63rd Venice International Film Festival
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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:
format running for Golden Lion for best picture
.
format, and documentary-movies.
Anniversary of Rossellini
, Soldati
and Visconti
The secret story of Italian cinema
Besides the original title, there is a translation in Italian and the year in brackets:
, 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
Venice Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
, held in Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, was opened on 30 August 2006 with Brian De Palma
Brian De Palma
Brian Russell De Palma is an American film director and writer. In a career spanning over 40 years, he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films, including such box office successes as the horror film Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Mission:...
's The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia (film)
The Black Dahlia is a 2006 neo noir crime film directed by Brian De Palma. It is based on the novel of the same name by James Ellroy, writer of L.A. Confidential and starred Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank. The story is based on the murder of Elizabeth Short...
and was closed on 9 September 2006. Host of the event was Italian actress Isabella Ferrari
Isabella Ferrari
Isabella Ferrari , is the stage name of Isabella Fogliazza, an Italian actress of television, theatre and the cinema. She is best known as the protagonist, Commissioner Giovanna Scalise in the police drama series Distretto di Polizia and Distretto di Polizia 2 which was televised on Mediaset's...
.
During the festival, retrospectives were held on the one hundredth anniversary of the births of three major Italian directors: Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had...
, Mario Soldati
Mario Soldati
Mario Soldati was an Italian writer and film director.-Biography:Soldati studied Humanities in his native city, Turin, and History of Art in Rome. He started publishing novels in 1929 although his fame came with America primo amore, published in 1935, a diary about the time he spent teaching at...
and Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...
. The Golden Lion
Golden Lion
Il Leone d’Oro is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most distinguished prizes...
for Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to American director David Lynch
David Lynch
David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...
. All the films running the contest were shown for the first time as world premiere in the festival history since the Second World War.
Jury
Official section jury
- Catherine DeneuveCatherine DeneuveCatherine Deneuve is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious beauties in films such as Repulsion and Belle de jour . Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine; she also won César Awards for that...
(actress, France) – President - Michele PlacidoMichele PlacidoMichele Placido is an internationally known Italian actor and director. He is best known for the role of Corrado Cattani in the TV series La Piovra.-Life and career:...
(actor and director Italy) - Juan Josè Bigas Luna (director and writer, Spain)
- Paulo BrancoPaulo BrancoPaulo Branco is a Portuguese film producer.-Selected filmography:* The Territory * Three Crowns of the Sailor * City of Pirates * Manoel's Destinies * Treasure Island...
(producer, Portugal) - Cameron CroweCameron CroweCameron Bruce Crowe is an American screenwriter and film director. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, for which he still frequently writes....
(director, screenwriter and producer, USA) - Chulpan KhamatovaChulpan KhamatovaChulpan Nailevna Khamatova is a Russian film, theater and TV actress of Tatar origin. Her name, Chulpan, means "morning star" in Tatar.- Background :...
(actress, Russia) - Park Chan-wookPark Chan-wookPark Chan-wook is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. One of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in his native country, Park is most known for his films Joint Security Area, Thirst and what has become known as The Vengeance Trilogy, consisting of...
(director and screenwriter, South Korea)
"Orizzonti" section jury
- Philip Gröning (director and screenwriter, Germany) – President
- Carlo Carlei (director, Italy)
- Giuseppe Genna (writer, Italy)
- Keiko Kusakabe (producer and distributor, Japan)
- Yousri Nasrallah (director, Egypt)
"Premio Venezia Opera Prima Luigi De Laurentiis" section jury
- Paula WagnerPaula WagnerPaula Wagner is an American film producer and film executive.-Early career:Wagner began her career at Creative Artists Agency. In 1993 she launched Cruise/Wagner Productions with her former CAA client Tom Cruise. C/W's first film, Mission: Impossible, was an international hit that brought the...
(producer, USA) – President - Stefania RoccaStefania RoccaStefania Rocca is an Italian actress.Rocca is best known for her roles in the films Nirvana , The Talented Mr. Ripley and Dracula . She also was the lead in Dario Argento's The Card Player. Her most recent appearance was in the Italian movie, Commediasexi where she played the main character,...
(actress, Italy) - Guillermo del ToroGuillermo del ToroGuillermo del Toro is a Mexican director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and designer. He is mostly known for his acclaimed films, Blade II, Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy film franchise. He is a frequent collaborator with Ron Perlman, Federico Luppi and Doug Jones...
(director and screenwriter, Mexico) - Mohsen MakhmalbafMohsen MakhmalbafMohsen Makhmalbaf is an Iranian film director, writer, editor, and producer. During 2007 he was the president of Asian Film Academy.Makhmalbaf's films have been widely presented in international film festivals in the past ten years. The multi-award-winning director, belongs to the new wave...
(director and producer, Iran) - Andrei PlakhovAndrei PlakhovAndrei Stepanovich Plakhov is a Russian film critic and historian of cinema, columnist for Kommersant newspaper. President of the International Federation of Film Critics....
