Venice Market Projects Include Films From Agnieszka Holland, Alexey German Jr & Jasmila Zbanic

07/02/2019

The sixth edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market (August 30 – September 1, 2019), which takes place during the Venice Film Festival, will feature 51 projects in the final stages of development and funding.

Of those, 23 projects from Europe and beyond are narrative features with 70% funding in place. Five projects are documentaries.

Among highlights are Czech feature Sarlatan by Oscar-nominated Polish director Agnieszka Holland (Mr. Jones) about a man gifted with exceptional abilities set against the background of the events of the totalitarian fifties; Russian film Air by Dovlatov director Alexey German Jr; Grbavica director Jasmila Zbanic’s Euro co-pro Quo Vadis Aida (working title); and Canadian pic Saint-Narcisse by Bruce La Bruce.

Here’s a full list of projects taking part in the market:

28 SELECTED FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS

12 VIRTUAL REALITY IMMERSIVE STORY PROJECTS

12 VR Immersive Reality Story projects (8 from Europe and 4 from outside of Europe), including fiction, documentary, animation film and other interactive installation based experiences. The projects include both original concept and adaptations. All projects have secured 30% of their budget and have this financing in place.

12 VIRTUAL REALITY IMMERSIVE STORY PROJECTS

8 BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA – VIRTUAL REALITY PROJECTS

8 projects, that have been developed during the workshop of Biennale College Cinema VR, 3^rd edition, and that have reached different stages of development, pre-production and post-production.

3 BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA PROJECTS

3 projects, that have been developed during the first workshop of Biennale College Cinema, 7^th edition, and that have reached different stages of development and pre-production.

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