The 63rd annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 30 August to 9 September 2006, at Venice Lido in Italy.
French actress Catherine Deneuve was the jury president for the main competition. Italian actress Isabella Ferrari was the host of both ceremonies. The Golden Lion was awarded to Still Life by Jia Zhangke.
The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement was awarded to American filmmaker David Lynch who also presented Inland Empire out of competition, his last feature film.
For the first time since the Second World War, all of the films entered into the main competition were shown as world premieres.
The festival opened with The Black Dahlia by Brian De Palma, and closed with The Island by Pavel Lungin.
Juries
Main Competition (Venezia 63)
Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for a Debut Film)
Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)
- Teboho Mahlatsi, South African director and producer - Jury President
- Francesca Calvelli, Italian editor
- Aleksey Fedorchenko, Russian director
Official Sections
In Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:
Corto Cortissimo
The following films were selected for the Short Films Competition (Corto Cortissimo):
<span style="background:#E7CD00">Highlighted title</span> indicates Lion for Best Short Film winner.
Retrospective - The Secret Story of Russian cinema
Special retrospective section of the Russian cinema, from 1934 to 1974:
Retrospective - Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
This is a special section dedicated to the Brazilian filmmaker Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, one of the fathers of Cinema Novo. His daughter, Alice de Andrade, also a producer, restored the fourteen works that constitute all of her father's filmography.
Retrospective - Secret History of Italian Cinema 3
Special retrospective section to the Italian cinema, from 1937 to 1979. This is the third part of the retrospective of Italian Film, initiated at the 61st Venice International Film Festival.
Independent Sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for the 21st Venice International Film Critics' Week:
Venice Days
The following films were selected for the 3rd edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:
Official Awards
In Competition (Venezia 63)
Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)
- Silver Lion for Best Short Film: Comment on freine dans une descente? by Alix Delaporte
- UIP Award for the Best European Short Film: The Making of Parts by Daniel Elliott
- Special Mention: Adults Only by Yeo Joon Han
Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film
- Khadak by Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth
- Special mention: 7 Years by Jean-Pascal Hattu
Independent Sections Awards
The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:
Venice International Film Critics' Week
Independent Awards
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:
UNICEF Award
UNESCO Award
Francesco Pasinetti Award (SNGCI)
Pietro Bianchi Award
FEDIC Award
Little Golden Lion
Young Cinema Award â Best International Film
Wella Prize
Open Prize
Doc/It Award
- Dong by Jia Zhangke
- I Am the One Who Brings Flowers to Her Grave by Hala Alabdalla Yakoub and Ammar Al Beik
Future Film Festival Digital Award
Laterna Magica Prize
Biografilm Award
CinemAvvenire Award
Cinema for Peace Award
Award of the City of Rome
Human Rights Film Network Award
EIUC Award
Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award
Gucci Award
The numbers and the nations of the 63rd Show
- Number of countries with a film in one of the official sections: 31
- Countries making their first appearance at the film festival Chad, Cyprus and Indonesia
- Number of films displayed: 2,589, including 1,429 full-length feature films
- Number of full-length feature film officially presented: 62
- During the contest: 21
- Out of the contest: 9 + 7 midnights + 1 special event
- Venice Horizons: 19 + 5 special events
References
External links