Venice Film Festival Awards - 2006
by Andre Soares
63rd Venice Film Festival Awards - 2006 Golden Lion
The 2006 Venice Film Festival will be held between Aug. 30-Sept. 9, 2006.
The 2006 Venice Film Festival winners were announced on Sept. 9, 2006.
Venice Film Festival 2006 Winners

Golden Lion for Best Film: Sanxia Haoren / Still Life by Jia Zhang-Ke
Special Jury Prize: Daratt by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Silver Lion for Best Director: Alain Resnais for Coeurs / Private Fears in Public Places
Silver Lion Revelation: Emanuele Crialese for Nuovomondo / Golden Door
Coppa Volpi for Best Actor: Ben Affleck for Hollywoodland by Allen Coulter
Coppa Volpi for Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen by Stephen Frears
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor: Isild Le Besco for L’intouchable by Benoît Jacquot
Osella for Best Screenplay: Peter Morgan for The Queen by Stephen Frears
Osella for Best Technical Contribution: Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki for Children of Men by Alfonso Cuarón
Special Lion: Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet for innovation in the language of cinema
Horizons Prize: Mabei shang de fating by Liu Jie
Horizons Documentary Prize: When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts by Spike Lee
Lion of the Future by Premio Venezia Opera Prima "Luigi De Laurentiis": Khadak by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth
Corto Cortissimo Lion for Best Short Film: Comment on freine dans une descente? by Alix Delaporte
Prix UIP for Best European Short Film: The Making of Parts by Daniel Elliott
Special Mention: Adults Only by Yeo Joon Han
FIPRESCI Award: The Queen by Stephen Frears
Signis (Ecumenical) Award: Nuovomondo / Golden Door by Emanuele Crialese
Special Mention: Daratt by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Leoncino D’Oro / Little Golden Lion: Euphoria by Ivan Vyrypaev
Cinema for Unicef - Leoncino Agiscuola Award: Nuovomondo / Golden Door by Emanuele Crialese
"Fulchignoni" Award (Unesco): Daratt by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Critics’ Week Award: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints by Dito Montiel
EIUC (Inter-University European Center) Human Rights Film Award: Daratt by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Europa Cinema Label – Venice Days: Azuloscurocasinegro / DarkBlueAlmostBlack by Daniel Sanchez-Arévalo
FEDIC Award: Nuovomondo / Golden Door by Emanuele Crialese
Open Award: Dong by Jia Zhang-Ke
Doc/ It award (tie): Dong by Jia Zhang-Ke and Ana alati tahmol azouhour ila qabriha’ by Hala AlabdallaYakoub and Ammar Al Beik
Laterna Magica Award (Cgs): Children of Men by Alfonso Cuarón
Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali Award: Children of Men by Alfonso Cuarón
Comitato per la Cinematografia dei Ragazzi Award: Children of Men by Alfonso Cuarón
Biografilm Award: Bobby by Emilio Estevez
IOMA a Venezia Award: The Queen by Stephen Frears
Arcobaleno Latino Awards: Lettere dal Sahara by Vittorio De Seta
National Union of Italian Film Journalists: Nuovomondo / Golden Door by Emanuele Crialese
Foundation Mimmo Rotella Prize: La Stella che non c’è / The Missing Star by Gianni Amelio
Wella Cinema Donna Award: Micaela Ramazzotti for Non prendere impegni stasera by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
Isvema Award: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints by Dito Montiel
Future Film Festival Digital Award: Inland Empire by David Lynch and The Banquet by Feng Xiaogang
La Navicella Award: Daratt by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Pietro Bianchi Award: Marco Bellocchio
Cinemavvenire (Cinema of the Future) Awards:
Official Competition: Nuovomondo / Golden Door by Emanuele Crialese
"Cinema for Peace and Diversity" Award: I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone by Tsai Ming-Liang
Human Rights Film Network Award:
Special Mention: Daratt by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
"Francesco Pasinetti" Awards (Sngci):
Best Film: Nuovomondo / Golden Door by Emanuele Crialese
Special Mention: La Stella che non c’è / The Missing Star by Gianni Amelio
Best Actor: Sergio Castellitto in La Stella che non c’è / The Missing Star
Best Actress: Laura Morante in Coeurs / Private Fears in Public Places
Arca CinemaGiovani Award:
Best International Film: Zwartboek / Black Book by Paul Verhoeven
Best Italian film: La Reducazione / The Reeducation by Davide Alfonsi, Alessandro Fusto, Denis Malagnino, and Daniele Guerrini
Best "New Tendencies" Film: Offscreen by Christopher Boe
Grand Jury: Catherine Deneuve (president), José Juan Bigas Luna, Paulo Branco, Cameron Crowe, Chulpan Khamatova, Park Chan-wook, Michele Placido
Horizons Jury: Philip Gröning (president), Carlo Carlei, Yousri Nasrallah, Giuseppe Genna, Kusakabe Keiko
Opera Prima (first film) Jury: Paula Wagner (president), Guillermo Del Toro, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Andrei Plakhov, Stefania Rocca
Corto Cortissimo (short film) Jury: Teboho Mahlatsi (president), Francesca Calvelli, Aleksej Fedorcenko
Venice Film Festival 2006 Winners
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