Biennale College – Cinema 2013/14
The first edition of the Biennale College – Cinema (2012/13) was quite successful. The three selected films have already premiered in the 70th Venice Film Festival and were well received: Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy, directed by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit and produced by Aditya Assarat; Memphis, directed by Tim Sutton and produced by John Baker; Yuri Esposito, directed by Alessio Fava and produced by Max Chicco.
The Biennale College – Cinema announced 12 projects that have been selected for the second edition the program and will take part in the first 10-day workshop held in Venice in October 2013.
According to the official site: Up to 3 of these 12 projects will receive support for 150,000.00 Euro in order to make 3 feature-length works (first or second work) which will be presented at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.
The 12 projects are:
A place in the Future
Director: Ritesh Batra (India)
Producer: Seher Latif (India)
Blood Cells
Director: Joseph Bull (UK)
Director: Luke Seomore (UK)
Producer: Samm Haillay (UK)
H.
Director: Rania Attieh (Lebanon)
Director: Daniel Garcia (USA)
Producer: Shruti Rya Ganguli (India)
La Barracuda
Director: Jason Cortlund (USA)
Director: Julia Halperin (USA)
Producer: David Hartstein (USA)
La Mujer De Los Perros
Director: Laura Citarella (Argentina)
Director: Verónica Llinás (Argentina)
Producer: Mariano Llinás (Argentina)
Nancy
Director: Christina Choe (USA)
Producer: Gerry Kim (USA)
Peacock Lamenting
Director: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara (Sri Lanka)
Producer: Antonin Dedet (France)
River of exploding durians
Director: Edmund Yeo (Malaysia)
Producer: Ming Jin Woo (Malaysia)
Short Skin
Director: Duccio Chiarini (Italy)
Producer: Babak Jalali (Irak / UK)
The Strike
Director: Adam Breier (Hungary)
Producer: Akos Schneider (Hungary)
Unless
Director: Matteo Servente (Italy)
Producer: Ryan Watt (USA)
Winter
Director: Aamir Bashir (India)
Producer: Alan McAlex (India)
Up to 3 teams, after the first workshop, will be invited to participate in other two workshops in Venice – to be held in December 2013 and January 2014.
