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The 12th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 20 August to 10 September 1951.^[1]

Italian film critic Mario Gromo, was the jury president for the main competition. The Golden Lion of Saint Mark was awarded to Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa.

• Mario Gromo, Italian film critic - Jury President^[2]
• Antonio Baldini, Italian writer
• Piero Gadda Conti, Italian film critic
• Ermanno Contini
• Fabrizio Dentice, Italian composer
• Vinicio Marinucci
• Gian Gaspare Napolitano, Italian journalist
• Gian Luigi Rondi, Italian screenwriter
• Giorgio Vigolo

• Golden Lion of Saint Mark: Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa
• Best Italian Film: Four Ways Out by Pietro Germi
• Special Jury Prize: A Streetcar Named Desire by Elia Kazan
• Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Jean Gabin for The Night Is My Kingdom
• Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Vivien Leigh for A Streetcar Named Desire
• Best Original Screenplay: T. E. B. Clarke for The Lavender Hill Mob
• Best Cinematography: Léonce-Henri Burel for Diary of a Country Priest
• Best Original Music: Hugo Friedhofer for Ace in the Hole

• Diary of a Country Priest by Robert Bresson
• The River by Jean Renoir
• Ace in the Hole by Billy Wilder

• Diary of a Country Priest by Robert Bresson

• Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa)
• Diary of a Country Priest by Robert Bresson
• Special Prize: Peter Pendrey for Murder in the Cathedral (For the best production design)

• Official website
• Venice Film Festival 1951 Awards on IMDb