Biennale Cinema  63rd Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica  63rd Venice International Film Festival  The 63rd Venice International Film Festival, organised by the Venice Biennale, runs on the Venice Lido from 30th August to 9th September 2006.

The aim of the Festival is to encourage the awareness and the promotion of all the various aspects of international cinema as art, entertainment and industry, in a spirit of freedom and tolerance.

The official selection includes the following sections: Venezia 63 - In Competition, Venezia 63 - Out of Competition, Orizzonti, and Corto Cortissimo. The screening schedule of the Festival starts with the pre-opening in Venice on August 29th and is articulated in 11 days of screenings until September 9th.

Four international juries will assign the official awards of the Mostra: the Venezia 63 jury will award the Golden Lion for best film; the Corto Cortissimo jury will award the Corto Cortissimo Lion for best short film; the Orizzonti jury will award the Orizzonti prize; the “Luigi De Laurentiis” jury will award the Lion of the Future, for which all the debut full-length films presented in the various sections of the Festival are eligible.

The Mostra also includes retrospectives and homages to major figures as a contribution towards a better awareness of the history of cinema: one section is dedicated to The Secret History of Russian Cinema, one to Brazilian film-maker Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, and one to The Secret History of Italian Cinema.

The collateral sections of the Mostra include the International Critics’ Week, and the Giornate degli autori - Venice Days.

- Introduction by the President of the Venice Biennale, Davide Croff
- Introduction by the Director of the 63rd Venice Film Festival, Marco Müller
- Statistics of the 63rd Venice Film Festival
- Countries represented at the 63rd Venice Film Festival 
- Practical guide
- Events