Venice, 30 June 2022 - The 9th edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market (September 2 - September 4, 2022), organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, will take place during the forthcoming 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31st - September 10th, 2022) and will offer selected European and global projects the opportunity to close their international financing, through one-to-one meetings with international decision-makers.
The 3-day Venice Gap-Financing Market will present 63 projects from around the world in the final stages of development and funding. More than 240 project applications have been received and the selection reflects the great diversity of backgrounds, stories and talents, aesthetics, genres and budgets of the projects submitted for consideration.
The VPB Focus 2022 presents specially invited projects from Taipei and France.
The selection is divided as follows:
- 33 feature-length Fiction Film and Documentary projects (incl. 5 VPB focus projects)
- 16 Immersive projects (incl. 4 VPB focus projects)
- 11 Biennale College Cinema - Virtual Reality projects
- 3 Biennale College Cinema projects
The Venice Gap-Financing Market will be setting up one-to-one meetings between the teams (producer and director) of the 63 projects and top industry decision-makers (Producers, Private and Public Financiers, Banks, Distributors, Sales Agents, TV Commissioners, Internet and Video-platforms, Institutions, Post-Production Companies…). All meetings will be held on-site at the VPB venues.
The Book of Projects, detailing each project, will be published online around mid-July.
Accredited professionals from the film industry will be entitled to request one-to-one meetings with the teams of the selected projects through the Venice Production Bridge website (veniceproductionbridge.org).
The VPB Office will support the teams and the registered professionals in organizing tailor-made meetings.
33 SELECTED FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS:
- Fiction Films: 27 projects for feature-length fiction films (14 from Europe and 13 from around the world), that need to complete their funding package with minority shares in the co-production, having at least 70% of the funding in place.
- Documentaries: 6 projects (3 from Europe and 3 from around the world) for narrative or creative documentaries (fulfilling the same requirements as the fiction films above).
Projects from Taipei and France, from the VPB Focus 2022, are included in this line-up.
- 5 SEASONS OF REVOLUTION documentary (Syria, Germany, Norway, Netherlands, Qatar) by Lina, No Nation Films
- THE 67TH SUMMER fiction (France, Austria, Egypt) by Abu Bakr Shawky, Cinenovo
- ARCADIA fiction (Greece, Bulgaria) by Yorgos Zois, Foss Production, Homemade Films, Red Carpet
- BE WITH ME fiction (Taipei) by Hwarng Wern Ying, Sinomovie
- BLUE BANKS (MALUL VANAT) fiction (Romania, France, Slovenia) by Andreea Cristina Bortun, Atelier de Film, Films de Force Majeure, Perfo
- CHASING THE SUN fiction (China, Hong Kong) by Huang Ruosong, Event Horizon Culture Media, Chinese Shadows
- COLD (KULDI) fiction (Iceland, Belgium) by Erlingur Thoroddsen, Compass Films, Eyjafjallajokull Entertainment, Mirage Films
- AN ENDLESS SUNDAY (UNA STERMINATA DOMENICA) fiction (Italy, Germany) by Alain Parroni, Alcor Srl, Fandango SPA, Road Movies, Art Me Pictures
- FANON fiction (France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Canada) by Jean-Claude Barny, Special Touch Studios
- FATNA, A WOMAN NAMED RASHID (FATNA, UNE FEMME NOMMéE RACHID) documentary (Morocco, France) by Helene Harder, Abel Aflam, Wendigo Films
- FIRST NAMES (LOS NOMBRES PROPIOS) documentary (Argentina, France, Germany) by Fernando Dominguez, Hormiga, Les Valseurs, Black Forest Films
- FLOW fiction (France, Germany, Latvia) by Gints Zilbalodis, Sacrebleu Productions, Cine Litte Productions, Dream Well Studios
- FüR IRENA documentary (Lithuania, Estonia, Bulgaria) by Giedrė Žickytė, Moonmakers, Allfilm, Agitprop
- GOD WILL NOT HELP (BOG NECE POMOCI) fiction (Croatia, Italy) by Hana Jusic, Kinorama, Rosamont
- A GOLDEN LIFE (OR DE VIE) documentary (France, Benin, Burkina Faso) by Boubacar Sangaré, Le Films de la Caravane, Merveilles Production, Imedia
- HER SECOND CHANCE (LA SECONDA VITA) fiction (Italy) by Vito Palmieri, Articolture
- HOLD ME TIGHT (AGáRRAME FUERTE) fiction (Uruguay) by Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge, Mutante Cine, Bocacha Films, Agustina Chiarino
- HOME (BAYIT) fiction (Israel, Ukraine) by Or Sinai, BARYO
- HORIZONTE fiction (Colombia, France, Chile) by César Augusto Acevedo García, Inercia Películas
- HOUSES (BATIM) fiction (Israel) by Veronica Nicole Tetebaum, Marker Films, Daizy Films
- I THE SONG fiction (Bhutan, France, Norway) by Dechen Roder, Dakinny Productions, Girelle Production, Fidalgo Film Production
- INDELEBILE fiction (Italy) by Laura Chiossone, Twister srl, Adler Entertainment, Showlab SRL
- THE MASTER OF THIS SILENCE fiction (France, Poland, Ukraine) by Jonathan Littell, Veilleur de Nuit
- THE MONSTERS working title (LOS MONSTRUOS working title) documentary (Argentina, Germany) by Manuel Abramovich, Ruido
- THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO (LA MISTERIOSA MIRADA DEL FLAMENCO) fiction (Chile, France, Mexico, Spain) by Diego Céspedes, Rampante Films, Quijote Films, Les Valseurs, Varios Lobos, Irusoin
- NOVIEMBRE fiction (Colombia, Mexico) by Tomás Corredor, Burning Sas
- SAM fiction (Philippines, Norway) by E del Mundo, Create Cinema Inc., DUOFilm
- THE SMELL OF FRESHLY CUT GRASS (EL AROMA DEL PASTO RECIéN CORTADO) fiction (Argentina, Germany, Uruguay) by Celina Murga, Tresmilmundos Cine, Mostra Cine, Weydemann Bros., Nadador Cine
- STRANGER EYES fiction (Singapore, France, Taipei) by Yeo Siew Hua, Akanga Film Asia, Films de Force Majeure, Volos Films
- TALES OF TAIPEI fiction (Taipei) by Pawo Choyning Dorji, Keat Aun Chong, KEFF, Rachid Hami, Norris Wong, Pei-Ju Hsieh, Joseph Hsu, Chen-Hao Yin , Liu Chuan-Hui, Tang Yi , MA Studios Ltd
- TITANIC OCEAN fiction (Greece, France, Spain, Romania, Germany, Japan) by Konstantina Kotzamani, Homemade Films
- WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN fiction (Taipei), by SU I-Hsuan, Suz Creative Studio
- ZE fiction (France, Mongolia, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany) by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, Aurora Films
16 IMMERSIVE PROJECTS:
16 Immersive projects (11 from Europe and 5 from around the world), including fiction, documentary, animation film and other interactive installation based experiences. The projects include both original concept and adaptations. All projects have secured 30% of their budget and have this financing in place.
