Biennale College Cinema

Three of the feature films which will be screened at the 76th Venice Film Festival have been selected, developed, and produced during the seventh edition (2018/2019) of Biennale College – Cinema, an advanced training laboratory, launched at the 2012 Venice Film Festival, which is open to young filmmakers from all over the world for the production of low-budget films. The three films are:

THE END OF LOVE
by KEREN BEN RAFAEL, producer: DELPHINE BENROUBI
with Judith Chemla, Arieh Worthalter, Lenny Dahan, Noémie Lvovsky, Bastien Bouillon, Joy Rieger, Gil Weiss/ France / 90’

LESSONS OF LOVE
by CHIARA CAMPARA, producers: DAMIANO TICCONI, TANCREDI CAMPELLO
with Leonardo Lidi, Alice Torriani, Giovanni De Giorgi, Giancarlo Previati, Sebastiano Fumagalli/ Italy / 79’

THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT’S A RESURRECTION
by JEREMIAH LEMONHANG MOSESE, producer: CAIT PANSEGROUW
with Mary Mhlongo Twala, Makhaola Ndebele, Jerry Mofokeng Wa Makhetha, Tseko Monaheng, Siphiwe Nzima/ Lesotho / 120’

Biennale College – Cinema, created by La Biennale di Venezia, is supported by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities – Cinema Head Office. One of the Biennale College – Cinema sponsors is Pegaso Online University. Another sponsor of the project is Condé Nast. Academic collaboration is provided to Biennale College – Cinema by IFP in New York and TorinoFilmLab. The Laboratory’s Director is Alberto Barbera and the Head of Programme is Savina Neirotti.

Starting from 2017, Biennale College – Cinema receives a contribution from Eurimages, the cultural fund of the European Council, to cover the travel, accommodation, and training expenses for a female director (Eurimages Residency Grant). This year, the recipient is Kasia Plazinska (Poland), the director of the film False Positive, one of the projects that took part in the international workshop in October 2018.

The project selected for the third edition (2018/2019) of Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality, which received a production grant of € 60,000 from the La Biennale di Venezia and which will screen at the 76^th Venice Film Festival is:

WHISPERS
by JACEK NAGŁOWSKI, PATRYK JORDANOWICZ, producer: JACEK NAGŁOWSKI
with Irina Kotelnikova /

The same section will also feature two projects that participated in the development workshops offered by the programme, and were later produced independently:

FEATHER
by KEISUKE ITOH, producer: KATSUTOSHI MACHIBA
animation / Japan / 12’

SUBLIMATION
by KAROLINA MARKIEWICZ, PASCAL PIRON, producers: ASTRID KAHMKE, SÖNKE KIRCHHOF
with Yuko Kominami, Kevin Muhlen, Elisabet Johannesdottir/ Germany / 15’

All the teams received support for everything involving the creative process, production, audiences of reference, and analysis of financial aspects.

For the 2018/2019 edition, the Biennale College – Cinema and Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality projects have received generous funding from the MEDIA – Creative Europe Programme of the European Commission – General Direction Connect. The educational activities of the 2018/2019 edition will enjoy the support of MEDIA funding. This funding is in addition to the support received from the MEDIA Programme for the development of the Venice Production Bridge.

All the activities and the projects developed in the Biennale College Cinema and the Biennale College Cinema - Virtual Reality sections, since the first edition of 2012/2013, are available on the dedicated website collegecinema.labiennale.org/en/