63rd Venice International Film Festival

The 63rd annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, from 30 August to 9 September 2006.

63rd Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmThe Black Dahlia by Brian De Palma
Closing filmThe Island by Pavel Lungin
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: Still Life
Hosted byIsabella Ferrari
Festival date30 August – 9 September 2006
WebsiteWebsite

Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia was the opening film of the festival, and Pavel Lungin's The Island was the closing film. Italian actress Isabella Ferrari was the host of both ceremonies.[1]

During the festival, retrospectives were held on the one hundredth anniversary of the births of three major Italian directors: Roberto Rossellini, Mario Soldati and Luchino Visconti. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement was presented to American director David Lynch. All the films running the contest were shown for the first time as world premiere in the festival history since the Second World War.[2][3]

Jia Zhangke's Still Life won the Golden Lion, the festival top prize, following main competition prizes to Alain Resnais, Emanuele Crialese, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Isild Le Besco, Emmanuel Lubezki, Peter Morgan, and a Special Lion to french filmmakers duo Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet for their innovation in cinematographic languages.

Juries

The international juries of the 63rd Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:[4][5]

Main Competition (Venezia 63)

Horizons (Orizzonti)

Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentis" 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 competitive section of the official selection is an international competition of feature films in 35mm and digital HD format, running for the Golden Lion.[6]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Black BookZwartboekPaul VerhoevenNetherlands, Germany, United Kingdom
The Black Dahlia (opening film)Brian De PalmaUnited States, Germany
BobbyEmilio EstevezUnited States
Children of MenAlfonso CuarónUnited Kingdom, United States, Japan
Dry SeasonDarattMahamat Saleh HarounChad, France, Belgium, Austria
EuphoriaЭйфорияIvan VyrypaevRussia
Exiled放‧逐Johnnie ToHong Kong, China
FallingFallenBarbara AlbertAustria
The FountainDarren AronofskyUnited States
HollywoodlandAllen Coulter
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone黑眼圈Tsai Ming-liangMalaysia, Taiwan
The Missing StarLa stella che non c'èGianni AmelioItaly
Mushishi 蟲師Katsuhiro OtomoJapan
The Golden DoorNuovomondoEmanuele CrialeseItaly, France
PaprikaパプリカSatoshi KonJapan
Private Fears in Public PlacesCœursAlain ResnaisFrance, Italy
Private PropertyNue PropriétéJoachim LafosseBelgium, Luxembourg, France
The QueenStephen FrearsUnited Kingdom
Still Life三峡好人Jia Zhangke China
Syndromes and a CenturySang sattawat Apichatpong WeerasethakulThailand, France
These Encounters of TheirsQuei loro incontriJean-Marie Straub, Danièle HuilletItaly, France
The UntouchableL'intouchableBenoît JacquotFrance
Highlighted title indicates the Golden Lion winner.

Out of Competition

Works by directors already established in past editions of the Festival, and films deemed appropriate for a midnight screening.[7]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Banquet夜宴Feng XiaogangChina
Belle Toujours Manoel de Oliveira Portugal, France
The Devil Wears PradaDavid FrankelUnited States
A Few Days in SeptemberQuelques jours en septembreSantiago AmigorenaFrance, Italy
Inland EmpireDavid LynchUnited States, Poland, France
The Island (closing film)ОстровPavel LunginRussia
The Magic FluteKenneth BranaghUnited Kingdom, France
Tales from Earthseaゲド戦記Goro MiyazakiJapan
World Trade CenterOliver StoneUnited States
Out of Competition – Midnight
The City of Violence 짝패 Ryoo Seung-wan South Korea
Have You Another Apple? Baaz ham sib daari? Bayram Fazli Iran
Retribution Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan
Rob-B-Hood 寶貝計劃 Benny Chan China
Summer Love Piotr Uklański Poland
To Let Para entrar a vivir Jaume Balagueró Spain
The Wicker Man Neil LaBute United States
Special event
Letters from the Sahara Lettere dal Sahara Vittorio De Seta Italy

Horizons (Orizzonti)