Projects from Taipei and France, from the VPB Focus 2022, are included in this line-up.
- 0 - ALBEDO (Italy) by Iolanda Di Bonaventura and Saverio Trapasso, Artheria s.r.l.
- ALTERNATES (BERGANTIAN) (Japan, France) by Jonathan Hagard, CinemaLeap Inc., Floréal Films
- AMAZING MONSTER! (France, Switzerland) by Raphael Penasa, Allison Crank And Jonathan Droz , Wowl Production and Small Creative
- BLISS CLUB VR (JOUISSANCE CLUB VR) (France) by Camille Duvelleroy, Atlas V
- CROW CASTLE (KRAKSLOTT) (Sweden) by Ismaila Jallow, GötaFilm
- EYES OF SHAME (GEDOS AKYS) (Lithuania, France, Slovenia) by Tomas Tamosaitis, Emmanuel Rouglan and Skirmanta Jakaite, Insomniak, Joni Art, Institute for Transmedia Design
- FATHER'S VIDEO TAPES (Taipei) by Baboo Liao, SWSG
- GARGOYLE DOYLE (USA, Argentina) by Ethan Shaftel, EasyAction, Detona Cultura
- KANDAKA (Sudan, USA, France) by Ainslee Alem Robson, Guada Labs
- KILLING PHILIP (Brazil) by Fabito Rychter and Amir Admoni, Delirium XR
- MIRROR (Taipei) by Wu De-Chuen, Longwell
- NANA LOU (MAMIE LOU) (France, Luxembourg) by Isabelle Andreani, Small Creative
- SOULPAINT working title (HATSUMI) (UK, The Netherlands) by Niki Smit and Sarah Ticho, Monobanda, Impro Vive
- STEPHEN HAWKING’S BLACK HOLES (UK) by Elliot Graves, Atlantic Productions, Alchemy
- THE TOWERS OF FEBRUARY - VR (Germany) by Philipp Wenning, Studio Philipp Wenning, Expanding Focus GmbH
- WE SPEAK THEIR NAMES IN HUSHED TONES (Nigeria, South Africa) by Osakpolor Omoregie, Electric South
11 BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA - IMMERSIVE PROJECTS:
11 projects, that have been developed during the workshop of Biennale College Cinema VR, 6th edition, and that have reached different stages of development, pre-production and post-production.
- 1991 (Turkmenistan, USA, Canada) by Akmyrat Tuyliyev and Christina Elizabeth Borins, Sensorium
- DEUSA DAS AGUAS (France) by João Paulo Miranda Maria, Les Valseurs
- HUMART (Poland, UK) by Michał Stankiewicz, Liliana Grzybowska
- KEEPER (Ireland, Italy) by Jennifer Shortall, Nuwa Digital Media
- LOCKED UP (Italy) by Antonio Messina, Robin Studio
- MASSAD (Italy) by Alba Zari, Slingshot Films
- METEORA (Italy) by Jacopo Marco Zanessi, Kublai
- QUEER UTOPIA (Portugal, Brazil) by Lui Avallos, Mundivagante Studio
- SENSING MIRROR (Taipei) by Peiying LIN, Chin Hsuan SUNG
- SOMEWHERE UNKNOWN IN INDOCHINA (Taipei, Belgium, Cambodia, Vietnam, USA) by Asio Chihsiung LIU, Feng-Ting TSOU, Mimeo Films Ltd
- THE THREAD. STORIES ABOUT MOTHERHOOD (Italy, UK) by Elena Baucke, Ludovica Fales
3 BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA PROJECTS :
3 projects, that have been developed during the first workshop of Biennale College Cinema, 10th edition, and that have reached different stages of development and pre-production.
- DEUS CHERZAT (Italy) by Silvia Perra, Mommotty Film
- ONCE UPON A TIME YOU LOVED ME (Australia) by Melissa Anastasi, Unruly Hearts in Partnership with Media Stockade
- PROBLEMATIK (South Africa) by Sifiso Khanyile, Zinc Pictures
Venice, 30 June 2022
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