(critic, Russia)
"Corto Cortissimo" section jury
- Teboho Mahlatsi (director and producer, South Africa) – President
- Francesca Calvelli (editor, Italy)
- Aleksey Fedortchenko (director, Russia)
In competition
International competition of full-length films in 35mm and digitalDigital
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format running for Golden Lion for best picture
Golden Lion
Il Leone d’Oro is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most distinguished prizes...
.
- Fallen by Barbara AlbertBarbara AlbertBarbara Albert is an Austrian writer, film-producer and film-director.She studied filmmaking at the Wiener Filmakademie. Her first film to become known to a larger audience was Nordrand, which describes the reality of life of Yugoslavian children in Vienna.She heads the production company Coop 99...
(Austria) - The Missing Star by Gianni AmelioGianni AmelioGianni Amelio is an Italian film director.-Biography:Amelio was born in San Pietro di Magisano, province of Catanzaro, Calabria. His father moved to Argentina soon after his birth. He spent his youth and adolescence with his mother and his grandmother...
(Italy) - The Fountain by Darren AronofskyDarren AronofskyDarren Aronofsky is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. He attended Harvard University to study film theory and the American Film Institute to study both live-action and animation filmmaking...
(USA) - HollywoodlandHollywoodlandHollywoodland is a 2006 American biographical docudrama film directed by Allen Coulter in his feature directorial debut. The film documents a fictional account of the investigation surrounding the death of actor George Reeves , the star of the 1950s television series Adventures of Superman. Adrien...
by Allen CoulterAllen CoulterAllen Coulter is an American television and film director, credited with a number of successful television programs. He has directed two feature films, Hollywoodland, a film regarding the questionable death of George Reeves starring Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, and Ben Affleck, and 2010's Remember...
(USA) - NuovomondoNuovomondoNuovomondo literally, new world is a 2006 drama based around a family's migration from Italy to New York during the beginning of the 20th Century. The film is set in both Italy and The United States. The film is written and directed by Emanuele Crialese...
by Emanuele CrialeseEmanuele CrialeseEmanuele Crialese is an Italian screenwriter and film director. He is a native of Rome. He studied filmmaking in New York City...
(Italy/France) - Children of MenChildren of MenChildren of Men is a 2006 science fiction film loosely adapted from P. D. James's 1992 novel The Children of Men, directed by Alfonso Cuarón. In 2027, two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Illegal immigrants seek sanctuary in England, where the last...
by Alfonso CuarónAlfonso CuarónAlfonso Cuarón Orozco is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his films Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Y tu mamá también, and A Little Princess.- Early life :...
(USA) - The Black DahliaThe Black Dahlia (film)The Black Dahlia is a 2006 neo noir crime film directed by Brian De Palma. It is based on the novel of the same name by James Ellroy, writer of L.A. Confidential and starred Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank. The story is based on the murder of Elizabeth Short...
by Brian De PalmaBrian De PalmaBrian Russell De Palma is an American film director and writer. In a career spanning over 40 years, he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films, including such box office successes as the horror film Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Mission:...
(USA/Germany) - BobbyBobby (2006 film)Bobby is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez. The screenplay is a fictionalized account of the hours leading up to the June 5, 1968 shooting of United States Senator from New York and former U.S. Attorney General Robert F...
by Emilio EstevezEmilio EstevezEmilio Estevez is an American actor, film director, and writer. He started his career as an actor and is well-known for being a member of the acting Brat Pack of the 1980s, starring in The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire...
(USA) - The QueenThe Queen (film)The Queen is a 2006 British drama film directed by Stephen Frears, written by Peter Morgan, and starring Helen Mirren as the title role, HM Queen Elizabeth II...
di Stephen FrearsStephen FrearsStephen Arthur Frears is an English film director.-Early life:Frears was born in Leicester, England to Ruth M., a social worker, and Dr Russell E. Frears, a general practitioner and accountant. He did not find out that his mother was Jewish until he was in his late 20s...
(Great Britain) - DarattDarattDaratt is a 2006 film by Chadian director Mahamat Saleh Haroun.The film was one of seven films from non-Western cultures commissioned by Peter Sellars' New Crowned Hope Festival to commemorate the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
by Mahamat Saleh HarounMahamat Saleh HarounMahamat-Saleh Haroun is a film director from Chad who has lived in France since 1982. He made his first feature film, Bye Bye Africa, in 1999. His second feature, Abouna, won best cinematography award at FESPACO, while his third, Daratt, won the Grand Special Jury Prize at the 63rd Venice...
(Chad/France/Belgium/Austria) - L'intouchable by Benoît JacquotBenoît JacquotBenoît Jacquot is a French film director who has had a varied career in European cinema.Born in Paris, he began his career as assistant director of Marguerite Duras films including Nathalie Granger, India Song and also actor in the 1973 short film La Sœur du cadre.He turned to writing and...
