festival

The 8th Venice International Film Festival was held from 23 August to 15 September 1947. Screenwriter Vinicio Marinucci was appointed as the president of the jury.
Formally, it still was not the Golden Lion to designate the highest honor of the event. The main prize was known as the Grand International Prize of Venice, which was awarded to The Strike, directed by Karel Steklý.

## Jury
### Main Competition (Venezia 8)

* Vinicio Marinucci, Italian screenwriter and journalist - Jury President
* Antonín Martin Brousil, Czechoslovak film critic and historian
* Jeanne Contini, American journalist
* Jacques Ibert, French composer
* Dimitri Jeriomin, Soviet writer
* William Karol, Mexican film producer
* Fabrizio Malipiero, Danish entrepreneur
* Hugo Mauerhofer, Swiss film scholar
* Cirly Ray, British journalist

## Official selection
### In Competition

The following films were selected for the main international competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Admiral Nakhimov | Адмирал Нахимов | Vsevolod Pudovkin | Soviet Union |
| Angelina | L'onorevole Angelina | Luigi Zampa | Italy |
| Bethsabée | Bethsabée | Léonide Moguy | France |
| The Bouquinquant Brothers | Les frères Bouquinquant | Louis Daquin | France |
| Čapek's Tales | Čapkovy povídky | Martin Frič | Czechoslovakia |
| Devil in the Flesh | Le Diable au corps | Claude Autant-Lara | France |
| Ditte, Child of Man | Ditte menneskebarn | Bjarne Henning-Jensen | Denmark |
| Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani | डॉक्टर कोटनिस की अमर कहानी | V. Shantaram | India |
| Enamorada | Enamorada | Emilio Fernández | Mexico |
| Farrebique, or the Four Seasons | Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons | Georges Rouquier | France |
| Flesh Will Surrender | Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo | Alberto Lattuada | Italy |
| Frieda | Frieda | Basil Dearden | United Kingdom |
| Gallant Journey | Gallant Journey | William A. Wellman | United States |
| The Great Glinka | Глинка | Lev Arnshtam | Soviet Union |
| Iris and the Lieutenant | Iris och löjtnantshjärta | Alf Sjöberg | Sweden |
| It Happened on 5th Avenue | It Happened on 5th Avenue | Roy Del Ruth | United States |
| La mujer de todos | La mujer de todos | Julio Bracho | Mexico |
| La selva de fuego | La selva de fuego | Fernando de Fuentes | Mexico |
| Leave Her to Heaven | Leave Her to Heaven | John M. Stahl | United States |
| Madness Rules | Matto regiert | Leopold Lindtberg | Switzerland |
| Major Barbara | Major Barbara | Gabriel Pascal, Harold French, David Lean | United Kingdom |
| Money | Pengar | Nils Poppe | Sweden |
| Monsieur Vincent | Monsieur Vincent | Maurice Cloche | France |
| The Murderers Are Among Us | Die Mörder sind unter uns | Wolfgang Staudte | Germany |
| Odd Man Out | Odd Man Out | Carol Reed | United Kingdom |
| The Overlanders | The Overlanders | Harry Watt | United Kingdom, Australia |
| The Pearl | La perla | Emilio Fernández | Mexico, United States |
| Quai des Orfèvres | Quai des Orfèvres | Henri-Georges Clouzot | France |
| Reina santa | Reina santa | Rafael Gil | Spain, Portugal |
| Shakuntala | शकुन्तला | V. Shantaram | India |
| Spellbound | Spellbound | Alfred Hitchcock | United States |
| The Story of G.I. Joe | The Story of G.I. Joe | William A. Wellman | United States |
| The Stranger | The Stranger | Orson Welles | United States |
| The Strike | Siréna | Karel Steklý | Czechoslovakia |
| Temptation Harbour | Temptation Harbour | Lance Comfort | United Kingdom |
| They Made Me a Fugitive | They Made Me a Fugitive | Alberto Cavalcanti | United Kingdom |
| Those Blasted Kids | De pokkers unger | Astrid Henning-Jensen, Bjarne Henning-Jensen | Denmark |
| Tomorrow Is Forever | Tomorrow Is Forever | Irving Pichel | United States |
| Torment | Hets | Alf Sjöberg | Sweden |
| Tragic Hunt | Caccia tragica | Giuseppe De Santis | Italy |
| Twilight | Crepúsculo | Julio Bracho | Mexico |
| Uomini senza domani | Uomini senza domani | Gianni Vernuccio | Italy |

## Official Awards

The following official awards were presented at the 8th edition:

### Main Competition

* Grand International Prize of Venice: The Strike by Karel Steklý
* International Award for Best Actress: Anna Magnani for Angelina
* International Award for Best Actor: Pierre Fresnay for Monsieur Vincent
* Best Cinematography: The Pearl
* Best Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot for Quai des Orfèvres
* Best Score: The Strike
* Best Screenplay: Spring