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) Catherine Deneuve, French actress - Jury President Paulo Branco, Portuguese producer Cameron Crowe, American filmmaker and producer Chulpan Khamatova, Russian actress Juan Josè Bigas Luna, Spanish director and writer Park Chan-wook, South Korean filmmaker Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
Orizzonti Philip Gröning, German fillmaker - Jury President Carlo Carlei, Italian director Giuseppe Genna, Italian writer Keiko Kusakabe, Japanese producer and distributor Yousry Nasrallah, Egyptian director
Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for a Debut Film) Paula Wagner, American producer - Jury President Guillermo del Toro, Mexican filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian filmmaker and producer Andrei Plakhov, Russian critic Stefania Rocca, Italian actress
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: English title Original title Director(s) Production country Black Book Zwartboek Paul Verhoeven Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom The Black Dahlia (opening film) Brian De Palma United States, Germany Bobby Emilio Estevez United States Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón United Kingdom, United States, Japan Dry Season Daratt Mahamat Saleh Haroun Chad, France, Belgium, Austria Euphoria Эйфория Ivan Vyrypaev Russia Exiled 放‧逐 Johnnie To Hong Kong, China Falling Fallen Barbara Albert Austria The Fountain Darren Aronofsky United States Golden Door Nuovomondo Emanuele Crialese Italy, France Hollywoodland Allen Coulter United States I Don't Want to Sleep Alone 黑眼圈 Tsai Ming-liang Malaysia, Taiwan The Missing Star La stella che non c'è Gianni Amelio Italy Mushishi 蟲師 Katsuhiro Otomo Japan Paprika パプリカ Satoshi Kon Japan Private Fears in Public Places Cœurs Alain Resnais France, Italy Private Property Nue Propriété Joachim Lafosse Belgium, Luxembourg, France The Queen Stephen Frears United Kingdom Still Life 三峡好人 Jia Zhangke China Syndromes and a Century Sang sattawat Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand, France These Encounters of Theirs Quei loro incontri Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet Italy, France The Untouchable L'intouchable Benoît Jacquot France Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Banquet 夜宴 Feng Xiaogang ChinaBelle ToujoursManoel de OliveiraPortugal, France The Devil Wears Prada David Frankel United States A Few Days in September Quelques jours en septembre Santiago Amigorena France, Italy Inland Empire David Lynch United States, Poland, France The Island (closing film) Остров Pavel Lungin Russia The Magic Flute Kenneth Branagh United Kingdom, France Tales from Earthsea ゲド戦記 Goro Miyazaki Japan World Trade Center Oliver Stone United StatesOut of Competition – MidnightThe City of Violence짝패Ryoo Seung-wanSouth KoreaHave You Another Apple?Baaz ham sib daari?Bayram FazliIranRetribution叫Kiyoshi KurosawaJapanRob-B-Hood寶貝計劃Benny ChanChinaSummer LovePiotr UklańskiPolandTo LetPara entrar a vivirJaume BalagueróSpainThe Wicker ManNeil LaButeUnited StatesSpecial eventLetters from the SaharaLettere dal SaharaVittorio De SetaItaly
Orizzonti The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Fiction Crickets こおろぎ Shinji Aoyama Japan The Hottest State Ethan Hawke United States Tachiguishi retsuden 立喰師列伝 Mamoru Oshii Japan El cobrador: In God We Trust Paul Leduc Mexico, Argentina, Brasil Courthouse on the Horseback 马背上的法庭 Liu Jie China Don't Make Any Plans for Tonight Non prendere impegni stasera Gianluca Maria Tavarelli Italy Free Floating Свободное плавание Boris Khlebnikov Russia Heimat Fragments: The Women Heimat-Fragmente: Die Frauen Edgar Reitz Germany I Am the One Who Brings Flowers to Her Grave Ana alati tahmol azouhour ila qabriha Hala Alabdalla Yakoub, Ammar Al Beik Syria, France Infamous Douglas McGrath United States Quijote Mimmo Paladino Italy Rain Dogs Taiyang yu Ho Yuhang Malaysia, Hong Kong Requiem from Java Opera Jawa Garin Nugroho Indonesia Rome Rather Than You Roma wa la n’touma Tariq Teguia Algeria, France Suely in the Sky O Céu de Suely Karim Aïnouz BrasilDocumentariesBellissime 2 – Dagli anni Sessanta ad oggiGiovanna GagliardoItalyDong东Jia ZhangkeChinaThe U.S. vs. John LennonDavid Leaf, John ScheinfeldUnited StatesWhen the Leeves Broke: A Requiem in Four ActsSpike LeeUnited StatesSpecial eventsAkamasPanicos ChrysanthouCyprus, Greece, Hungary, TurkeyC’est Gradiva qui vous appelleAlain Robbe-GrilletFrance, BelgiumKill Gil 2Gil RosselliniItaly, SwitzerlandIl mio paeseDaniele VicariItalyPasolini prossimo nostroGiuseppe BertolucciItaly, France