(France) - Paprika by Satoshi KonSatoshi Konwas a Japanese anime director and manga artist from Kushiro, Hokkaidō and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association . He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He is sometimes credited as in the credits of Paranoia Agent...
(Japan) - Nue PropriétéNue Propriété-Title:Nue propriété is French for bare ownership/property, i.e., without usufruct. In the film a woman considers selling the house in which she lives with her twin sons. The sons oppose this...
by Joachim LafosseJoachim LafosseJoachim Lafosse is a Belgian film director and screenwriter.- Career :Lafosse studied at the IAD at Louvain-la-Neuve between 1997 and 2001. His graduation film Tribu, a 24-minute short, won the best Belgian short subject category at the 2001 Namur Film Festival...
(Belgium/Luxembourg/France) - MushishiMushishiis a manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Urushibara, published in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine from 1999 to August 2008.The manga was adapted into an anime television series in 2005. The Artland production was directed by Hiroshi Nagahama...
by Katsuhiro OtomoKatsuhiro Otomois a Japanese comic book creator, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation. Otomo has also directed several live-action films, such as the 2006 feature film adaptation of the manga Mushishi.-Biography:Katsuhiro Otomo was...
(Japan) - Private Fears in Public Places by Alain ResnaisAlain ResnaisAlain Resnais is a French film director whose career has extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Nuit et Brouillard , an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.He began...
(France/Italy) - Quei loro incontri by Jean-Marie StraubJean-Marie StraubJean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet were a duo of filmmakers who made two dozen films between 1963 and 2006...
and Danièle Huillet (Italy/France) - ExiledExiledExiled is a 2006 Hong Kong action crime drama film produced and directed by Johnnie To, and starring Anthony Wong, Roy Cheung, Francis Ng, and Simon Yam. The action takes place in contemporary Macau.-Plot:...
by Johnny To (Hong Kong/China) - Hei yanquanI Don't Want to Sleep AloneI Don't Want to Sleep Alone is a 2006 Malaysian-Taiwanese romantic-drama film written and directed by Tsai Ming-liang...
by Tsai Ming-liangTsai Ming-liangTsai Ming-liang is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese Cinema, along with earlier contemporaries such as Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang...
(Taiwan/France/Austria) - Zwartboek by Paul Verhoeven (Netherlands/Germany/UK)
- Ejforija by Ivan Vyrypaev (Russia)
- Sang sattawat by Apichatpong WeerasethakulApichatpong WeerasethakulApichatpong "Joe" Weerasethakul is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. His feature films include Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, winner of the prestigious 2010 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or prize; Tropical Malady, which won a jury prize at the 2004...
(Thailand/France) - Sanxia haoren by Jia ZhangkeJia ZhangkeJia Zhangke is a Chinese film director. He is generally regarded as a leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" movement of Chinese cinema, a group that also includes such figures as Wang Xiaoshuai and Zhang Yuan....
(China)
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.- Quelques jours en Septembre by Santiago Amigorena (France/Italy)
- The Magic FluteThe Magic FluteThe Magic Flute is an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue....
by Kenneth BranaghKenneth BranaghKenneth Charles Branagh is an actor and film director from Northern Ireland. He is best known for directing and starring in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays including Henry V , Much Ado About Nothing , Hamlet Kenneth Charles Branagh is an actor and film director from...
(USA) – Special event, shown at Venice's Teatro La Fenice - Yeyan by Feng XiaogangFeng XiaogangFeng Xiaogang , in is a Chinese film director. He is famous in China as being perhaps the most successful "commercialized" filmmaker whose comedy films do consistently well in the box office, although Feng has attempted to break out from that mold by making drama or period drama films...
(China) - Il diavolo veste Prada (The Devil Wears PradaThe Devil Wears Prada (film)The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 comedy-drama film, a loose screen adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name. It stars Anne Hathaway as Andrea Sachs, a recent college graduate who goes to New York City and gets a job as a co-assistant to powerful and demanding fashion magazine...
) by David FrankelDavid FrankelDavid Frankel is an American director, screenwriter and executive producer. He is the son of Max Frankel, a former executive editor of The New York Times...
(USA) - OstrovOstrov (film)Ostrov is a 2006 Russian biographical film about a fictional 20th century Eastern Orthodox monk. The film closed the 2006 Venice Film Festival, proved to be a moderate box-office success and won both the Nika Award and the Golden Eagle Award as the Best Russian film of 2006...
by Pavel Lounguine (Russia) - INLAND EMPIREInland EmpireInland Empire may refer to:In geography:* Inland Empire , a geographic region in Southern California* Inland Empire , a geographic region encompassing Eastern Washington and North IdahoIn entertainment:...
by David LynchDavid LynchDavid Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...
