Biennale College Cinema VR: workshop online and on a virtual platform

Starting today, Tuesday January 11^th through Wednesday January 19^th 2022, the workshop of the 6^th edition (2021-2022) of the Biennale College ­ Cinema VR, to be held online and on a virtual platform, will involve 12 teams from around the world, four of which are Italian, for Virtual Reality projects lasting a maximum of 30 minutes.

The 12 teams are composed of a director and a producer at their first, second or third VR, with no age limits, selected from two calls, one Italian and one international, launched in 2021.

A maximum of three projects will then be selected among the projects of these 12 teams, which will then move forward to the next development workshop scheduled for the month of March. At the end, a maximum of one project will receive a Biennale grant to cover production costs (to be no greater than € 60,000). The project thus produced will premiere at the 79^th Venice International Film Festival 2022 (31 August – 10 September), directed by Alberto Barbera.

The 12 projects and teams participating in the workshops from January 11th through 19th are:

• 1991
  dir: Akmyrat Tuyliyev, M, Turkmenistan, 3^rd VR | co-dir: Christina Elizabeth Borins, F, Canada, 3^rd VR | prod: Matthew Niederhauser, M, United States, 3^rd VR
• CHIN LIU TAO XR: Somewhere Unknown in Indochina
  dir: Feng Ting Tsou, M, Taiwan, 1^st VR | dir & prod: Asio Chihsiung Liu, M, Taiwan, 1^st VR
• Il Corredo
  dir: Elena Baucke, F, Italy, 1^st VR | prod: Ludovica Fales, F, Italy, 1^st VR
• Deusa das Aguas
  dir: João Paulo Miranda Maria, M, Brazil, 1^st VR | prod: Justin Pechberty, M, France, 1^st VR
• Humart
  dir: Michał Stankiewicz, M, Poland, 2^nd VR | prod: Marta Szarzyńska, F, Poland, 2^nd VR
• Manus
  dir: Sjoerd van Acker, M, Netherlands, 2^nd VR | prod: Firat Sezgin, M, Turkey, 3^rd VR
• Keeper
  dir: Jennifer Shortall, F, Ireland, 1^st VR | co-dir: Ciara Tamay Del Grosso Bates, F, Ireland, 3^rd VR | prod: Cordula Hansen, F, Germany, 3^rd VR
• Locked Up
  dir: Alessandro Visconti & Antonio Messina, M, 2^nd VR | prod: Riccardo Antonio Silvio Antonino M, Italy, 2^nd VR
• Massad
  dir: Alba Zari F, 1^st VR | prod: Manuela Buono, F, Italy, 1^st VR
• Meteora
  dir: Jacopo Zanessi, M, Italy, 1^st VR | prod: Marco Caberlotto, M, Italy, 2^nd VR
• Queer Utopia
  dir: Lui Avallos, M, Brazil, 2^nd VR | prod: Rodrigo Moreira, M, Brazil, 2^nd VR
• Sensing Mirror
  dir: Peiying Lin, F, Taiwan, 2^nd VR | prod: Chin Hsuan Sung, F, Taiwan, 3^rd VR

The Biennale College Cinema, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, enjoys the support of the Ministry of Culture – General Directorate Cinema. It relies on the academic collaboration of the Gotham Film & Media Institute (previously known as IFP) and the TorinoFilmLab. The Director is Alberto Barbera, Head of Programme is Savina Neirotti.

The Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality project enjoys generous funding from the MEDIA – Creative Europe Programme of the European Commission – Directorate General Connect. The educational activities will be supported by the MEDIA contribution. This contribution comes in addition to the support given by the MEDIA Programme to the development of the Venice Production Bridge.