Venice Gap-Financing Market, line-up revealed

34 feature film and documentary projects, 16 Immersive projects and 8 Biennale College – Immersive projects. They are the numbers of11th edition of Venice Gap-Financing Market (August 30th – September 1, 2024), organized within the Venice Production Bridgewhich will take place during81st International Film Festival (28 August – 7 September 2024) of Venice Biennale.

THE selected projects from Europe and all over the world they will now be able to complete their financing through one-to-one meetings with international professionals.

In total they were almost received 320 projects and the selection reflects the great diversity of backgrounds, stories and talents, genres and budgets of the projects submitted.

In 2024 i VPB Focus they will be Luxembourg & Wallonia – Brussels supported by Film Fund Luxembourg and Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel and the Japan supported by JETRO.

The Venice Gap-Financing Market will organize meetings between the teams (made up of producer and director) of the 61 projects and professionals with decision-making power (producers, private and public financiers, banks, distributors, sales agents, televisions, streamers, VOD platforms, institutions, post-production companies production…).

All meetings will be held at the Venice Production Bridge locations (Hotel Excelsior and the Venice Immersive island) and will be organized via the Venice Production Bridge website.

Here is the line-up:

34 SELECTED FILM AND DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS

– Fiction Films: 27 projects (19 European and 8 from all over the world) who must complete the financial package with minority co-production shares, and who already have 70% of the financing secured.

– Documentaries: 7 projects (4 European and 3 from all over the world) narrative or creative (which satisfy the same conditions as the fiction films mentioned above).

Included in this line-up are projects by VPB Focus 2024 Luxembourg & Wallonia-Brussels and Japan .

1. A SWEETNESS FROM NOWHERE documentary (Sweden, Norway) by Esther M. BergsmarkGaragefilm International
2. LOVES fiction (Luxembourg, France, Japan)by Yuki KawamuraLes Films Fauves, Good Fortune Films, Flag Pictures – Focus on Luxembourg
3. AMOEBA fiction (Singapore, Netherlands, France, Spain) by Siyou TanAkanga Film Asia
4. BECOMING EMA documentary (Denmark, Spain, Slovakia) by Patricia DratiGood Company Pictures
5. BETTER CLASS fiction(Spain) by Victor García LeónBuenapinta Media
6. BLACK WATER fiction (Poland, Finland, Estonia) by Aga WoszczyńskaLava Films
7. CUBA & ALASKA documentary(Ukraine, France, Belgium) of Yegor Troyanovsky2Brave Productions, TAG Film
8. DEATH HAS NO MASTER fiction (Venezuela, Canada, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Spain) by Jorge Thielen ArmandVolos Films Italia, La Faena Films
9. DENGUE fiction (India, France, Netherlands) by Prantik BasuRiverine Films, Jba Production, The Film Kitchen
10. DEVOLUTION fiction (Belgium, Italy, Poland) by Nicolas BoucartTarantula Belgique – Focus on Wallonia – Brussels
11. DUST fiction(Belgium, Greece, Poland, United Kingdom) by Anke BlondéA Private View bv
12. GLOBAL PROJECT fiction (Portugal, Luxembourg) by Ivo M. FerreiraO sem ea furia
13. GOLEM fiction/animation(Czech Republic, France, Slovakia) by Jiří BartaHausboot
14. IF I SEE RAINBOW fiction (China, France) by Zhao HaoGood Time Films
15. IN ALASKA fiction (Netherlands, Canada) by Jaap Van Heusden And Vinnie Karetak, Ijswater Films
16. JEALOUS WHITE MEN fiction (Argentina, Portugal, Italy, Brazil) by Ivan GranovskyFrutacine, The Sound and the Fruit, Ring Film, Biônica Filmes
17. THE WHALE fiction (France, Spain, Belgium) by Sylvère PetitLes Films d’Ici Méditerranée
18. LAST NIGHT I CONQUERED THE CITY OF THEBES fiction (Spain, Portugal)by Gabriel AzorínDVEIN Films
19. LEGITIMATE fiction (Mexico) of Elisa MillerPimienta Films
20. LOVE BEFORE SUNRISE fiction (Taiwan, Japan) by Chen-Ti KUOA Thousand Tree Films / J&K Entertainment Inc.
21. MARIE & JOLIE fiction (France, Tunisia, Qatar) by Erects SehiriManeki Films & Henia Production
22. MOVIE KINTSUGI(WT) documentary (Japan, Germany) of Eva KnopfTrixta Ltd., Amerikafilm GmbH – Focus on Japan
23. NO GOOD MEN fiction(Germany, France, Norway, Denmark) of Shahrbanoo SadatAdomeit Film GmbH
24. THE BLOOD COUNT fiction (Austria, Luxembourg, Germany) by Ulrike OttingerAmour Fou Vienna – Focus on Luxembourg
25. THE GOOD LIFE fiction (UK) of Matt WinnFunny Peculiar Ltd.
26. THE ISLE OF THE DEMOISELLE fiction (Belgium, France, Canada) by Micha WaldStenola Productions – Focus on Wallonia – Brussels
27. THE LIFE OF SIMON JASHI fiction (Georgia, France, Lithuania) by Dmitry MamuliyaMillimeter Film
28. THE MAGIC CITY documentary (Belgium, France, Sweden) by Pablo Guarise And Guillaume MaupinNaoko Films – Focus on Wallonia – Brussels
29. THE RESERVE documentary (Argentina, Spain, Mexico) by Ezequiel YancoIsoi Cine, Lacima, Fiasco
30. THE STATION fiction(Yemen, Jordan, France, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Qatar) by Sara IshaqScreen Project
31. THEFT OF FIRE documentary (Canada, Palestine, France) by Amer ShomaliIntuitive Pictures Inc.
32. THREE BLACK NIGHTS fiction (Chile, Spain) by Theo CourtQuijote Films, El Viaje Films
33. SAD TRÓPICOS fiction (Austria, Argentina) by Gaston SolnickiLittle Magnet Films, Filmy Wiktora, Primo
34. TWINS fiction (Ukraine, Poland, Netherlands) by Eva NeymanToy Cinema

