The 23rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 8 September 1962.^[1]

Italian filmmaker Luigi Chiarini was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion winners were: Family Diary directed by Valerio Zurlini and Ivan's Childhood directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.

A retrospective of the American Twenties is famously linked to this edition.^[2]

• Luigi Chiarini, Italian filmmaker - Jury President^[3]
• Guglielmo Biraghi, Italian film critic
• G. B. Cavallaro, Italian producer
• Georges Charensol, French actor
• John Houseman, American actor and producer
• Iosif Kheifits, Soviet filmmaker
• Arturo Lanocita, Italian writer and journalist
• Ronald Neame, British filmmaker and cinematographer
• Hans Schaarwächter, West German journalist

• Golden Lion:
  • Family Diary by Valerio Zurlini
  • Ivan's Childhood by Andrei Tarkovsky
• Special Jury Prize: Vivre sa vie by Jean-Luc Godard
• Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Burt Lancaster for Birdman of Alcatraz
• Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva for Thérèse Desqueyroux
• Best First Work:
  • David and Lisa by Frank Perry
  • Los inundados by Fernando Birri

• A Man for Burning by Valentino Orsini, Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani

• Birdman of Alcatraz by John Frankenheimer

• Knife in the Water by Roman Polanski

• Term of Trial by Peter Glenville

• Vivre sa vie by Jean-Luc Godard
  • Parallel Sections: A Man for Burning by Valentino Orsini, Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani

• Mamma Roma by Pier Paolo Pasolini

• A Milanese Story by Eriprando Visconti
  • Special Mention: Pelle viva by Giuseppe Fina

• Family Diary by Valerio Zurlini

• Family Diary by Valerio Zurlini

• A Man for Burning by Valentino Orsini, Paolo Taviani and VittorioTaviani

• Official website
• Venice Film Festival 1962 Awards on IMDb