(USA/Poland/France) - Gedo senkiTales from Earthsea (film)is a 2006 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Gorō Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli.The film is based on a combination of plots and characters from the first four books of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea series: A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore and Tehanu. The...
by Goro MiyazakiGoro Miyazakiis a Japanese film director of anime feature films, like his internationally-known father Hayao Miyazaki. Described as "reluctant" to follow his father's career, for decades Gorō chose to work in landscaping rather than animation....
(Japan) - Belle toujours – Bella sempre by Manoel de OliveiraManoel de OliveiraManoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira, GCSE is a Portuguese film director born in Cedofeita, Porto. He began working on films in the late 1920s, but did not receive international recognition until the early 1970s. Since the late 1980s he has been one of the most prolific working film directors and...
(Portugal/France) - World Trade CenterWorld Trade Center (film)World Trade Center is a 2006 American disaster-drama film directed by Oliver Stone and based on the September 11 attacks at the World Trade Center. It stars Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Michael Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Michael Shannon. The film was shot from October 19, 2005 - February 10, 2006...
by Oliver StoneOliver StoneWilliam Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on...
(USA)
Midnight out of competition
- Para entrar a vivir by Jaume Balagueró (Spain)
- Rob-B-HoodRob-B-HoodRob-B-Hood is a 2006 action comedy film directed by Benny Chan, and starring Jackie Chan, Louis Koo and Michael Hui. It was produced with a budget of HK$130 million and filmed between December 2005 and January 2006...
by Benny ChanBenny Chan-Filmography as a director:*A Moment of Romance *Son on the Run *What A Hero! *The Magic Crane *A Moment of Romance 2 *Happy Hour *Man Wanted *Fist of Fury *Big Bullet...
(China) - Baaz ham sib daari? by Bayram Fazli (Iran)
- SakebiRetribution (film)is a 2006 Japanese horror film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.-Plot:Yoshioka, an experienced detective, investigates the murder of an unknown woman in a red dress. She was drowned on the Tokyo waterfront, but an autopsy reveals that her stomach is full of seawater...
by Kiyoshi KurosawaKiyoshi Kurosawais a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre.-Biography:Born in Kobe on July 19, 1955, Kiyoshi Kurosawa is not related to director Akira Kurosawa...
(Japan) - The Wicker ManThe Wicker Man (2006 film)The Wicker Man is a 2006 American remake of the 1973 British film of the same title. It was written and directed by Neil LaBute, based on a screenplay by Anthony Shaffer, and stars Nicolas Cage and Ellen Burstyn....
by Neil LaButeNeil LaButeNeil N. LaBute is an American film director, screenwriter and playwright.-Early life:LaBute was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Marian, a hospital receptionist, and Richard LaBute, a long-haul truck driver. LaBute is of French Canadian, English and Irish ancestry, and was raised in Spokane,...
(USA) - Jakpae by Ryoo Seung-wan (South Korea)
- Summer LoveSummer Love (2006 film)The film Summer Love also known as Dead Man's Bounty, revolves around a desert countryside with a bunch of rowdy cowboys, a woman bar tender and a drunkard Sheriff. The story has been written and directed by Polish director and writer Piotr Uklanski....
by Piotr Uklansky (Poland)
Orizzonti
New trends of cinema with full-length films in 35mm and digitalDigital
A digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
format, and documentary-movies.
- Suely in the Sky by Karim AïnouzKarim AïnouzKarim Aïnouz is a film director.-Filmography:* 2006 - O Céu de Suely , 35mm, color, 88 min.* 2002 - Madame Satã, 35mm, color, 105 min....
(Brasil) - Ana alati tahmol azouhour ila qabriha by Hala Alabdalla Yakoub and Ammar Al Beik (Syria/France)
- Koorogi by Shinji AoyamaShinji Aoyamais a Japanese film director, screenwriter, composer, and novelist. He graduated from Rikkyo University. He won two awards at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his film Eureka.-Biography:...
(Japan) - Bellissime. Seconda parte. Dal 1960 a oggi dalla parte di "lei" by Giovanna Gagliardo (Italy)
- The Hottest StateThe Hottest StateThe Hottest State is a 2006 drama directed and written by Ethan Hawke, based on Hawke's 1996 novel of the same name. The film debuted at the Venice Film Festival on September 2, 2006, and received a limited theatrical release in the United States on August 24, 2007. It ran for 5 weeks and grossed...
by Ethan HawkeEthan HawkeEthan Green Hawke is an American actor, writer and director. He made his feature film debut in 1985 with the science fiction movie Explorers, before making a supporting appearance in the 1989 drama Dead Poets Society which is considered his breakthrough role...
(USA) - Taiyang yu by Ho Yuhang (Malaysia/Hong Kong)
- DongDong (film)Dong is a 2006 documentary film by Chinese director, Jia Zhangke. It is the companion piece to Jia's Still Life, which was released concurrently although Dong was reputedly conceived of first...
by Jia ZhangkeJia ZhangkeJia Zhangke is a Chinese film director. He is generally regarded as a leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" movement of Chinese cinema, a group that also includes such figures as Wang Xiaoshuai and Zhang Yuan....
