SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR THE 9TH VENICE GAP-FINANCING MARKET

La Biennale di Venezia announces the new call for the Venice Gap-Financing Market being launched today, Wednesday February 23rd 2022, (the call will remain open through May 7th 2022).

 

 

The ninth edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market will be held from September 2nd to 4th 2022, as part of the Venice Production Bridge of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (31 August – 10 September 2022) directed by Alberto Barbera.

The Venice Gap-Financing Market is a platform for selected projects that aims to support European and international producers in securing full financing for their projects (Fiction, Documentaries, Immersive Projects), through one-to-one meetings with professionals in the field (producers, sales agents, distributors, financiers, broadcasters and funds). All the invited professionals are decision-makers.

THE NEW CALL

The call is open to European and international projects, in the following categories:

  • Feature-length fiction and documentary films: a selection will be made of up to 27/33 projects for feature-length films and narrative or creative feature documentaries, including 3 Biennale College Cinema projects, from all over the world. There is no genre limitation, and animation films are welcome.
  • Immersive Projects: there will be a selection of up to 10/12 VR projects from all over the world.

The 3-day event (2– 4 September 2022) will present up to 45 European and international projects and Immersive Projects developed during the Biennale College Cinema Virtual Reality.

READ THE REGULATIONS AND SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT

 

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