18th Venice International Film Festival

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|location = Venice, Italy

|founded = 1932

|awards =Golden Lion: Aparajito

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|date = 25 August – 8 September 1957

|website = [http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/ Website]

| chronology = Venice Film Festival

| preceded_by = 17th

| followed_by = 19th

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The 18th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 8 September 1957.{{cite web|url=http://www.carnivalofvenice.com/?page_id=496&lang=en|title=The 1950s|accessdate=October 8, 2013}}

French filmmaker René Clair was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Aparajito by Satyajit Ray.

Jury

René Clair, French filmmaker - Jury President{{cite web|url=http://www.carnivalofvenice.com/?page_id=521&lang=en|title=Juries for the 1950s|accessdate=October 8, 2013}}
Vittorio Bonicelli, Italian
Miguel Perez Ferrero, Spanish
Ettore Giannini, Italian screenwriter
Penelope Houston, British film critic
Arthur Knight, American film critic
Ivan Pyryev, Soviet filmmaker

Official Sections

= Main Competition =

English title ! Original title ! Director(s) ! Production country
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style="background:#E7CD00;" \| *Aparajito*	অপরাজিত	Satyajit Ray	India
colspan="2" \| Bitter Victory	Nicholas Ray	United States
An Eye for an Eye	Oeil pour oeil	André Cayatte	France
colspan="2" \| A Hatful of Rain	Fred Zinnemann	United States
Throne of Blood	蜘蛛巣城	Akira Kurosawa	Japan
The Teacher and the Miracle	El maestro	Aldo Fabrizi	Italy
Malva	Мальва	Vladimir Braun	Soviet Union
colspan="2" \| Something of Value	Richard Brooks	United States
colspan="2" \| The Story of Esther Costello	David Miller	United Kingdom
Sunday Romance	Bakaruhában	Imre Fehér	Hungary
White Nights	Le Notti Bianche	Luchino Visconti	Italy