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The 10th version of nan Venice Gap-Financing Market, organized arsenic portion of nan Venice Film Festival’s manufacture programme Venice Production Bridge, has selected 62 projects successful nan last stages of improvement and funding.
Filmmakers taking projects to Venice see Jim Sheridan, an Oscar nominee pinch “In America,” “In nan Name of nan Father” and “My Left Foot”; Annemarie Jacir, whose credits see Cannes’ “Salt of This Sea,” Berlin’s “When I Saw You” and Locarno’s “Wajib”; Aisling Walsh, who directed “Maudie” pinch Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke, and “Elizabeth Is Missing” pinch Glenda Jackson; and Kim Mordaunt, who won champion debut astatine Berlin pinch “The Rocket.”
Also selected are Roberto Minervini, who directed Cannes’ “The Other Side” and Venice’s “What You Gonna Do When nan World’s connected Fire?”; Laurynas Bareisa, who won nan Venice Horizons Award for “Pilgrims”; Måns Månsson, who was successful Berlin title pinch “The Real Estate”; György Pálfi, who had “Taxidermia” successful Cannes; and Anca Damian, known for Annecy’s “Crulic – The Path to Beyond,” “Marona’s Fantastic Tale” and “The Island.”
Others see Pietra Brettkelly, who had “The Art Star and nan Sudanese Twins” successful Sundance; Alicia Scherson, who had “Family Life” successful Sundance; and Maura Del Pero, who had “Maternal” astatine Locarno.
The event, moving Sept. 1-3, will springiness nan projects’ producers and board nan chance to adjacent their world financing done one-to-one meetings pinch world decision-makers, including producers, backstage and nationalist financiers, banks, distributors, income agents, TV commissioners, streamers, VOD platforms, institutions and post-production companies. All meetings will beryllium held on-site successful Venice.
The action includes 34 feature-length fabrication and documentary projects; 14 immersive projects; 11 virtual reality projects from nan Biennale College Cinema program; and 3 fabrication movie projects from Biennale College Cinema.
Almost 280 task applications were received.
Projects from Germany and Quebec, which are nan chosen territories for nan VPB Focus conception this year, are included successful nan lineup.
SELECTED FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM PROJECTS
“After nan Evil”
Documentary (France) by Tamara Erde, Gloria Films Production
“All Before You”
Fiction (Palestine, U.K., France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia) by Annemarie Jacir, Philistine Films
“Animus”
Documentary (France) by Eliane De Latour, Les Films d’Ici Méditerranée, Les Films Du Tambour De Soie
“Blue Blood”
Fiction (Latvia, Estonia, Greece) by Juris Kursietis, White Picture
“Blue Flower”
Fiction (Canada, Belgium) by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, Colonelle films
“The Bone Sparrow”
Fiction (Australia) by Kim Mordaunt, Carver Films
“Caravan”
Fiction (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy) by Zuzana Kirchnerová, MasterFilm
“The Damned”
Fiction (Italy, Belgium, USA) by Roberto Minervini, Okta Film, Michigan Films, Pulpa Film
“Daughter’s Daughter”
Fiction (Taipei, U.S.) by Huang Xi, Sun Lok Productions
“Dayao Swims Against nan Flow”
Fiction (France, China, Luxembourg, Portugal, Korea) by Zhang Tao, House connected Fire
“Drowning Dry”
Fiction (Lithuania, Latvia, Serbia) by Laurynas Bareisa, Afterschool Production
“Earthquake”
Fiction (Japan, U.S.) by Neo Sora, Cineric Creative, Zakkubalan, Cinema Inutile
“Elephants successful nan Fog”
Fiction (Nepal, France) by Abinash Bikram Shah, Les Valseurs, Underground Talkies Nepal
“England Made Me”
Fiction (Sweden, Belgium, U.K.) by Måns Månsson, Fasad Film Production
“Ethel”
Fiction (Canada, Ireland) by Aisling Walsh, Sphère Média
“Fiore Mio”
Documentary (Italy, Belgium) by Paolo Cognetti, Samarcanda Film
“Fredy”
Fiction (Canada) by Will Prosper, Peripheria (VPB Focus Quebec)
“The French Teacher”
Fiction (Brazil, France, Portugal) by Ricardo Alves Jr., Entre Filmes, Les Valseurs, Karõ Filmes
“From nan Dark”
Fiction (Italy) by Giovanni Piras, La Sarraz Pictures
“Girl successful nan Clouds”
Fiction (France, Belgium) by Philippe Riche, Brio Films
“Hen”
Fiction (Germany, Greece) by György Palfi, Pallas Film, View Master Films, Twenty Twenty Vision (VPB Focus Germany)
“Invisible”
Documentary (Italy, France) by Adele Tulli, FilmAffair, Pepito Produzioni, Les Films d’Ici
“Jacindamania”
Documentary (New Zealand) by Pietra Brettkelly, Justin Pemberton, This Too Shall Pass, Pietra Brettkelly Films
“Nothing But The Truth About Extraterrestrials”
Fiction (Canada) by Guylaine Maroist, Eric Ruel, La Ruelle Films (VPB Focus Quebec)
“Picturehouse”
Fiction (Vietnam, France, Philippines, Singapore) by Minh Nguyen-Vo, Girelle Production, Hkfilm, East Films, Add Oil Films, Daluyong Studios
“Poem About Stars”
Fiction (Ukraine, Italy, France) by Dmytro Kashuba, Sarke Studio Ukraine
“Re-Creation”
Documentary (Ireland, Luxembourg) by Jim Sheridan, David Merriman, Hell’s Kitchen, Joli Rideau Media
“Reshma Shera”
Fiction (Germany, India) by Megha Ramaswamy, NiKo Film, Nicole Gerhards (VPB Focus Germany)
“Starseed”
Fiction (Romania, France) by Anca Damian, Aparte Film, Special Touch Studios
“Summer War”
Fiction (Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Canada) by Alicia Scherson, Araucaria Cine
“Thank You for Banking With Us!”
