63rd Venice International Film Festival

The 63rd annual 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.[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 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.[2][3]

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

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 Laurentiis" Award for a Debut Film)

Short Film Competition (Corto Cortissimo)

  • Teboho Mahlatsi, South African director and producer (President)
  • Francesca Calvelli, Italian editor
  • Aleksey Fedorchenko, Russian director

Official selection

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, UK
The Black DahliaBrian De PalmaUSA, Germany
BobbyEmilio EstevezUnited States
Children of MenAlfonso CuarónUnited States
Dry SeasonDarattMahamat Saleh HarounChad, France, Belgium, Austria
EuphoriaEjforijaIvan VyrypaevRussia
ExiledFong jukJohnnie ToHong Kong, China
FallingFallenBarbara AlbertAustria
The FountainDarren AronofskyUnited States
HollywoodlandAllen CoulterUnited States
I Don't Want to Sleep AloneHei yanquanTsai Ming-liangTaiwan, France, Austria
The Missing StarLa stella che non c'èGianni AmelioItaly
MushishiKatsuhiro OtomoJapan
The Golden DoorNuovomondoEmanuele CrialeseItaly, France
PaprikaPapurikaSatoshi KonJapan
Private Fears in Public PlacesCœursAlain ResnaisFrance, Italy
Private PropertyNue PropriétéJoachim LafosseBelgium, Luxembourg, France
The QueenStephen FrearsUnited Kingdom
Still LifeSanxia haorenJia ZhangkeChina
Syndromes and a CenturySang sattawat Apichatpong WeerasethakulThailand, France
These Encounters of Theirs (aka)Quei 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 BanquetYeyanFeng XiaogangChina
N/ABelle ToujoursManoel de OliveiraPortugal, France
The Devil Wears PradaDavid FrankelUnited States
A Few Days in SeptemberQuelques jours en septembreSantiago AmigorenaFrance, Italy
INLAND EMPIREDavid LynchUSA, Poland, France
The IslandOstrovPavel LunginRussia
The Magic FluteKenneth BranaghUnited Kingdom, France
Tales from EarthseaGedo SenkiGoro MiyazakiJapan
World Trade CenterOliver StoneUnited States
Out of Competition – Midnight
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The City of ViolenceJjakpaeRyoo Seung-wanSouth Korea
Have You Another Apple? (aka)Baaz ham sib daari?Bayram FazliIran
RetributionSakebiKiyoshi KurosawaJapan
Rob-B-HoodBo bui gai wakBenny ChanChina
Summer LovePiotr UklańskiPoland
To LetPara entrar a vivirJaume BalagueróSpain
The Wicker ManNeil LaButeUnited States
Special event
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Letters from the SaharaLettere dal SaharaVittorio De SetaItaly

Horizons

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

Fiction
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
CricketsKoorogiShinji AoyamaJapan
The Hottest StateEthan HawkeUnited States
Amazing Lives of the Fast Food GriftersTachiguishi retsudenMamoru 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 FloatingSvobodnoe plavanieBoris 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 You (aka)Roma wa la n’toumaTariq TeguiaAlgeria, France
Suely in the SkyO Céu de SuelyKarim AïnouzBrasil
Documentaries
Title Director(s) Production country
Bellissime 2 – Dagli anni Sessanta ad oggiGiovanna GagliardoItaly
DongJia ZhangkeChina
The U.S. vs. John LennonDavid Leaf & John ScheinfeldUnited States
When the Leeves Broke: A Requiem in Four ActsSpike LeeUnited States
Special events
Title Director(s) Production country
AkamasPanicos ChrysanthouCyprus, Greece, Hungary, Turkey
C’est Gradiva qui vous appelleAlain Robbe-GrilletFrance, Belgium
Kill Gil 2Gil RosselliniItaly, Switzerland
Il mio paeseDaniele VicariItaly
Pasolini prossimo nostroGiuseppe BertolucciItaly, 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]

In competition
Title Director(s) Production country
LevelekFerenc CakòHungary
Comment on freine dans une descente?Alix DelaporteFrance
The Making of PartsDaniel ElliottUK
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 StittUK
Eva reste au placard les nuits de pleine luneAlex StockmanBelgium
In the Eye Abides the HearMary SweeneyUSA
Adults onlyJoon Han YeoMalaysia
Out of competition
Sekalli sa MeokgoTeboho MahlatsiSouth Africa
Highlighted title indicates Lion for Best Short Film winner.