(China) - Svobodnoe plavanie by Boris Khlebnikov (Russia)
- The U.S. vs. John Lennon by David Leaf and John Scheinfeld (USA)
- El cobrador, in God we trust by Paul Leduc (Mexico/Argentina/Brasil)
- When the Leeves Broke. A Requiem in Four Acts by Spike LeeSpike LeeShelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983....
(USA) - Mabei shang de fating by Liu Jie (China)
- InfamousInfamous (film)Infamous is a 2006 American drama film, based on the 1997 book by George Plimpton, Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career....
by Douglas McGrath (USA) - Opera Jawa by Garin NugrohoGarin NugrohoGarin Nugroho Riyanto , better known as Garin Nugroho, is an award-winning Indonesian film director.-Biography:Nugroho was born in Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta on 6 June 1961. He was the fourth child of postal workers Soetjipto Amin and Mariah, who eventually had seven children...
(Indonesia) - Tachiguishi retsudenTachiguishi-Retsudenis a 2006 animation movie directed by Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Oshii, who also wrote the eponymous novel on which the film was based. Both works are part of the "Kerberos saga"...
by Mamoru OshiiMamoru OshiiMamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of popular anime, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor 2...
(Japan) - Quijote by Mimmo PaladinoMimmo PaladinoMimmo Paladino is an Italian sculptor, painter and printmaker.-Paintings and drawing:Mimmo Paladino was born Domenico Paladino in Paduli, Campania, southern Italy...
(Italy) - Heimat – Fragmente by Edgar ReitzEdgar ReitzEdgar Reitz is a German filmmaker and Professor of Film at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung in Karlsruhe.- Early life and education :...
and Christian Reitz (Germany) - Non prendere impegni stasera by Gianluca Tavarelli (Italy)
- Roma wa la n’touma by Hala Alabdalla Yakoub (Algeria/France/Germany)
Special events
- Pasolini prossimo nostro by Giuseppe Bertolucci (Italy/France)
- Akamas by Panicos Chrysanthou (Cyprus/Greece/Hungary/Turkey)
- C’est Gradiva qui vous appelle by Alain Robbe-GrilletAlain Robbe-GrilletAlain Robbe-Grillet , was a French writer and filmmaker. He was, along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simon, one of the figures most associated with the Nouveau Roman trend. Alain Robbe-Grillet was elected a member of the Académie française on March 25, 2004, succeeding Maurice...
(France/Belgium) - Kill Gil 2 by Gil Rossellini (Italy/Switzerland)
- Il mio paese by Daniele Vicari (Italy)
Corto Cortissimo
International competition of 35mm short films, in world premiere, not exceeding 30 minutes in length.- LevelekLevelekLevelek is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 2953 people ....
by Ferenc Cakò (Hungary - Comment on freine dans une descente? by Alix Delaporte (France)
- The Making of Parts by Daniel Elliott (UK)
- Detektive by Andreas Goldstein (Germany)
- Treinta Años by Nicolás Lasnibat (France, Chile)
- Um Ano Mais Longo by Marco MartinsMarco MartinsMarco Martins is a Portuguese film director, best known for his 2005 film Alice, which premiered at Cannes and won the Best Picture Award at the Directors%27_Fortnight.-Biography:...
(Portugal) - Mum by Mads Matthiesen (Denmark)
- "Faça sua Escolha" by Paula Miranda (Brazil)
- Pharmakon by Ioakim Mylonas (Cyprus)
- Rien ne va plus by Katja Pratschke and Gusztáv Hàmos (Germany)
- Trillizas Propaganda by Fernando Salem (Argentina)
- Simanei Derech by Shimon Shai (Israel)
- Fib 1477 by Lorenzo Sportiello (Italy)
- What Does Your Daddy Do? by Martin Stitt (UK)
- Eva reste au placard les nuits de pleine lune by Alex Stockman (Belgium)
- In the Eye Abides the Hear by Mary Sweeney (USA)
- Adults only by Joon Han Yeo (Malaysia)
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
Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had...
, Soldati
Mario Soldati
Mario Soldati was an Italian writer and film director.-Biography:Soldati studied Humanities in his native city, Turin, and History of Art in Rome. He started publishing novels in 1929 although his fame came with America primo amore, published in 1935, a diary about the time he spent teaching at...
and Visconti
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...
- Quartieri alti di Mario Soldati (1942) – Restored Version by Cineteca Nazionale
- OssessioneOssessioneOssessione is a 1943 film based on the novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain. Luchino Visconti’s first feature film, it is considered by many to be the first Italian neorealist film, though there is some debate about whether such a categorization is accurate.- Historical context...
di Luchino ViscontiLuchino ViscontiLuchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...
