05/12/2012 - The projects come from Brazil, Egypt, UK, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Philippines, Ruanda, Spain, South Africa, Thailand, USA

15 projects have been selected for Biennale College – Cinema (out of the 433 projects arriving from 77 countries); each team - composed of a director and a producer - will take part in the first 10-day workshop held in Venice in January 2013.

Biennale College – Cinema is the brainchild of Biennale di Venezia, in partnership with Gucci, aimed at promoting new talents and offering them the opportunity to work closely with well-known professionals in order to make micro-budget films. Up to 3 of these 15 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 70th Venice International Film Festival (28 August – 7 September 2013) directed by Alberto Barbera.

Biennale College - Cinema is supported by MIBAC Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities – General Direction for Cinema – and the Veneto Region, and is dealt with in collaboration with IFP, Dubai International Film Festival and TorinoFilmLab.

The activities of Biennale College develop in all the various art sectors of Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta.

The 15 projects selected for this first phase of Biennale College – Cinema are:

Abu Naim
Mich’ael Zupraner (director); Naama Pyritz (producer)
Israel

A Case of the Dismals
Kim Spurlock (director); Mai Spurlock (producer)
USA

The Death of J.P. Cuenca
João Paolo Cuenca (director); Marina Meliande (producer)
Brazil

I Dreamt of Empire
Kasem Kharsa (director); Moustafa Zakaria (producer)
Egypt

Into the Light
Rowland Jobson (director); Alastair Clark (producer)
Great Britain

Memphis
Tim Sutton (director); John Baker (producer)
USA

Nervous Translation
Shireen Martinez Seno (director); Philippines Jonathan Dalog Torres (producer)
Philippines

The Prefect
Daniel P.K. Smyth (director); Marcie Dawn MacLellan (producer)
Great Britain

Room 0
Jenna Cato Bass (director); David Horler (producer)
South Africa

Slim Land
Yves Montand Niyongabo (director); Lee Isac Chung (producer)
Ruanda

The Substance
Lluis Galter Sanchez (director); Sergi Moreno Castillo (producer)
Spain

Tramontane
Vatche Boulghourjian (director); Caroline Oliveira (producer)
Lebanon

Two Sad People Wanna
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (director); Aditya Assarat (producer)
Thailand

Yuri Esposito
Alessio Fava (director); Massimiliano Chicco (producer)
Italy