The attendance figures of the 2024 VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE in comparison to 2023 :
Compared to the previous edition, there was an increase of approx. 8 %, as specified here below:
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INDUSTRY DELEGATES - ACCREDITATION PASSES 2024
COLLECTED PASSES
Industry Gold 1237
Industry Trade 1084
Industry Professional 814
Total: 3135
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INDUSTRY DELEGATES - ACCREDITATION PASSES 2023
COLLECTED PASSES:
Industry Gold 1248
Industry Trade 875
Industry Professional 780
Total: 2903
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The figures of the 2024 VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE projects, events and screenings in comparison to 2023 :
VENICE GAP- FINANCING MARKET (30 August - 1 September)
The Venice Gap-Financing Market celebrated its 11th edition in 2024.
For this edition, almost 320 projects were submitted to the pre-selection of the Venice Gap Financing Market (283 in 2023) directed by 350 filmmakers, including 122 by female directors, 3 by non-binary directors and 225 by male directors. 50 projects directed by 53 filmmakers were selected, out of these 34 Fiction and Documentary and 16 Immersive Story projects. Out of these17 by female directors, 1 by a non-binary director and 35 by male directors.
The 50 Fiction, Documentary and Immersive projects, plus 8 Biennale College Immersive and 3 Biennale College Cinema (fiction) projects, including the projects in the framework of Focus on Luxembourg & Wallonia-Brussels supported by Fund Luxembourg and Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel and Focus on Japan supported by JETRO, were presented across 3 days and 1370 one-to-one meetings have been organized (1311 in 2023). Percentage increase from 2023 to 2024: approx. 5%.
BOOK ADAPTATION RIGHTS MARKET (30 August - 1 September)
33 publishing houses and literary agencies, including those selected within the framework of Focus on Luxembourg & Wallonia-Brussels and Japan, participated in the 9th edition of the Book Adaptation Rights Market (43 in 2023). More than 640 one-to-one meetings (560 in 2023) were organized with producers for the adaptation from page to the screen of literary rights. Percentage increase from 2023 to 2024: approx. 14, 3%
Every year the Book Adaptation Rights Market highlights a literary genre. This year it has been Crime and Thriller with dedicated publishing houses and literary agencies.
FINAL CUT IN VENICE (1-3 September)
The Venice Production Bridge has organized the 12th edition of its programme, Final Cut in Venice (September 1 - 3), the workshop to support films in post-production from Africa and Arab countries (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria).
52 projects directed by 57 filmmakers were submitted (14 by female directors and 43 by male directors), out of which 7 projects were selected (2 by female directors and 5 by male directors).
On the 1st and 2nd of September, the 7 works-in-progress, including a project in the framework of Focus on Wallonia-Brussels supported by Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel, were presented in Sala Pasinetti (Palazzo del Cinema), followed by a Q&A, while on the 3rd of September 50 one-to- one meetings (30 in 2023) were organized for the 7 selected projects with potential financiers. Percentage increase from 2023 to 2024: approx. 67%.
For the full list of Final Cut in Venice award winners, please check the press release HERE.
MEET THE STREAMERS (1 - 2 SEPTEMBER)
10 European and international streaming platforms participated in the market, taking 236 one-to-one meetings (116 in 2023) to propose their services to accredited (Gold or Trade pass-holders) international distributors, rights holders and AV professionals.
Percentage increase from 2023 to 2024: approx. 103 %.
PANELS AND EVENTS AT THE VPB
A total of 63 panels and events have been held (55 in 2023), of which 48 on the Venice Lido and 15 on the Venice Immersive Island.
Percentage increase from 2023 to 2024: approx. 15 %.
4 Meet the Creators sessions were held on the Venice Immersive Island, supported by: Film Fund Luxembourg and Wallonie Bruxelles Images; JETRO; SODEC (Société de développement des enterprises culturelles); Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA).
