Wednesday, 26 June 2024

PROJECTS SELECTED FOR THE VENICE GAP-FINANCING MARKET

The 3-day Venice Gap-Financing Market will present 50 selected projects, plus an additional 11 Biennale College Cinema projects, from around the world in the final stages of development and funding.

Almost 320 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 3-day Venice Gap-Financing Market will present 50 selected projects, plus an additional 11 Biennale College Cinema projects, from around the world in the final stages of development and funding.

The selection is divided as follows:

· 34 feature-length Fiction Film and Documentary projects (incl. 6 VPB Focus projects)

· 16 Immersive projects (incl. 4 VPB Focus projects)

· 8 Biennale College Cinema - Immersive projects

· 3 Biennale College Cinema projects

This year, the Venice Production Bridge is celebrating the 11th edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market. We are proud that this co-production market has progressively gained importance to become one of the key events for the Film and Immersive industries.

In 2024 the VPB Focuses will be Luxembourg & Wallonia-Brussels, supported by Film Fund Luxembourg and Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel, and Japan, supported by JETRO.

34 SELECTED FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS:

- Fiction Films: 27 projects for feature-length fiction films (19 from Europe and 8 from around the world), that need to complete their funding package with minority shares in co-production, having at least 70% of the funding in place.

- Documentaries: 7 projects (4 from Europe and 3 from around the world) for narrative or creative documentaries (fulfilling the same requirements as the fiction films above).

Projects from Luxembourg & Wallonia-Brussels and Japan, the VPB Focuses 2024, are included in this line-up.

A SWEETNESS FROM NOWHERE documentary (Sweden, Norway) by Ester M. Bergsmark, Garagefilm International
AMA fiction (Luxembourg, France, Japan) by Yuki Kawamura, Les Films Fauves, Good Fortune Films, Flag Pictures – Focus on Luxembourg
AMOEBA fiction (Singapore, The Netherlands, France, Spain) by Siyou Tan, Akanga Film Asia
BECOMING EMA documentary (Denmark, Spain, Slovakia) by Patricia Drati,
Good Company Pictures
BETTER CLASS fiction (Spain) by Victor García León, Buenapinta Media
BLACK WATER fiction (Poland, Finland, Estonia) by Aga Woszczyńska, Lava Films
CUBA & ALASKA documentary (Ukraine, France, Belgium) by Yegor Troyanovsky, 2Brave Productions, TAG Film
DEATH HAS NO MASTER fiction (Venezuela, Canada, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Spain) by Jorge Thielen Armand, Volos Films Italia, La Faena Films
DENGUE fiction (India, France, The Netherlands) by Prantik Basu, Riverine Films, Jba Production, The Film Kitchen
DEVOLUTION fiction (Belgium, Italy, Poland) by Nicolas Boucart, Tarantula Belgique – Focus on Wallonia - Brussels
DUST fiction (Belgium, Greece, Poland, United Kingdom) by Anke Blondé, A Private View bv
GLOBAL PROJECT fiction (Portugal, Luxembourg) by Ivo M. Ferreira, O Som e a Fúria, Tarantula Luxembourg
GOLEM fiction/animation (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia) by Jiří Barta, Hausboot
IF I SEE A RAINBOW fiction (China, France) by Zhao Hao, Good Time Films
IN ALASKA fiction (The Netherlands, Canada) by Jaap Van Heusden and Vinnie Karetak, Ijswater Films
JEALOUS WHITE MEN fiction (Argentina, Portugal, Italy, Brazil, Germany) by Ivan Granovsky, Frutacine, O Som e a Fúria, Ring Film, Biônica Filmes, Pandora Film
LA BALEINE fiction (France, Spain, Belgium) by Sylvère Petit, Les Films d’Ici Méditerranée
LAST NIGHT I CONQUERED THE CITY OF THEBES fiction (Spain, Portugal) by Gabriel Azorín, DVEIN Films
LEGÍTIMA fiction (Mexico) by Elisa Miller, Pimienta Films
LIFE OF SIMON JASHI fiction (Georgia, France, Lithuania) by Dmitry Mamuliya, Millimeter Film, Altamar Films, Tremora
LOVE BEFORE SUNRISE fiction (Taiwan, Japan) by Chen-Ti KUO, A Thousand Tree Films / J&K Entertainment Inc.
MARIE & JOLIE fiction (France, Tunisia, Qatar) by Erige Sehiri, Maneki Films, Henia Production
MOVIE KINTSUGI (WT) documentary (Japan, Germany) by Eva Knopf, Trixta Ltd, Amerikafilm GmbH – Focus on Japan
NO GOOD MEN fiction (Germany, France, Norway, Denmark) by Shahrbanoo Sadat, Adomeit Film Gmbh
THE BLOOD COUNTESS fiction (Austria, Luxembourg, Germany) by Ulrike Ottinger, Amour Fou Vienna – Focus on Luxembourg
THE GOOD LIFE fiction (United Kingdom) by Matt Winn, Funny Peculiar Ltd.
THE ISLE OF THE DEMOISELLE fiction (Belgium, France) by Micha Wald, Stenola Productions – Focus on Wallonia - Brussels
THE MAGIC CITY - BIRMINGHAM ACCORDING TO SUN RA documentary (Belgium, France, Sweden) by Pablo Guarise and Guillaume Maupin, Naoko Films - Focus on Wallonia - Brussels
THE RESERVE documentary (Argentina, Spain, Mexico) by Ezequiel Yanco, Isoi Cine, Lacima, Fiasco
THE SOUFFLEUR (previously announced as TRISTES TRÓPICOS) fiction (Austria, Argentina) by Gastón Solnicki, Little Magnet Films, Filmy Wiktora, Primo
THE STATION fiction (Yemen, Jordan, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Qatar) by Sara Ishaq, Screen Project
THEFT OF FIRE documentary (Canada, Palestine, France) by Amer Shomali, Intuitive Pictures Inc.
THREE DARK NIGHTS fiction (Chile, Spain) by Theo Court, Quijote Films, El Viaje Films
TWINS fiction (Ukraine, Poland, The Netherlands) by Eva Neymann, Toy Cinema

