The selection has been completed for the four projects, from Italy, Kenya, Nigeria, Cambodia, USA and India, that will move on to the production phase for the feature-length films of the 13^th edition (2024 – 2025) of the Biennale College Cinema. From Wednesday December 4^ththe screenwriting workshop begins and will end on December 7^th. From January 11^th to 16^th the the pre-production workshop will take place.

The four teams of the 13^th edition (2024 – 2025) of the Biennale College Cinema, consisting of a director and a producer, are as follows:

AGNUS DEI (Italy) – director: Massimiliano Camaiti; producer: Giovanna Nicolai, (2^nd feature)

1 WOMAN, 1 BRA (Kenya/Nigeria) – director: Vincho Nchogu; producer: Josh Olaoluwa (1^st feature)

BECOMING HUMAN (Cambodia/USA) – director: Polen Ly; producer: Daniel Mattes (2^nd feature)

SECRET OF A MOUNTAIN SERPENT (India) – director: Nidhi Saxena; producer: Vimukthi Jayasundara (2^nd feature)

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 82^nd Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia 2025.

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Biennale College Cinema, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, is supported by the Ministry of Culture – General Directorate Cinema with the additional support of Chanel. 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, the Head of Programme is Savina Neirotti.