VPB MARKET SCREENINGS
A total of 41 VPB Market Screenings took place this year. Per programme section there were: 8 screenings of films selected for Venezia 81, 2 Out of Competition, 4 Orizzonti, 3 Orizzonti Extra, 1 Giornata Degli Autori, 2 Settimana della critica, 7 Final Cut in Venice, 14 screenings of films not in the Official Selection.
NOTABLE DECISION MAKERS ATTENDING THE VPB
The VPB has once again welcomed a considerable number of key Industry players and decision makers in order to cover all the initiatives. The professionals who participated in the one-to-one meetings of the Venice Gap-Financing Market, Book Adaptation Rights Market, Final Cut in Venice, Meet the Streamers and VPB Market screenings were producers, distributors, financiers, institutions, broadcasters, sales agents, VR/XR -Immersive experts from distinguished companies such as A24, Academy Two, Ad Vitam, Amazon Japan, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios, Apple, Apple TV, Arte France, Atlas V, Arvore, Augustus Color, Avventurosa, BAC Films, BE TV, Beta Cinema, BIM Distribuzione, Canada Media Fund, Canal+ Poland, Cattleya, Cercamon, Charades, Cherry Pickers Film Distribution, Ciné Canal Group, Cinéart, Cinecittà Studios, Cinemien, CinemaLeap, Cinephil, Coproduction Office, Creative Artists Agency, Curzon Artificial Eye, Diaphana, Elle Driver, Epic Games, Fandango, Film4, Film I Våst, Films Boutique, Film Movement, Floréal, Film Movement, Frenesy, Frakas, Fremantle Media, Gaumont, Goodfellas, Haut et Court, Iconoclast, I Wonder, Indiana Production, Imagine Film Distribution, Intramovies, INVR.Space, Kinology, Latido, Lemming Film, Les Films du Losange, Lucky Red, Lumière, Madman Entertainment, Magnify, M-Appeal, Medusa Film, Mediaset Group, Memento Distribution, Meta, MK2, Minerva Pictures, Modern Films, MUBI, Neon, NBCUniversal International Ltd, Netflix, New Europe Film Sales, Pageboy Productions, Palace Films, Palomar, Paradiso Filmed Entertainment, Playtime, Pluto Film, Pyramide International, Q Department/ Mach, Rai Cinema, Sandman Studios, Skill Lab, StudioCanal UK; Sky Italia, StudioCanal,Studio Hamburg Production Group, TAICCA, Teodora, The Match Factory, The Party Film Sales, Tempesta, True Colours, TrustNordisk, Vision Distribution, Vive Arts, Vivo Film, Warner Bros., Weltkino Filmverleih, Wild Bunch Germany, ZDF German Television.
These were joined by representatives from major festivals, markets and institutions, such Arab Cinema Centre (organized by MAD Solutions), Arts Council England, Atlas Workshops, Austrian Film Commission, Barbican Centre, Berlinale –Berlin International Film Festival, Black Nights Film Festival, British Film Institute, BFI: Flare, Cannes Film Festival, Catalan Films, Danish Film Institute, Doha Film Insitute, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Eurimages, El Gouna Film Festival, European Film Market, Europa Distribution, European Film Academy, EYE Filmmuseum, Film Fund Luxembourg, Film Fest Hamburg, Film und Medienstiftung NRW, Filmfonds Wien, FFA – German Federal Board, German Films, Goteborg International Film Festival, IDFA, Indigenous Screen Office, IFFR - International Film Festival Rotterdam, Internationale Münchner Filmwochen, Jerusalem International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Les Arcs Euroopean Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Mar del Plata, Marché du Film Cannes, Luxembourg Film Fund, Marrakech Film Festival, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, MOIN Film Fund Hamburg, Movies that Matter, Netherlands Film Fund, PHI Centre, Red Sea Film Foundation, Red Sea International Film Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival, SODEC, SXSW, Swiss Films, Sydney Film Festival, TAICCA, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival,The Gotham, Thessaloniki Film Festival, Tribe, Unifrance, Viennale, Vision du Réel,, amongst many others.