Corto Cortissimo The following films were selected for the Short Films Competition (Corto Cortissimo): Original Title Director(s) Production country Levelek Ferenc Cakó Hungary Comment on freine dans une descente? Alix Delaporte France The Making of Parts Daniel Elliott United Kingdom Detektive Andreas Goldstein Germany Treinta Años Nicolás Lasnibat France, Chile Um Ano Mais Longo Marco Martins Portugal Mum Mads Matthiesen Denmark "Faça sua Escolha" Paula Miranda Brazil Pharmakon Ioakim Mylonas Cyprus Rien ne va plus Katja Pratschke and Gusztáv Hàmos Germany Trillizas Propaganda Fernando Salem Argentina Simanei Derech Shimon Shai Israel Fib 1477 Lorenzo Sportiello Italy What Does Your Daddy Do? Martin Stitt United Kingdom Eva reste au placard les nuits de pleine lune Alex Stockman Belgium In the Eye Abides the Hear Mary Sweeney United States Adults only Joon Han Yeo MalaysiaOut of competitionSekalli sa MeokgoTeboho MahlatsiSouth Africa Highlighted title 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:
Original title English title Director(s)Production country Гармонь (1934) Accordion Igor SavchenkoSoviet Union Весёлые ребята (1934) Jolly Fellows Grigori Aleksandrov Цирк (1936) Circus Grigori Aleksandrov Богатая невеста (1938) The Country Bride Ivan Pyryev Волга-Волга (1938) Volga-Volga Grigori Aleksandrov Трактористы (1939) Tractor Drivers Ivan Pyryev Музыкальная история (1940) Musical Story Aleksandr Ivanovsky, Herbert Rappaport Светлый путь (1940) Tanya Grigori Aleksandrov Свинарка и пастух (1941) They Met in Moscow Ivan Pyryev В 6 часов вечера после войны (1944) Six P.M. Ivan Pyryev Весна (1947) Springtime Grigori Aleksandrov Кубанские казаки (1950) Cossacks of the Kuban Ivan Pyryev Щедрое лето (1950) Bountiful Summer Boris Barnet Карнавальная ночь (1956) Carnival Night Eldar Ryazanov Наш милый доктор (1957) Our Dear Doctor Shaken Aimanov Черёмушки (1962) Cherry Town Herbert Rappaport Спасите утопающего (1967) Save the Drowning Man Pavel Arsenov Романс о влюблённых (1974) A Lover's Romance Andrei Konchalovsky
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.
English title Original titleDirectorProduction country Feature films Garrincha: Hero of the Jungle (1963) Garrincha, Alegria do Povo Joaquim Pedro de AndradeBrazil The Priest and the Girl (1966) O Padre e a Moça Macunaíma (1969) The Conspirators (1972) Os Inconfidentes Conjugal Warfare (1975) Guerra ConjugalO Homen do Pau-Brasil (1981)Short FilmsO Mestre de Apipucos (1959)Joaquim Pedro de AndradeBrazilO 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 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.
English title Original title Director(s)Restoration Centennial of Rossellini, Soldati and Visconti In High Places (1942) Quartieri alti Mario Soldati Cineteca Nazionale Obsession (1943) Ossessione Luchino Visconti Cineteca Nazionale, Ripley's Film, SKY Italia Rome, Open City (1945) Roma, città aperta Roberto Rossellini Cineteca Nazionale, Department of Cultural Policies of the City of Rome, Cinecittà Digital Escape to France (1948) Fuga in Francia Mario Soldati Cineteca Nazionale Anna Magnani, episode from We, the Women (1953) Luchino Visconti Cineteca Nazionale, Ripley's Film Ingrid Bergman, episode from We, the Women (1953) Roberto Rossellini General Della Rovere (1959) Il generale della Rovere Cineteca 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 Saladino Mario Bonnard Cineteca Italiana, National Museum of Cinema of Torino, Cineteca of Bologna – Laboratorio L'Immagine Ritrovata For a Few Dollars More (1965) Per qualche dollaro in più Sergio Leone Cineteca di Bologna – Laboratorio L'Immagine Ritrovata, SKY Italia From the Clouds to the Resistance (1979) Dalla nube alla resistenza Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet Only 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: English title Original title Director(s) Production countryIn Competition El Amarillo Sergio Mazza Argentina My One and Onlies Egyetleneim Gyula Nemes Hungary A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Dito Montiel United States Hyena Hiena Grzegorz Lewandowski Poland Premonition Le Pressentiment Jean-Pierre Darroussin France On the Trail of Igor Rizzi Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi Noël Mitrani Canada Do over Yi Nian Zhichu Yu-Chieh Cheng TaiwanSpecial EventThe RieducationLa rieducazioneDavide Alfonsi, Alessandro Fusto, Denis MalagninoItalyHomage to Otto PremingerBunny Lake is MissingOtto PremingerUnited Kingdom, United States
Venice Days The following films were selected for the 3rd edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section: