63rd Venice International Film Festival

The 63rd Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, was opened on 30 August 2006 with Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia and was closed on 9 September 2006. Host of the event was Italian actress Isabella Ferrari. 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 Award 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.

Contents

Jury

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

Official section jury

"Orizzonti" section jury

"Premio Venezia Opera Prima Luigi De Laurentiis" section jury

"Corto Cortissimo" section jury

Main sections

Nominated films are in alphabetical order by the name of the director.

In competition

International competition of full-length films in 35mm and digital format running for Golden Lion for best picture.

Out of competition

Shown below are new works by authors who were honored in past festivals, as well as movies shown in the midnight time band.

Midnight out of competition

Special events

Orizzonti

New trends of cinema with full-length films in 35mm and digital format, and documentary-movies.

Special events

Corto Cortissimo

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

Out of competition

Retrospective and restoration

Italian film's secret story

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 annual Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica di Venezia.

Anniversary of Rossellini, Soldati and Visconti

The secret story of Italian cinema

The secret story of Russian cinema

Special monografic section on the Secret story of Russian cinema from 1934 to 1974. Besides the original title, there is a translation in Italian and the year in brackets:

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.

Films

Shorts

International Critics Week

Author's days

Prizes

These movies were given the following recognitions:

Horizons – 'Premio orrizonti'

Venetian prize for the first work "Luigi De Laurentiis"

Short films: Corto cortissimo prize

The numbers and the nations of the 63rd Show

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