The secret story of Russian cinema

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

English title Original title Year Director(s)
AccordionГармонь / Garmon'1934Igor Savchenko
Jolly FellowsВесёлые ребята / Vesiolye rebiata1934Grigori Aleksandrov
CircusЦирк / Tsirk1936Grigori Aleksandrov
The Country BrideБогатая невеста / Bogataja nevesta1938Ivan Pyryev
Volga-VolgaВолга-Волга1938Grigori Aleksandrov
Tractor DriversТрактористы / Traktorzyści1939Ivan Pyryev
Musical StoryМузыкальная история / Muzykalnaja istorija1940Aleksandr Ivanovsky and Herbert Rappaport
TanyaСветлый путь / Svetly put'1940Grigori Aleksandrov
They Met in MoscowСвинарка и пастух / Svinarka i pastukh1941Ivan Pyryev
Six P.M.В 6 часов вечера после войны / V shest chasov vechera posle voyny1944Ivan Pyryev
SpringtimeВесна / Vesna1947Grigori Aleksandrov
Cossacks of the KubanКубанские казаки / Kubanskie kazaki'1950Ivan Pyryev
Bountiful SummerЩедрое лето / Shchedroe leto1950Boris Barnet
Carnival Night'Карнавальная ночь / Karnavalnaya noch1956Eldar Ryazanov
Our Dear Doctor (aka)Наш милый доктор / Nash milyy doktor1957Shaken Aimanov
Cherry TownЧерёмушки / Cheriomushki1962Herbert Rappaport
Save the Drowning ManСпасите утопающего / Spasite utopayushchego1967Pavel Arsenov
A Lover's RomanceРоманс о влюблённых / Romans o vlyublyonnykh1974Andrei Konchalovsky

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]

Feature films
English title Original title Year
Garrincha: Hero of the Jungle (documentary)Garrincha, Alegria do Povo1963
The Priest and the GirlO Padre e a Moça1966
Macunaíma1969
The Conspirators (aka)Os Inconfidentes1972
Conjugal WarfareGuerra Conjugal1975
N/AO Homen do Pau-Brasil1981
Short films
Title Year Title Year
O Mestre de Apipucos (documentary)1959Brasilia, Contradições de Uma Cidade Nova (doc.)1967
O Poeta do Castelo (documentary)1959Linguagem da Persuasão (doc.)1970
Couro de Gato1960Vereda Tropical (doc.)1977
Cinéma Nôvo (documentary) 1967O Aleijadinho (doc.)1978

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 RosselliniCineteca Nazionale, Ripley's Film
General Della Rovere (1959)Il generale della RovereRoberto RosselliniCineteca 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 BonnardFondazione 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 piùSergio LeoneCineteca di Bologna – Laboratorio L'Immagine Ritrovata, SKY Italia
From the Clouds to the Resistance (1979)Dalla nube alla resistenzaJean-Marie Straub and Danièle HuilletOnly copy of this archive is at the Cineteca of Bologna

Autonomous 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
The Lizard (lit.)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
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Special Event
The RieducationLa rieducazioneDavide Alfonsi, Alessandro Fusto & Denis MalagninoItaly
Homage to Otto Preminger
Bunny Lake is MissingOtto PremingerUK, USA

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
N/AChicha tu madreGianfranco QuattriniArgentina, Peru
N/ACome l'ombraMarina SpadaItaly
Dark Blue Almost BlackAzuloscurocasinegroDaniel Sánchez ArévaloSpain
Dreams of DustRêves de poussièreLaurent SalguesBurkina Faso, Canada, France
N/AL’etoile du soldatChristophe de PonfillyFrance, Germany, Afghanistan
Falkenberg FarewellFarväl FalkenbergJesper GanslandtDenmark, Sweden
KhadakJessica Woodworth & Peter BrosensBelgium, Germany, Holland
Meanwhile (aka)Mientras tantoDiego LermanArgentina, France
The Night of the SunflowersLa noche de los girasoles)Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo
OffscreenChristoffer BoeDenmark
N/AL'udienza è apertaVincenzo Marra
WWW - What a Wonderful WorldFaouzi BensaïdiMorocco, France

Awards

Official selection

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

In Competition (Venezia 63)

Special Awards

Horizons awards (Premi Orizzonti)

Short Film awards (Corto Cortissimo Lion)

  • 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

Autonomous 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)

  • Lion of the Future
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film: Khadak by Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth
Special mention: 7 Years (7 Ans) by Jean-Pascal Hattu

Other collateral awards

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

Special mention: Dry Season (Daratt) by Mahamat Saleh Haroun
Special mention: Private Property (Nue Propriété) by Joachim Lafosse
Special mention: The Banquet by Feng Xiaogang (Out of competition)
Special mention: Dry Season by Mahamat Saleh Haroun

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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