16 IMMERSIVE PROJECTS

16 Immersive projects (11 European and 5 from all over the world), which include fiction films, documentaries, animated films and other interactive installation experiences. All projects have 30% of their budget guaranteed.

This line-up includes projects from VPB Focus 2024 Luxembourg & Wallonia-Brussels and Japan .

1. 275 MILLION BIRTHS AND DEATHS (Belgium, Netherlands)by Zam ZadehCassettes for timescapes
2. A CURE FOR STRAIGHTNESS (United States of America, France) by Cameron KostopoulosKost, Floréal
3. BODY/MEMORY (Germany, Italy) by Stefano CasertanoDaring House
4. COLLECTIVE BODY (France, United States of America) by Sarah Silverblatt-Buser Atlas V
5. DEMA R É, A SENSORY JOURNEY INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN (Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Austria) by Emilia Sanchez ChiquettiPresences, Detonate Culture
6. DYSMORPHIA: PLAYING WITH REALITY (France, United Kingdom) by May Abdalla And Barry Gene Murphy, Floréal, Anagram
7. FIRST VIRTUAL SUIT (Japan) by Kazuki YuharaCinemaLeap.inc – (developed during BCCI 8) – Focus on Japan
8. HARVEST (UK) by Matt Shaw, William Trossell, ScanLAB Projects
9. LALALABYRINTH (WT) (Germany) of Pedro HarresReynard Films
10. MUSEVA (Belgium, France) by Sergio GhizzardiDomino Productions – Focus on Wallonia – Brussels
11. RESONANCE (Germany, Denmark) by David Adler And Ioulia Isserlis, Anotherworld VR
12. TACHYCHRONIA (Luxembourg, Canada) by Gwenael FrançoisSkill Lab – Focus on Luxembourg
13. TEMPUS ALTERNA (Luxembourg, Canada) by Nimrod Shanit, Blimey, a_BAHN – Focus on Luxembourg
14. THE ANCESTORS (Netherlands) by Steye Hallema, The Smartphone Orchestra (WildVreemd)
15. TINY PEOPLE: PROLOGUE (United States of America, Brazil) of Ricardo Laganaro And Marcelo MarcatiARVORE Immersive Experiences
16. WHEN BROOKLYN WAS QUEER (United States of America, Australia) of Yasmin Elayat And Wadooah WaliNew Canvas

8 BIENNIAL COLLEGE PROJECTS – IMMERSIVE PROJECTS

8 projects developed during the Biennale College Cinema Immersive workshop, 8th editionwhich are in various stages of development, from pre-production to post-production.

3 BIENNIAL COLLEGE CINEMA PROJECTS

3 projects developed during the first workshop of the 12thª Biennale College Cinema editionand which have reached various stages of development and pre-production.

1. BUILDING (Germany, United States of America) by Andreea Ion CojocaruNumena
2. EPORIA, THE MOUNTAIN MERMAID (South Africa) by Kirstin Lee Gray ErasmusDifferent Immersive
3. KITCHEN OF MEMORIES (United States of America) by Mattia CasalegnoFlavor Five Studio
4. LIBRARY OF DREAMS (Georgia, Germany) by Jane RzheznikovaLess Media Group
5. MNEMOSYNE (China, Japan) by WuerWuerone Film Production
6. MONS VENUS (Argentina) by Paula Orlando, Groncho Estudio
7. PROPRIOCEPTIVE MEMORY (Australia) by Ben Joseph Andrews And Emma Roberts, Pernickety Split
8. UNSCROLL THE TRUTH (Poland, India) by Joanna MurzynEternal Engine
9. DARK/ DOG DAYS OF SUMMER fiction (Italy) of Camilla Carè, Pirouette
10. JAYSAN fiction (Kyrgyzstan) Of Aisha SultanbekovaKoyon Media
11. lTHE FOREST (Hungary) by Bálint Kenyeres Anabanana

The Book of Projectscontaining detailed information on each project, will be published online in mid-July.

Film industry professionals accredited for the Venice Production Bridge will be able to request one-to-one meetings with project teams through the area dedicated to the Venice Gap-Financing Market on the Venice Production Bridge website (veniceproductionbridge.org).