2006 Venice 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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