During the 81st Venice International Film Festival, 12 projects have been selected for the 13th edition of the Biennale College Cinema 2024/25; their teams (composed of a director and a producer) will participate in the first 10-day workshop which will be held from 8 to 17 October 2024. Nine projects were selected from the Biennale College Cinema – International competition, whereas another three came from the Biennale College Cinema – Italy competition. A total of 277 projects participated.

Biennale College Cinema is an advanced training laboratory open to filmmakers from all over the world for the production of low-budget films. Launched at the 2012 Venice Film Festival, Biennale College Cinema has produced 41 feature films so far.

The 12 selected projects:

1 WOMAN, 1 BRA
1st feature – director: Vincho Nchogu (F, Kenya) | producer: Josh Olaoluwa (M, Nigeria)

AGNUS DEI
2nd feature – director: Massimiliano Camaiti (M, Italy) | producer: Giovanna Nicolai (F, Italy)

BADLAND
1st feature – director: Mounir Derbal (M, Italy) | producer: Lorenzo Fiuzzi (M, Italy)

BECOMING HUMAN
2nd feature – director: Polen Ly (M, Cambodia) | producer: Daniel Mattes (M, US)

LAST TIME, AGAIN
1st feature – director: Di Zhang (F, China) | producer: Beryl Liu (F, Canada)

ORANGE PEEL
1st feature – director: Anita Rivaroli (F, Italy) | producer: Marco Mingolla (M, Italy)

SAVING THE DAY
2nd feature – director: Serhat Karaaslan (M, Turkey) | producer: Laura Dahout (F, France)

SECRET OF A MOUNTAIN SERPENT
2nd feature – director: Nidhi Saxena (F, India) | producer: Vimukthi Jayasundara (M, India)

SUMMER 1999
1st feature – director: Hang Luong Nguyen (F, Vietnam) | producer: Dinh Le Minh Trinh (M, Vietnam)

THE BOOKING
2nd feature – director: Gabriella Moses (F, US) | Prod: Sarah Wharton (F, US)

THE FAMILY
1st feature – director: Hanna Jalali (F, Ukraine) | producer: Moeinoddin Jalali (M, Iran)

VANISHING BONES
2nd feature – director: Simon Rieth (M, France) | producer: Inès Daïen Dasi (F, France)

After the workshop that will be held on October, four of these twelve projects (including one from the Italy section and at least two by female directors) will be selected to receive support from the Biennale to cover production costs, which cannot exceed €  200,000, and will be presented at the 82nd Venice Film Festival in 2025.

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.