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63rd Venice International Film Festival

Italian film festival in 2006


Italian film festival in 2006

FieldValue
name63rd Venice International Film Festival
imageVeniceFilmFestival63poster.jpg
image_size250px
captionFestival poster
opening*The Black Dahlia*
closing*The Island*
locationVenice, Italy
founded1932
awardsGolden Lion:
*Still Life*
hostIsabella Ferrari
date30 August – 9 September 2006
website[Website](http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/)
chronologyVenice Film Festival
preceded_by[62nd](62nd-venice-international-film-festival)
followed_by[64th](64th-venice-international-film-festival)

Still Life

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 titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*Black Book**Zwartboek*Paul VerhoevenNetherlands, Germany, United Kingdom
*The Black Dahlia* (opening film)Brian De PalmaUnited States, Germany
*Bobby*Emilio EstevezUnited States
*Children of Men*Alfonso CuarónUnited Kingdom, United States, Japan
*Dry Season**Daratt*Mahamat Saleh HarounChad, France, Belgium, Austria
*Euphoria*ЭйфорияIvan VyrypaevRussia
*Exiled*放‧逐Johnnie ToHong Kong, China
*Falling**Fallen*Barbara AlbertAustria
*The Fountain*Darren AronofskyUnited States
*Golden Door**Nuovomondo*Emanuele CrialeseItaly, France
*Hollywoodland*Allen CoulterUnited States
*I Don't Want to Sleep Alone*黑眼圈Tsai Ming-liangMalaysia, Taiwan
*The Missing Star**La stella che non c'è*Gianni AmelioItaly
*Mushishi*蟲師Katsuhiro OtomoJapan
*Paprika*パプリカSatoshi KonJapan
*Private Fears in Public Places**Cœurs*Alain ResnaisFrance, Italy
*Private Property**Nue Propriété*Joachim LafosseBelgium, Luxembourg, France
*The Queen*Stephen FrearsUnited Kingdom
***Still Life*****三峡好人****Jia Zhangke****China**
*Syndromes and a Century**Sang sattawat *Apichatpong WeerasethakulThailand, France
*These Encounters of Theirs**Quei loro incontri*Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle HuilletItaly, France
*The Untouchable**L'intouchable*Benoît JacquotFrance

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryOut of Competition – MidnightSpecial event
*The Banquet*夜宴Feng XiaogangChina
*Belle Toujours*Manoel de OliveiraPortugal, France
*The Devil Wears Prada*David FrankelUnited States
*A Few Days in September**Quelques jours en septembre*Santiago AmigorenaFrance, Italy
*Inland Empire*David LynchUnited States, Poland, France
*The Island* (closing film)ОстровPavel LunginRussia
*The Magic Flute*Kenneth BranaghUnited Kingdom, France
*Tales from Earthsea*ゲド戦記Goro MiyazakiJapan
*World Trade Center*Oliver StoneUnited States
*The City of Violence*짝패Ryoo Seung-wanSouth Korea
*Have You Another Apple?**Baaz ham sib daari?*Bayram FazliIran
*Retribution*Kiyoshi KurosawaJapan
*Rob-B-Hood*寶貝計劃Benny ChanChina
*Summer Love*Piotr UklańskiPoland
*To Let**Para entrar a vivir*Jaume BalagueróSpain
*The Wicker Man*Neil LaButeUnited States
*Letters from the Sahara**Lettere dal Sahara*Vittorio De SetaItaly

''[[Orizzonti]]''

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryFictionDocumentariesSpecial events
*Crickets*こおろぎShinji AoyamaJapan
*The Hottest State*Ethan HawkeUnited States
*Tachiguishi retsuden*立喰師列伝Mamoru OshiiJapan
*El cobrador: In God We Trust*Paul LeducMexico, 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 TavarelliItaly
*Free Floating*Свободное плаваниеBoris KhlebnikovRussia
*Heimat Fragments: The Women**Heimat-Fragmente: Die Frauen*Edgar ReitzGermany
*I Am the One Who Brings Flowers to Her Grave**Ana alati tahmol azouhour ila qabriha*Hala Alabdalla Yakoub, Ammar Al BeikSyria, France
*Infamous*Douglas McGrathUnited States
*Quijote*Mimmo PaladinoItaly
*Rain Dogs**Taiyang yu*Ho YuhangMalaysia, Hong Kong
*Requiem from Java**Opera Jawa*Garin NugrohoIndonesia
*Rome Rather Than You**Roma wa la n’touma*Tariq TeguiaAlgeria, France
*Suely in the Sky**O Céu de Suely*Karim AïnouzBrasil
*Bellissime 2 – Dagli anni Sessanta ad oggi*Giovanna GagliardoItaly
*Dong*Jia ZhangkeChina
*The U.S. vs. John Lennon*David Leaf, John ScheinfeldUnited States
***When the Leeves Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts*****Spike Lee****United States**
*Akamas*Panicos ChrysanthouCyprus, Greece, Hungary, Turkey
*C’est Gradiva qui vous appelle*Alain Robbe-GrilletFrance, Belgium
*Kill Gil 2*Gil RosselliniItaly, Switzerland
*Il mio paese*Daniele VicariItaly
*Pasolini prossimo nostro*Giuseppe BertolucciItaly, France