A section aiming to provide a picture of the new trends in cinema.[8]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Fiction
CricketsこおろぎShinji AoyamaJapan
The Hottest StateEthan HawkeUnited States
Tachiguishi retsuden立喰師列伝Mamoru OshiiJapan
El cobrador: In God We TrustPaul LeducMexico, Argentina, Brasil
Courthouse on HorsebackMabei shang de fatingLiu JieChina
Don't Make Any Plans for TonightNon prendere impegni staseraGianluca Maria TavarelliItaly
Free FloatingСвободное плаваниеBoris KhlebnikovRussia
Heimat Fragments: The WomenHeimat-Fragmente: Die FrauenEdgar ReitzGermany
I Am the One Who Brings Flowers to Her GraveAna alati tahmol azouhour ila qabrihaHala Alabdalla Yakoub, Ammar Al BeikSyria, France
InfamousDouglas McGrathUnited States
QuijoteMimmo PaladinoItaly
Rain DogsTaiyang yuHo YuhangMalaysia, Hong Kong
Requiem from JavaOpera JawaGarin NugrohoIndonesia
Rome Rather Than YouRoma wa la n’toumaTariq TeguiaAlgeria, France
Suely in the SkyO Céu de SuelyKarim AïnouzBrasil
Documentaries
Bellissime 2 – Dagli anni Sessanta ad oggi Giovanna Gagliardo Italy
Dong Jia Zhangke China
The U.S. vs. John Lennon David Leaf, John Scheinfeld United States
When the Leeves Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts Spike Lee United States
Special events
Akamas Panicos Chrysanthou Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Turkey
C’est Gradiva qui vous appelle Alain Robbe-Grillet France, Belgium
Kill Gil 2 Gil Rossellini Italy, Switzerland
Il mio paese Daniele Vicari Italy
Pasolini prossimo nostro Giuseppe Bertolucci Italy, France
Highlighted title indicate the Horizons Awards for Best Film and Best Documentary respectively.

Corto Cortissimo

International competition of 35mm short films, in world premiere, not exceeding 30 minutes in length.[9]

Original Title Director(s) Production country
In competition
LevelekFerenc CakòHungary
Comment on freine dans une descente?Alix DelaporteFrance
The Making of PartsDaniel ElliottUnited Kingdom
DetektiveAndreas GoldsteinGermany
Treinta AñosNicolás LasnibatFrance, Chile
Um Ano Mais LongoMarco MartinsPortugal
MumMads MatthiesenDenmark
"Faça sua Escolha"Paula MirandaBrazil
PharmakonIoakim MylonasCyprus
Rien ne va plusKatja Pratschke and Gusztáv HàmosGermany
Trillizas PropagandaFernando SalemArgentina
Simanei DerechShimon ShaiIsrael
Fib 1477Lorenzo SportielloItaly
What Does Your Daddy Do?Martin StittUnited Kingdom
Eva reste au placard les nuits de pleine luneAlex StockmanBelgium
In the Eye Abides the HearMary SweeneyUnited States
Adults onlyJoon Han YeoMalaysia
Out of competition
Sekalli sa Meokgo Teboho Mahlatsi South Africa
Highlighted title indicates Lion for Best Short Film winner.

Retrospective - The Secret Story of Russian cinema

Special monografic section on the Secret story of Russian cinema from 1934 to 1974.[10]

Original title English title Director(s) Production Country
Гармонь (1934) AccordionIgor Savchenko Soviet Union
Весёлые ребята (1934) Jolly FellowsGrigori Aleksandrov
Цирк (1936) CircusGrigori Aleksandrov
Богатая невеста (1938) The Country BrideIvan Pyryev
Волга-Волга (1938) Volga-VolgaGrigori Aleksandrov
Трактористы (1939) Tractor DriversIvan Pyryev
Музыкальная история (1940) Musical StoryAleksandr Ivanovsky, Herbert Rappaport
Светлый путь (1940) TanyaGrigori Aleksandrov
Свинарка и пастух (1941) They Met in MoscowIvan Pyryev
В 6 часов вечера после войны (1944) Six P.M.Ivan Pyryev
Весна (1947) SpringtimeGrigori Aleksandrov
Кубанские казаки (1950) Cossacks of the KubanIvan Pyryev
Щедрое лето (1950) Bountiful SummerBoris Barnet
Карнавальная ночь (1956) Carnival NightEldar Ryazanov
Наш милый доктор (1957) Our Dear DoctorShaken Aimanov
Черёмушки (1962) Cherry TownHerbert Rappaport
Спасите утопающего (1967) Save the Drowning ManPavel Arsenov
Романс о влюблённых (1974) A Lover's RomanceAndrei Konchalovsky

Retrospective - Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

This is a special section dedicated to the Brazilian movie-maker, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, one of the fathers of new cinema and a famous renewal of Brazilian cinema. His daughter, Alice de Andrade, also a producer, restored the fourteen works that constitute all of her father's filmography.[11]

