Biennale College Cinema 2023-24: the 4 final projects selected

The selection has been completed for the four projects, from Ghana, Hungary, Italy, Ukraine and USA, that will move on to the production phase for the feature-length films of the 12^th edition (2023 – 2024) of the Biennale College – Cinema. After the screenwriting workshop that ended on December 7^th 2023, from today Wednesday January 10^th the pre-production workshop begins and will end on January 16^th. The Italian call for applications for the 13^th edition of Biennale College – Cinema will open from  January 18^th  (through April 15^th).

The four teams, consisting of a director and a producer, are as follows:

· Honeymoon – director Zhanna Ozirna (Ukraine) | producer Dmytro Sukhanov (Ukraine) – debut film

· January 2  – director Zsófia Szilágyi (Hungary) | producer Dóra Csernátony (Hungary) – sophomore film

· My Birthday / Il mio compleanno – director Christian Filippi (Italy) | producer Leonardo Baraldi (Italy) – debut film

· The Fisherman – director Zoey Martinson (USA) | producer Kofi Owusu Afriyie (Ghana) – debut film

After the conclusion of the pre-production, the actual production of the four micro-budget feature-length films now begins, with a € 200,000 grant each from La Biennale. The four films will be presented at the 81^th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia 2024.

Biennale College Cinema, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, is supported by the Ministry of Culture – General Directorate Cinema. The main sponsor of the initiative is Vivendi. Biennale College Cinema relies on the academic collaboration of the Gotham Film & Media Institute and the TorinoFilmLab. The educational activities are made possible by the Creative Europe – Media programme.
The Director is Alberto Barbera, Head of Programme is Savina Neirotti.

The activities of the Biennale College Cinema Immersive, now in its 8^th edition (2023-2024), continue with the participation of the 12 selected projects in the international workshop which will begin in Venice on Thursday January 11^th, and will end Thursday January 18^th with a presentation at Ca’ Giustinian, Venice.

The 12 selected projects are:

Dear Mother
Dir: Andreea CojoCaru (Romania) | Prod: Jay Silvas (USA)

Earths to Come
Dir: Rose Bond (USA) | Prod: Melanie Coombs (Australia)

Echos of Ash Valley
Dir: Shu Zhu (Canada) | Prod: Sultan Pirzhan (USA)

Eporia The Mountain Mermaid
Dir: KirstinLee Grey Erasmus (South Africa) | Prod: Xabiso Vili (South Africa)

First Virtual Suit
Dir: Kazuki Yuhara (Japan) | Prod: Yuta Naito (Japan)

Gossips Chronicles
Dir: Corinne Mazzoli (Italy) | Prod: Marta Bianchi (Italy)

Kitchen of Memories
Dir: Mattia Casalegno (Italy) | Prod: Tony Mayes (USA)

Library of Dreams
Dir: Jane Rzheznikova (Russia) | Prod: Alina Mikhaleva Savelyeva (Ukraine)

Mnemosyne
Dir: Er Wu (China) | Prod: Riccardo Peng (China)

Mons Venus
Dir: Paula Orlando (Argentina) | Prod: Rocío Pichirili (Argentina)

Proprioceptive Memory
Dir: Ben Andrews (Australia) | Prod: Emma Roberts (Australia)

Unscrolling the Truth
Dir: Joanna Murzyn (Poland) | Prod: Miłosz Dzienio (Poland)