''Corto Cortissimo''

The following films were selected for the Short Films Competition (Corto Cortissimo):

Original TitleDirector(s)Production countryOut of competition
*Levelek*Ferenc CakóHungary
***Comment on freine dans une descente?*****Alix Delaporte****France**
*The Making of Parts*Daniel ElliottUnited Kingdom
*Detektive*Andreas GoldsteinGermany
*Treinta Años*Nicolás LasnibatFrance, Chile
*Um Ano Mais Longo*Marco MartinsPortugal
*Mum*Mads MatthiesenDenmark
*"Faça sua Escolha"*Paula MirandaBrazil
*Pharmakon*Ioakim MylonasCyprus
*Rien ne va plus*Katja Pratschke and Gusztáv HàmosGermany
*Trillizas Propaganda*Fernando SalemArgentina
*Simanei Derech*Shimon ShaiIsrael
*Fib 1477*Lorenzo SportielloItaly
*What Does Your Daddy Do?*Martin StittUnited Kingdom
*Eva reste au placard les nuits de pleine lune*Alex StockmanBelgium
*In the Eye Abides the Hear*Mary SweeneyUnited States
*Adults only*Joon Han YeoMalaysia
*Sekalli sa Meokgo*Teboho 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 titleEnglish titleDirector(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 titleOriginal titleDirectorProduction countryFeature filmsShort 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 Conjugal*
*O Homen do Pau-Brasil* (1981)
*O Mestre de Apipucos* (1959)Joaquim Pedro de AndradeBrazil
*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 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 titleOriginal titleDirector(s)RestorationCentennial of Rossellini, Soldati and ViscontiThe secret story of Italian cinema
*In High Places* (1942)*Quartieri alti*Mario SoldatiCineteca Nazionale
*Obsession* (1943)*Ossessione*Luchino ViscontiCineteca Nazionale, Ripley's Film, SKY Italia
*Rome, Open City* (1945)*Roma, città aperta*Roberto RosselliniCineteca Nazionale, Department of Cultural Policies of the City of Rome, Cinecittà Digital
*Escape to France* (1948)*Fuga in Francia*Mario 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 Rovere*Cineteca Nazionale, Gruppo Editoriale Minerva – Raro Video, National Museum of Cinema of Torino, Historical Archive of the Biennale, LVR
*The Ferocious Saladin* (1937)*Il feroce Saladino*Mario BonnardCineteca 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 LeoneCineteca di Bologna – Laboratorio L'Immagine Ritrovata, SKY Italia
*From the Clouds to the Resistance* (1979)*Dalla nube alla resistenza*Jean-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:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn CompetitionSpecial EventHomage to Otto Preminger
*El Amarillo*Sergio MazzaArgentina
*My One and Onlies**Egyetleneim*Gyula NemesHungary
***A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints*****Dito Montiel****United States**
*Hyena**Hiena*Grzegorz LewandowskiPoland
*Premonition**Le Pressentiment*Jean-Pierre DarroussinFrance
*On the Trail of Igor Rizzi**Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi*Noël MitraniCanada
*Do over**Yi Nian Zhichu*Yu-Chieh ChengTaiwan
*The Rieducation**La rieducazione*Davide Alfonsi, Alessandro Fusto, Denis MalagninoItaly
*Bunny Lake is Missing*Otto PremingerUnited Kingdom, United States