Fiction (Germany, Palestine) by Laila Abbas, In Good Company
“Vermiglio aliases nan Mountain Bride”
Fiction (Italy, France, Belgium) by Maura Del Pero, Cinedora, Charades, Versus
“The Worlds of Hamdi”
Fiction (Canada) by Isabelle Lavigne, micro_scope
“Zsazsa Zaturnnah Vs. nan Amazonistas of Planet X”
Fiction (Philippines, France) by Avid Liongoren, Rocketsheep Studio,Ghosts City Films
IMMERSIVE PROJECTS
“An Empty Seat”
(Canada, Denmark) by Johan Knattrup Jensen, Mads Damsbo, Art Et Essai, Makropol (Vpb Focus Quebec)
“As I Lay Dead”
(Italy, Canada) by Simone Salomoni, Vitruvio Virtual Reality
“The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up”
(Taiwan) by Singing Chen, The Walkers Films, Taiwan Public Television Service
“Eddie and I”
(Israel) by Maya Shekel, Maya Shekel – Yuval Kella
“Free Ur Head”
(Taipei) by Chou Tung-Yen, Very Theatre Company
“Gay Simulator”
(The Netherlands) by Iris Van Der Meule, Studio Biarritz
“Genesis – The Life Experience” (WT)
(Germany) by Joerg Courtial, Faber Courtial (Vpb Focus Germany)
“Impulse: Playing With Reality”
(U.K., France) by May Abdalla, Barry Gene Murphy, Anagram
“Living With nan Snow Leopards”
(Germany, India) by Gayatri Parameswaran, Felix Gaedtke, Nowhere Media (Vpb Focus Germany)
“Okus Fokus Immersive”
(Belgium) by Emmanuel Di Martino, Poolpio
“The Photo Booth With Jonathan Yeo”
(U.K.) by Jamie Davies, Factory 42
“Selina – A Narrative VR Adventure” (Germany) by Sven Haeberlein, Trotzkind
“Tartupaluk”
(Canada, Denmark, Greenland) by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Scintilla, Ánorâk Film institution (VPB Focus Quebec)
“The Time of a Moment”
(Belgium) by Kate Voet, Victor Maes, Cassettes for Timescape
BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA – IMMERSIVE PROJECTS
“A Petite Sensation of Joy Number 4” (U.S.) by Nicole McDonald, Bardo La
“Below Deck”
(Germany, Italy) by Martin Prinoth, Martina Mahlknecht, TÒ SU Film
“Dante’s Vision”
(Italy) by Massimo Ottoni, Francesco Forti, IBRIDO Studio
“Garden Alchemy”
(Denmark) by Michelle and Uri Kranot, Tindrum production, The Animation Workshop
“Isilimela: Becoming With nan Stars”
(South Africa) by Nirma Madhoo, Ambient
“The Master”
(Greece, Germany) by Loukia Alavanou, Artcore Film
“Moments successful a Coffee Shop”
(U.K.) by Aleyeldin Baracat, No Ghost
“Osage ’85”
(U.S.) by Liz Hinlein, Edward Button, Storyverse Co//Lab
“Out of Nowhere”
(Austria, U.K.) by Kris Hoffman, Animate Projects
“Reach Out”
(Sweden) by Daniel Adolfsson, Charlotte Davidson, GötaFilm
“The White Saboteur”
(France, Canada) by Barthelemy Antoine-Loeff, Hugo Arcier, Risette
BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA PROJECTS
“Arms of a Man”
Fiction (India, U.K., France) by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, Lotus Visual Productions
“I Would Like to See Your Private Photos”
Fiction (Brazil) by Marcelo Grabowsky, Matizar Filmes
“To See These Days”
Fiction (Italy, Switzerland) by Federico Lodoli, Carlo Gabriele Tribbioli, Ring Film, Jasa Productions
