Festival Archive

Venice Film Festival

Venice / Italy / Founded 1932

The world's oldest film festival. The Golden Lion is among cinema's most coveted awards. Mrinal Sen, Shaji N. Karun, and Rituparno Ghosh have all brought Indian regional cinema to Venice.

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Indian films featured

Awards won

1961-2024

Years

India at Venice: The Quiet Current

1 Jul 2026 / 7 min read

Award Winners

Best Director

Labour of Love

2015Bengali

Best Director

Best Film

Court

2015Marathi

Best Film

FIPRESCI

Mathilukal

1990Malayalam

FIPRESCI

Best Actor

Paar

1984Bengali

Best Actor

Golden Lion

Aparajito

1956Bengali

Golden Lion

By Section

All Amnesty International Italia "Il cinema per i diritti umani" Award Competition Giornate degli Autori Informativa Mezzogiorno-Mezzanotte Orizzonti Special Director's Award Venezia 33 Venezia Critici

Historical Record

All Indian Selections at Venice Film Festival

YearFilmDirectorSectionAward

2024BoomerangManu SudhakaranGiornate degli Autoriscreened

2023BeastNelson DilipkumarCompetitionnominated

2020The DiscipleChaitanya TamhaneCompetitionnominated

2015VisaranaiVetrimaaranAmnesty International Italia "Il cinema per i diritti umani" Awardscreened

2014Labour of LoveAditya Vikram SenguptaGiornate degli AutoriBest Director

2014CourtChaitanya TamhaneOrizzontiBest Film

2010NainsukhAmit DuttaOrizzontiscreened

2000The WrestlersBuddhadeb DasguptaSpecial Director's Awardscreened

1990MathilukalAdoor GopalakrishnanCompetitionFIPRESCI

1984PaarGoutam GhoseCompetitionBest Actor

198236 Chowringhee LaneAparna SenMezzogiorno-Mezzanottescreened

1976Silence! The Court Is in SessionSatyadev DubeyVenezia Criticiscreened

1976Calcutta 71Mrinal SenVenezia 33screened

1962AjantrikRitwik GhatakInformativascreened

1961AparajitoSatyajit RayCompetitionGolden Lion

15 selections

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