Venice Days

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*[7 Years](7-years-film)**7 Ans*Jean-Pascal HattuFrance
*Chicha tu madre*Gianfranco QuattriniArgentina, Peru
*Come l'ombra*Marina SpadaItaly
***Dark Blue Almost Black******Azuloscurocasinegro*****Daniel Sánchez Arévalo****Spain**
*Dreams of Dust**Rêves de poussière*Laurent SalguesBurkina Faso, Canada, France
*L’etoile du soldat*Christophe de PonfillyFrance, Germany, Afghanistan
*Falkenberg Farewell**Farväl Falkenberg*Jesper GanslandtDenmark, Sweden
*Khadak*Jessica Woodworth, Peter BrosensBelgium, Germany, Holland
*Meanwhile**Mientras tanto*Diego LermanArgentina, France
*The Night of the Sunflowers**La noche de los girasoles*Jorge Sánchez-CabezudoSpain, Portugal, France
*Offscreen*Christoffer BoeDenmark
*L'udienza è aperta*Vincenzo MarraItaly
*WWW - What a Wonderful World*Faouzi BensaïdiMorocco, France

Official Awards

In Competition (''Venezia 63'')

  • Golden Lion: Still Life by Jia Zhangke
  • Grand Special Jury Prize: Daratt by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
  • Silver Lion for Best Director: Alain Resnais for Private Fears in Public Places
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Ben Affleck for Hollywoodland
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen
  • Silver Lion Revelation: Emanuele Crialese for Golden Door
  • Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor: Isild Le Besco for The Untouchable
  • Award for Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki for Children of Men
  • Award for Best Screenplay: Peter Morgan for The Queen
  • Special Lion: Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet for their innovation in cinematographic languages

[[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]]

  • David Lynch

''[[Orizzonti]]''

  • Best Film: Courthouse on the Horseback by Liu Jie
  • Best Documentary: When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts by Spike Lee

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

  • Best Film: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints by Dito Montiel
  • Isvema Award: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints by Dito Montiel

Venice Days (''[[Giornate degli Autori|Giornate Degli Autori]]'')

  • Label Europa Cinemas: Dark Blue Almost Black by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
  • Prize Arca Cinemagiovani (Young Cinema Award) – Best Movie "Other Visions": Offscreen by Christoffer Boe
  • UAAR Award: Dark Blue Almost Black by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
  • Venice Authors Prize: Chicha tu madre by Gianfranco Quattrini & Mientras tanto by Diego Lerman

Independent Awards

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

[[International Federation of Film Critics|FIPRESCI Award]]

  • Best Film (Main competition): The Queen by Stephen Frears
  • Best Film (Horizons): When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts by Spike Lee

[[SIGNIS|SIGNIS Award]]

  • Nuovomondo by Emanuele Crialese
    • Special mention: Dry Season by Mahamat Saleh Haroun
    • Special mention: Private Property by Joachim Lafosse

UNICEF Award

  • Nuovomondo by Emanuele Crialese

UNESCO Award

  • Dry Season by Mahamat Saleh Haroun

Francesco Pasinetti Award (SNGCI)

  • Best Actor: Sergio Castellitto for The Missing Star
  • Best Actress: Laura Morante for Private Fears in Public Places
  • Best Film: Nuovomondo by Emanuele Crialese

Pietro Bianchi Award

  • Marco Bellocchio

FEDIC Award

  • Nuovomondo by Emanuele Crialese

Little Golden Lion

  • Euphoria by Ivan Vyrypaev

Young Cinema Award – Best International Film

  • Black Book by Paul Verhoeven

Wella Prize

  • Don't Make Any Plans for Tonight by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli

Open Prize

  • Dong by Jia Zhangke

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

  • Inland Empire by David Lynch
    • Special mention: The Banquet by Feng Xiaogang

Laterna Magica Prize

  • Children of Men by Alfonso Cuarón

Biografilm Award

  • Bobby by Emilio Estevez

''CinemAvvenire'' Award

  • Nuovomondo by Emanuele Crialese

Cinema for Peace Award

  • I Don't Want to Sleep Alone by Tsai Ming-liang

Award of the City of Rome

  • Lettere dal Sahara by Vittorio De Seta

Human Rights Film Network Award

  • When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
    • Special mention: Dry Season by Mahamat Saleh Haroun

EIUC Award

  • Dry Season by Mahamat Saleh Haroun

Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award

  • The Missing Star by Gianni Amelio

Gucci Award

  • Nick Cave (screenplay) for The Proposition by John Hillcoat

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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