(1943) – Restored Version by Cineteca Nazionale, Ripley's Film, in collaboration with SKY ItaliaSky ItaliaSky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian digital satellite television platform owned by News Corporation launched on 1 August 2003, when the former platforms TELE+ and Stream TV merged together... - Roma, città aperta by Roberto RosselliniRoberto RosselliniRoberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had...
(1945) – Restored version by Cineteca Nazionale, in collaboration with the Assessorato alle Politiche Culturali del Comune di RomaRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
and with the technical support of Cinecittà Digital - Fuga in Francia by Mario Soldati (1948) – Restored version byCineteca Nazionale
- Anna Magnani, episode from Siamo donne, by Luchino ViscontiLuchino ViscontiLuchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...
(1953) – Restored version by Cineteca Nazionale and Ripley's Film - Ingrid Bergman, episode from Siamo donne, by Roberto RosselliniRoberto RosselliniRoberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had...
(1953) – Rstored version by Cineteca Nazionale and Ripley's Film - Il generale della Rovere by Roberto RosselliniRoberto RosselliniRoberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had...
(1959) – Digital restoration by Cineteca Nazionale, Gruppo Editoriale Minerva – Raro Video, in collaboraztion with the Museo nazionale del Cinema by Torino, Archivio Storico della Biennale di Venezia and LVR
The secret story of Italian cinema
- Il feroce Saladino by Mario Bonnard (1937) – Restored version by Fondazione Cineteca Italiana, Museo nazionale del Cinema of Turin and Cineteca di Bologna – Laboratorio L'Immagine Ritrovata, in collaboration with Jaeger Le Coultre, the Biennale di Venezia, Provincia di Milano – Culture sector and Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
- Per qualche dollaro in più by Sergio LeoneSergio LeoneSergio Leone was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter most associated with the "Spaghetti Western" genre.Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots...
(1965) – Restored version by Cineteca di Bologna – Laboratorio L'Immagine Ritrovata, in collaboration with SKY ItaliaSky ItaliaSky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian digital satellite television platform owned by News Corporation launched on 1 August 2003, when the former platforms TELE+ and Stream TV merged together... - Dalla nube alla resistenza by Jean-Marie StraubJean-Marie StraubJean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet were a duo of filmmakers who made two dozen films between 1963 and 2006...
and Danièle Huillet (1979) – Only copy of this archive is at the Cineteca di Bologna
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:
- Garmon'Garmon'The garmon is a kind of Russian button accordion, a free-reed wind instrument. A garmon has two rows of buttons on the right side, which play the notes of a diatonic scale, and at least two rows of buttons on the left side, which play the primary chords in the key of the instrument as well as its...
(La fisarmonica, 1934) by Igor Savchenko and Evgenij Sneider - Vesiolye rebiata (La combriccola allegra, 1934) by Grigorij Aleksandrov
- Cirk (Il circo, 1936) by Grigorij Aleksandrov
- Bogataja nevesta (La fidanzata ricca, 1938) by Ivan Pyr'ev
- Volga-VolgaVolga-VolgaVolga-Volga is a Soviet comedy directed by Grigori Aleksandrov, released on April 24, 1938. It centres around a group of amateur performers on their way to Moscow to perform in a talent contest called the Moscow Musical Olympiad. Most of the action takes place on a steamboat travelling on the...
(Volga-Volga, 1938) by Grigorij Aleksandrov - Traktoristy (Trattoristy, 1939) by Ivan Pyr'ev
- Muzykal'naja istoria (Una storia musicale, 1940) by Aleksandr Ivanovskij and Gerbert Rappaport
- Svetlyj put (La via luminosa, 1940) by Grigorij Aleksandrov
- Svinarka i pastukh (La guardiana dei porci e il pastore, 1941) by Ivan Pyr'ev
- V shest' chasov vechera posle vojny (Alle sei di sera dopo la guerra, 1944) by Ivan Pyr'ev
- Vesna (La primavera, 1947) by Grigorij Aleksandrov
- Kubanskie kazaki (I cosacchi di Kuban', 1950) by Ivan Pyr'ev
- Scedroe leto (Un’estate generosa, 1950) by Boris Barnet
- Karnaval'naja noc (La notte di carnevale, 1956) by El'dar Rjazanov
- Nas milyj doktor (Il nostro caro dottore, 1956) by Shaken Ajmanov
- Cheriomushki (Rione Cheriomushki, 1963) by Gerbert Rappaport
- Sparite utopajuscego (Salvate chi annega, 1969) by Pavel Arsenov
- Romans o vlyoblionnykh (La romanza degli innamorati, 1974) by Andrei Konchalovskij
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
This is a special section dedicated to the Brazilian movie-maker, Joaquim Pedro de AndradeJoaquim Pedro de Andrade
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He was a member of the Cinema Novo movement in Brazil. Andrade is best known for his 1969 film Macunaíma, based loosely on the novel of the same title by Mário 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
- Garrincha, Alegria do PovoGarrincha: Hero of the JungleGarrincha: Hero of the Jungle is a 1962 Brazilian documentary film directed by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, about the Brazilian soccer player Garrincha. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival....
