Upcoming features by Babak Jalali, Kamila Andini, Martin Koolhoven, Emily Atef, Yann Gonzalez, and Diego Lerman are among 67 projects selected for the prestigious 12th Venice Gap-Financing Market.
The project incubator, part of the Venice Film Festival’s Venice Production Bridge industry program, will take place from August 29 to 31.
These 67 projects, representing the final stages of development and funding, were chosen from a highly competitive pool of 330 applications worldwide.
The projects include 40 feature-length fiction and documentary films, 14 immersive projects, 10 Biennale College Cinema immersive projects, and three Biennale College Cinema projects.
Director-producer teams will engage in one-to-one meetings organized by the VPB with top industry decision-makers, including producers, private and public financiers, banks, distributors, sales agents, TV commissioners, streamers, VoD platforms, institutions, and post-production companies.
All meetings will be held at the Venice Production Bridge venues: the Hotel Excelsior and Venice Immersive Island.
Featured Film Projects Include:
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ECHO FROM A COLLAPSE (Documentary) – By Andrias Høgenni (Denmark, Faroe Islands, Iceland)
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A TOWN IN NOVA SCOTIA (Fiction) – By Babak Jalali (UK)
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EMERALD BUTTERFLY (Fiction) – By Martin Koolhoven (Netherlands, Belgium, Singapore, UK)
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FOUR SEASONS IN JAVA (Fiction) – By Kamila Andini (Indonesia, Netherlands, Norway, France, Germany, Singapore)
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CALL ME QUEEN (Fiction) – By Emily Atef (Germany, France)
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I’LL FORGET YOUR NAME (Fiction) – By Yann Gonzalez (France, Switzerland)
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MY WAY (Fiction) – By Diego Lerman (Argentina, Italy)
(And many more across diverse genres and countries.)
This selection highlights the global diversity and creative excellence fueling the future of international cinema through this influential gap-financing market.
