63rd Venice International Film Festival

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.

American filmmaker David Lynch was the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

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.