3rd Moscow International Film Festival

The 3rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1963. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Italian film 8½ directed by Federico Fellini.

3rd Moscow International Film Festival

Location	Moscow, Soviet Union
Founded	1959
Awards	Grand Prix
Festival date	7–21 July 1963
Website	http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru

Jury

• Grigori Chukhrai (USSR - President of the Jury)
• Shaken Ajmanov (USSR)
• Sergio Amidei (Italy)
• Dušan Vukotić (Yugoslavia)
• Mohamed Kerim (Egypt)
• Stanley Kramer (USA)
• Jean Marais (France)
• Nelson Pereira dos Santos (Brazil)
• Emil Petrov (Bulgaria)
• Jan Procházka (Czechoslovakia)
• Satyajit Ray (India)
• Jan Rybkowski (Poland)
• Kiyohiko Ushihara (Japan)
• János Herskó (Hungary)

Films in competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Shore of Waiting	Sahele entezar	Syamak Yasami	Iran
The Great Escape	The Great Escape	John Sturges	United States
The Marriage Circle	Saat Pake Bandha	Ajoy Kar	India
The Suitor	Le soupirant	Pierre Étaix	France
8½	Otto e mezzo	Federico Fellini	Italy, France
Changes in the Village	Gamperaliya	Lester James Peries	Ceylon
Naked Among Wolves	Nackt unter Wölfen	Frank Beyer	East Germany
The Twelve Chairs	Las doce sillas	Tomás Gutiérrez Alea	Cuba
Los signos del zodiaco	Los signos del zodiaco	Sergio Véjar	Mexico
Meet Baluyev!	Знакомьтесь, Балуев!	Victor Komissarjevski	Soviet Union
Bad Girl	Hiko shojo	Kirio Urayama	Japan
Kozara	Kozara	Veljko Bulajić	Yugoslavia
Mediterranean Holiday	Flying Clipper – Traumreise unter weißen Segeln	Hermann Leitner, Rudolf Nussgruber	West Germany
Lupeni 29	Lupeni 29	Mircea Drăgan	Romania
The Boys	Pojat	Mikko Niskanen	Finland
Den kære familie	Den kære familie	Erik Balling	Denmark
The Silent Raid	De overval	Paul Rotha	Netherlands
The Beggars	Os Mendigos	Flávio Migliaccio	Brazil
New Friendship	Nuevas amistades	Ramón Comas	Spain
Ah, These Girls!	Ene huuhnuu duu	Ravjagiin Dorjpalam	Mongolia
Salladin the Victorious	الناصر صلاح الدين, Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din	Youssef Chahine	Egypt
A Trip Without a Load	Порожний рейс, Porozhniy reys	Vladimir Vengerov	Soviet Union
Tales of a Long Journey	Legenda a vonaton	Tamás Rényi	Hungary
Death Is Called Engelchen	Smrt si říká Engelchen	Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos	Czechoslovakia
The Dragonfly Is Not an Insect	La Cigarra no es un bicho	Daniel Tinayre	Argentina
Sammy Going South	Sammy Going South	Alexander Mackendrick	Great Britain
Those Who Take Risks	Die ihre Haut zu Markte tragen a.k.a. Deutschland – deine Sternchen	Edwin Zbonek	Austria, West Germany
Tоha, the Hero of South Bandung	Toha, Pahlawan Bandung Selatan	Usmar Ismail, N. D. Afifi	Indonesia
Mrs. Tu Hau	Chị Tư Hậu	Phạm Kỳ Nam	North Vietnam
Cold Tracks	Kalde spor	Arne Skouen	Norway
Black Wings	Czarne skrzydla	Ewa Petelska, Czesław Petelski	Poland
Adventures of Nils Holgersson	Nils Holgerssons underbara resa	Kenne Fant	Sweden
Stranger in the City	Şehirdeki Yabancı	Halit Refiğ	Turkey
Chouchou and the Million	Chouchou wa al million	Issam Hamawi	Lebanon

Awards

• Grand Prix: 8½ by Federico Fellini
• Golden Prizes:
  • Death Is Called Engelchen by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos
  • Kozara by Veljko Bulajić
  • Bad Girl by Kirio Urayama
• Special Silver Prize: Frank Beyer for Naked Among Wolves
• Silver Prizes:
  • A Trip Without a Load by Vladimir Vengerov
  • Tales of a Long Journey by Tamás Rényi
  • Black Wings by Ewa Petelska and Czesław Petelski
  • Chi tu hau by Pham Ky Nam
  • Lupeni 29 by Mircea Drăgan
  • Best Actor: Steve McQueen for The Great Escape
  • Best Actress: Suchitra Sen for Saat Paake Bandha
  • Director of Photography: Jørgen Skov for Den kære familie
• Special Diploma: Pierre Étaix for The Suitor
• Prix FIPRESCI: The Four Days of Naples by Nanni Loy

External links

• Moscow International Film Festival: 1963 at Internet Movie Database