The 25th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 27 August to 10 September 1964.^[1]

Italian writer Mario Soldati was the jury president for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Red Desert, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.

• Mario Soldati, Italian writer - Jury President^[2]
• Rudolf Arnheim, American author
• Ove Brusendorff, Danish
• Thorold Dickinson, British filmmaker
• Georges Sadoul, French writer
• Ricardo Muñoz Suay, Spanish director
• Jerzy Toeplitz, Polish film theorist

• Golden Lion: Red Desert by Michelangelo Antonioni
• Special Jury Prize:
  • Hamlet by Grigori Kozintsev
  • The Gospel According to St. Matthew by Pier Paolo Pasolini
• Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Tom Courtenay for King & Country
• Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Harriet Andersson for To Love
• Best First Work: La vie à l'envers by Alain Jessua

• Nothing But a Man by Michael Roemer

• Red Desert by Michelangelo Antonioni

• The Gospel According to St. Matthew by Pier Paolo Pasolini

• La vie à l'envers by Alain Jessua
  • Parallel Sections: Passenger by Andrzej Munk

• Skoplje '63 by Veljko Bulajić
  • Best Documentary: L'enigma Oppenhemier by Leandro Castellani

• Official website
• Venice Film Festival 1964 Awards on IMDb