(1963) – documentary - O Padre e a MoçaThe Priest and the GirlThe Priest and the Girl is a 1966 Brazilian drama film directed by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade. It was entered into the 16th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Helena Ignez - Mariana* Paulo José - Priest* Mário Lago - Fortunato...
(1966) - MacunaímaMacunaíma (film)Macunaíma is a 1969 Brazilian comedy film produced by Filmes do Serro and directed by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade. It was released in a dubbed version for American audiences in 1972 by New Line Cinema. On June 13 and July 12, 2005, European and Latin American syndicates of the TV5 network aired the...
(1969) - Os Inconfidentes (1972)
- Guerra Conjugal (1975)
- O Homen do Pau-Brasil (1981)
Shorts
- O Mestre de Apipucos (1959) – documentary
- O Poeta do Castelo (1959) – documentary
- Couro de Gato (1960)
- Cinéma Nôvo (Short)|Cinéma Nôvo (1967) – documentary
- Brasilia, Contradições de Uma Cidade Nova (1967) – documentary
- Linguagem da Persuasão (1970) – documentary
- Vereda Tropical (1977)
- O Aleijadinho (1978) – documentary
International Critics Week
- El AmarilloEl AmarilloEl Amarillo is a 2006 Argentine drama film directed and written by Sergio Mazza. The film starred Gabriela Moyano, Alejandro Baratelli and Mirta Fratinni.-Release:...
by Sergio Mazza (Argentina) - Egyetleneim (Le mie uniche e sole) by Gyula Nemes (Hungary)
- A Guide to Recognizing Your SaintsA Guide to Recognizing Your SaintsA Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is a 2006 American drama film based on a 2001 memoir of the same name by author and musician Dito Montiel, which describes his youth in Astoria, New York during the 1980s....
(Una guida per riconoscere i tuoi santi) by Dito MontielDito MontielDito Montiel, born as Orlandito Montiel, is an American author, screenwriter, director and musician.Born in New York City, he came into the public eye after the breakup of his hardcore punk band Major Conflict...
(USA) - Hiena (Iena) by Grzegorz Lewandowski (Poland)
- Le pressentiment (Il presentimento) by Jean-Pierre Darroussin (France)
- Sur la trace d’Igor Rizzi (Sulle tracce di Igor Rizzi) by Noël MitraniNoël MitraniNoël Mitrani is a French and Canadian film director, a writer and also a film producer through his own production company, StanKaz Films.- Biography :...
(Canada) - Yi Nian Zhi Chu – Do over (L’inizio di un anno) by Yu-Chieh Cheng (Taiwan)
- La rieducazione by Davide Alfonsi, Alessandro Fusto and Denis Malagnino (Italy) – Special Event
- Bunny Lake is MissingBunny Lake Is MissingBunny Lake Is Missing is a 1965 British psychological thriller film directed and produced by Otto Preminger, who filmed it in black and white widescreen format in London. It was based on the novel of the same name by Merriam Modell. The score is by Paul Glass and the opening theme is often heard as...
(Bunny Lake è scomparsa) (Great Britain/USA), 1965 – Homage to Otto PremingerOtto PremingerOtto Ludwig Preminger was an Austro–Hungarian-American theatre and film director.After moving from the theatre to Hollywood, he directed over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He rose to prominence for stylish film noir mysteries such as Laura and Fallen Angel...
(1906–1986) – In collaboration with and with the contribution with Museo Nazionale del Cinema and the Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica
Author's days
- 7 Ans by [ean-Pascal Hattu (France)
- Azul oscuro casi negro by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo (Spain)
- Chicha tu madre by Gianfranco Quattrini (Argentina/Peru)
- Come l'ombra by Marina Spada (Italy)
- Falkenberg FarewellFalkenberg FarewellFalkenberg Farewell is a 2006 Swedish drama film, written and directed by Jesper Ganslandt. It was nominated for four Guldbagge Awards including Best Film as well as being selected as Sweden's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.-Plot:The film presents five childhood...
by Jesper Ganslandt (Denmark/Sweden) - Khadak by Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens (Belgium/Germany/Holland)
- L’Etoile du soldat by Christophe de Ponfilly (France/Germany/Afghanistan)
- Mientras tanto by Diego Lerman (Argentina/France)
- OffscreenOffscreenOffscreen is a 2006 Danish film directed by Christoffer Boe, who also wrote the screenplay together with Knud Romer Jørgensen. With an odd mixture of fiction and reality, it tells the peculiar story of a man who films himself for a whole year in a quest for invisibility.-Cast:*Nicolas Bro --...
by Christoffer BoeChristoffer BoeChristoffer Boe is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is an established and well-known not only in Denmark, but all through the world. Among his international awards there are FIPRESCI Director of the Year at San Sebastián International Film Festival and Golden Camera at Cannes Film...