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. All projects have secured 30% of their budget and have this financing in place.

Projects from Luxembourg & Wallonia-Brussels and Japan, the VPB Focuses 2024, are included in this line-up.

275 MILION BIRTHS AND DEATHS (Belgium, The Netherlands) by Zam Zadeh, Cassette for timescapes
A CURE FOR STRAIGHTNESS (United States of America, France) by Cameron Kostopoulos, Kost, Floréal
ANCESTORS (The Netherlands) by Steye Hallema, The Smartphone Orchestra (WildVreemd)
BODY/MEMORY (Germany, Italy) by Stefano Casertano, Daring House
COLLECTIVE BODY (France, United States of America) by Sarah Silverblatt-Buser, Atlas V
DEMARÉ, A SENSORY JOURNEY INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN (Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Austria) by Emilia Sánchez Chiquetti, Presencias, Detona Cultura
DYSMORPHIA: PLAYING WITH REALITY (France, United Kingdom) by May Abdalla and Barry Gene Murphy, Floréal, Anagram,
FIRST VIRTUAL SUIT (Japan) by Kazuki Yuhara, CinemaLeap.inc – (developed during BCCI 8) - Focus on Japan
HARVEST (United Kingdom) by Matt Shaw, William Trossell, ScanLAB Projects
LALALABYRINTH (WT) (Germany) by Pedro Harres, Reynard Films
MUSEVA (Belgium, France) by Sergio Ghizzardi, Domino Production – Focus on Wallonia - Brussels
RESONANZ (Germany, Denmark) by David Adler and Ioulia Isserlis, Anotherworld VR
TACHYCHRONIA (Luxembourg, Canada) by Gwenael François, Skill Lab - Focus on Luxembourg
TEMPUS ALTERNA (Luxembourg, Canada) by Nimrod Shanit, Blimey, a_BAHN - Focus on Luxembourg
TINY PEOPLE: PROLOGUE (United States of America, Brazil) by Ricardo Laganaro and Marcelo Marcati, ARVORE Immersive Experiences
WHEN BROOKLYN WAS QUEER (United States of America, Australia) by Yasmin Elayat and Wadooah Wali, New Canvas

8 BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA - IMMERSIVE PROJECTS:

8 projects, that have been developed during the workshop of Biennale College Cinema Immersive, 8th edition, and that have reached different stages of development, pre-production and post-production.

EDIFICE (Germany, United States of America) by Andreea Ion Cojocaru, Numena
EPORIA, THE MOUNTAIN MERMAID (South Africa) by Kirstin Lee Grey Erasmus, Different Immersive
KITCHEN OF MEMORIES (United States of America) by Mattia Casalegno, Flavor Five Studio
LIBRARY OF DREAMS (Georgia, Germany) by Jane Rzheznikova, Less Media Group
MNEMOSYNE (China, Japan) by Wuer, Wuerone Film Production
MONS VENUS (Argentina) by Paula Orlando, Groncho Estudio
PROPRIOCEPTIVE MEMORY (Australia) by Ben Joseph Andrews and Emma Roberts, Pernickety Split
UNSCROLL.IT (Poland) by Joanna Murzyn, Eternal Engine

3 BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA PROJECTS:

3 projects, that have been developed during the first workshop of Biennale College Cinema, 12th edition, and that have reached different stages of development and pre-production.