English title Original title Director Production Country
Feature films
Garrincha: Hero of the Jungle (1963)Garrincha, Alegria do Povo Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Brazil
The Priest and the Girl (1966)O Padre e a Moça
Macunaíma (1969)
The Conspirators (1972)Os Inconfidentes
Conjugal Warfare (1975)Guerra Conjugal
O Homen do Pau-Brasil (1981)
Short Films
O Mestre de Apipucos (1959) Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Brazil
O Poeta do Castelo (1959)
Couro de Gato (1960)
Cinéma Nôvo (1967)
Brasilia, Contradições de Uma Cidade Nova (1967)
Linguagem da Persuasão (1970)
Vereda Tropical (1977)
O Aleijadinho (1978)

Retrospective - Secret History of Italian Cinema 3

Special monographic sessions dedicated to the secret story of Italian film from 1937 to 1979. This is the third part of the retrospective of Italian Film, initiated at the 61st Venice International Film Festival.[12]

English title Original title Director(s) Restoration
Centennial of Rossellini, Soldati and Visconti
In High Places (1942)Quartieri altiMario SoldatiCineteca Nazionale
Obsession (1943)OssessioneLuchino ViscontiCineteca Nazionale, Ripley's Film, SKY Italia
Rome, Open City (1945)Roma, città apertaRoberto RosselliniCineteca Nazionale, Department of Cultural Policies of the City of Rome, Cinecittà Digital
Flight into France (1948)Fuga in FranciaMario SoldatiCineteca Nazionale
Anna Magnani, episode from We, the Women (1953)Luchino ViscontiCineteca Nazionale, Ripley's Film
Ingrid Bergman, episode from We, the Women (1953)Roberto Rossellini
General Della Rovere (1959)Il generale della RovereCineteca Nazionale, Gruppo Editoriale Minerva – Raro Video, National Museum of Cinema of Torino, Historical Archive of the Biennale, LVR
The secret story of Italian cinema
The Ferocious Saladin (1937)Il feroce SaladinoMario BonnardCineteca Italiana, National Museum of Cinema of Torino, Cineteca of BolognaLaboratorio L'Immagine Ritrovata
For a Few Dollars More (1965)Per qualche dollaro in piùSergio LeoneCineteca di BolognaLaboratorio L'Immagine Ritrovata, SKY Italia
From the Clouds to the Resistance (1979)Dalla nube alla resistenzaJean-Marie Straub, Danièle HuilletOnly copy of this archive is at the Cineteca of Bologna

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:[13]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
In Competition
El AmarilloSergio MazzaArgentina
My One and OnliesEgyetleneimGyula Nemes[14]Hungary
A Guide to Recognizing Your SaintsDito MontielUnited States
HyenaHienaGrzegorz Lewandowski[15]Poland
PremonitionLe PressentimentJean-Pierre DarroussinFrance
On the Trail of Igor RizziSur la trace d'Igor RizziNoël MitraniCanada
Do overYi Nian ZhichuYu-Chieh ChengTaiwan
Special Event
The Rieducation La rieducazione Davide Alfonsi, Alessandro Fusto, Denis Malagnino Italy
Homage to Otto Preminger
Bunny Lake is Missing Otto Preminger United Kingdom, United States

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 3rd edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:[16]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
7 Years7 AnsJean-Pascal HattuFrance
Chicha tu madre Gianfranco Quattrini Argentina, Peru
Come l'ombra Marina Spada Italy
Dark Blue Almost BlackAzuloscurocasinegroDaniel Sánchez ArévaloSpain
Dreams of DustRêves de poussièreLaurent SalguesBurkina Faso, Canada, France
L’etoile du soldat Christophe de Ponfilly France, Germany, Afghanistan
Falkenberg FarewellFarväl FalkenbergJesper GanslandtDenmark, Sweden
KhadakJessica Woodworth, Peter BrosensBelgium, Germany, Holland
MeanwhileMientras tantoDiego LermanArgentina, France
The Night of the SunflowersLa noche de los girasolesJorge Sánchez-Cabezudo Spain, Portugal, France
OffscreenChristoffer BoeDenmark
L'udienza è aperta Vincenzo Marra Italy
WWW - What a Wonderful WorldFaouzi BensaïdiMorocco, France

Official Awards

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 63rd edition:[17]

In Competition (Venezia 63)

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Horizons (Orizzonti)

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

The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:[17][18][19]

Venice International Film Critics' Week

Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori)

Independent Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:[18]

FIPRESCI Award

SIGNIS Award

UNICEF Award

UNESCO Award

Francesco Pasinetti Award (SNGCI)

Pietro Bianchi Award

FEDIC Award

Little Golden Lion

Young Cinema Award – 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

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