(Denmark) - Rêves de poussière by Laurent Salgues (Burkina Faso/Canada/France)
- WWW – What a Wonderful World by Faouzi Bensaidi (Morocco/France)
- La noche de los girasoles (Angosto) by Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo (Spain)
- L'udienza è aperta by Vincenzo Marra (Italy)
Prizes
These movies were given the following recognitions:- Leone d'Oro (Golden Lion)
- Leone d'Oro for best film: Sanxia haoren by Jia ZhangkeJia ZhangkeJia Zhangke is a Chinese film director. He is generally regarded as a leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" movement of Chinese cinema, a group that also includes such figures as Wang Xiaoshuai and Zhang Yuan....
- Leone d'Oro for career: to David LynchDavid LynchDavid Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...
- Leone d'Oro for best film: Sanxia haoren by Jia Zhangke
- Leone d'Argento(Silver Lion)
- Grand Prize from the jury: Daratt by Mahamat Saleh HarounMahamat Saleh HarounMahamat-Saleh Haroun is a film director from Chad who has lived in France since 1982. He made his first feature film, Bye Bye Africa, in 1999. His second feature, Abouna, won best cinematography award at FESPACO, while his third, Daratt, won the Grand Special Jury Prize at the 63rd Venice...
- Special prize: Private Fears in Public Places by Alain ResnaisAlain ResnaisAlain Resnais is a French film director whose career has extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Nuit et Brouillard , an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.He began...
- Leone d'Argento: Nuovomondo by Emanuele Crialese
- Grand Prize from the jury: Daratt by Mahamat Saleh Haroun
- Coppa Volpi(Volpi Cup)
- Coppa Volpi for the best actor: Ben AffleckBen AffleckBenjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt , better known as Ben Affleck, is an American actor, film director, writer, and producer. He became known with his performances in Kevin Smith's films such as Mallrats and Chasing Amy...
for HollywoodlandHollywoodlandHollywoodland is a 2006 American biographical docudrama film directed by Allen Coulter in his feature directorial debut. The film documents a fictional account of the investigation surrounding the death of actor George Reeves , the star of the 1950s television series Adventures of Superman. Adrien... - Coppa Volpi for the best actress: Helen MirrenHelen MirrenDame Helen Mirren, DBE is an English actor. She has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards.-Early life and family:...
for The QueenThe Queen (film)The Queen is a 2006 British drama film directed by Stephen Frears, written by Peter Morgan, and starring Helen Mirren as the title role, HM Queen Elizabeth II...
- Coppa Volpi for the best actor: Ben Affleck
- Premio Osella(Osella prize)
- Premio Osella for the best script: Peter MorganPeter MorganPeter Morgan may refer to:* Peter Morgan , British sports car manufacturer* Peter Morgan , 1978 British Formula Ford champion* Peter Morgan , Wales and British lions international...
for The QueenThe Queen (film)The Queen is a 2006 British drama film directed by Stephen Frears, written by Peter Morgan, and starring Helen Mirren as the title role, HM Queen Elizabeth II... - Premio Osella for the best technical contribution: Emmanuel LubezkiEmmanuel LubezkiEmmanuel Lubezki Morgenstern, ASC, AMC , better known as Emmanuel Lubezki, is a Mexican cinematographer, known for his groundbreaking techniques and characteristic style. His nickname is "Chivo".-Early life and career:...
for Children of MenChildren of MenChildren of Men is a 2006 science fiction film loosely adapted from P. D. James's 1992 novel The Children of Men, directed by Alfonso Cuarón. In 2027, two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Illegal immigrants seek sanctuary in England, where the last...
- Premio Osella for the best script: Peter Morgan
- Premio Marcello Mastroianni, for the best emerging actor or actress: Isild Le Besco for L'intouchable
- Leone Speciale(special Lion) to Jean-Marie StraubJean-Marie StraubJean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet were a duo of filmmakers who made two dozen films between 1963 and 2006...
and Danièle Huillet for their innovation in cinematographic languages
Horizons – 'Premio orrizonti'
- Premio Orizzonti (Orrizonti prize): Mabei shang de fating by Liu Jie
- Premio Orizzonti Doc: When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts by Spike LeeSpike LeeShelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983....
Venetian prize for the first work "Luigi De Laurentiis"
- Leone del futuro (Lion of the future) – Venetian prize for the first work "Luigi De Laurentiis": Khadak by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth
Short films: Corto cortissimo prize
- Special Mention: Adults OnlyAdults OnlyAdults Only is the first album recorded by Ray Dorset, also known as Mungo Jerry, with his German blues band. Some of the songs are blues standards that have been in his set for several years, others are new recordings of numbers from the Mungo back catalogue, including "I Just Can't Say Goodbye",...
by Yeo Joon Han - UIP prize for the best European short: The Making of Parts by Daniel Elliott
- Lion for the best short: Comment on freine dans une descente? by Alix Delaporte
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