Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy won two awards at the 11. StarPics Thai Film Awards, organized by the Thai magazine Starpics Magazine. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit won the award for Best Director, and the movie won the award for Best Production Design as well. [...]
The 2014 Sundance Film Festival ends tomorrow, and the journey of Memphis has been overwhelming so far. Today, January 25th, there’s its last screening: we recall the journey of the movie from the premiere to the acquisition by Sundance Channel. [...]
While directors and producers were discussing with tutors about the main issues of their projects during the third and final workshop, the castings of Blood Cells, H. and Short Skin had already begun. Discover the actors and the secret of the castings of the three finalists of 2013/14 Biennale College - Cinema. [...]
The diary of the third and final workshop of 2013/14 Biennale College - Cinema, which started on January 11th 2014 and ends on January 15th. Discover all the activities, the case studies and everything you need to know about the film lab of the Venice Film Festival. [...]
Since its premiere at the 70. Venice International Film Festival on September 1st 2013, Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy has travelled the world attending festivals and gathering rave reviews from the international press. What is its secret? [...]
Significant international success has rewarded the 3 films of the first edition (2012-2013) of the Biennale College – Cinema, the brand-new higher-education training workshop for the development and production of micro-budget feature-length films. [...]
We’re extremely happy to announce that Memphis, finalist project of 2012/13 Biennale College – Cinema, will be part of the line-up of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival! The movie, directed by Tim Sutton (Pavilion) and produced by John Baker, has been selected for the NEXT section (which had movies like Computer Chess or Compliance the [...] [...]
After the first workshop for the 12 project-teams, 3 teams were selected for the final phase of Biennale College – Cinema. The teams behind Blood Cells, H. and Short Skin have been invited to attend a second workshop, which started on Wednesday 4th December 2013 in Venice. [...]
The diary of the first workshop of 2013/14 Biennale College - Cinema, which started on October 5th 2013. Discover all the activities, all the workshops, the case studies and everything you need to know about the film lab of the Venice Film Festival. [...]
Group work, sessions with script consultants, lectures, one-to-one sessions. This is the schedule of the first Biennale College - Cinema workshop, which started on October 5th, and will finish on the 14th with the presentation of the 12 projects at the Biennale. [...]
Just as the second edition of Biennale College - Cinema starts, 3 projects from the first edition have been invited to the 6th TorinoFilmLab Meeting Event at the end of November. [...]
Yuri Esposito premiered at the 70. Venice International Film Festival and gathered rave reviews both from the international press and the italian press. Read the full coverage from the festival. [...]
Could Biennale College - Cinema become a "Sundance in Venice"? American critics discuss with Savina Neirotti, Aditya Assarat, Tim Sutton and Alessio Fava about the project. [...]
Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy - World Premiere today Sunday September 1st, 2.00pm, Sala Perla. Everything you need to know about the film directed by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit and produced by Aditya Assarat. [...]
Memphis - World Premiere today Saturday 31st August, 2.30pm, Sala Perla. Everything you need to know about the film directed by Tim Sutton and produced by John Baker. [...]
Yuri Esposito - World Premiere today Friday 30th August, 2.30pm, Sala Perla. Everything you need to know about the film directed by Alessio Fava and produced by Max Chicco. [...]
The 70. Venice International Film Festival starts today, Wednesday 28th August 2013. 70 editions: a symbolic number that fits perfectly with the end of the first edition of Biennale College – Cinema. [...]
Fighting against time and adapting a Twitter account: interview with director Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit and producer Aditya Assarat, [...]
Knowing limitations and expectations to find authenticity e beauty: interview with director Tim Sutton and producer John Baker. [...]
Labour cost and a point of no return: an interview with director Alessio Fava and producer Max Chicco. [...]
The screening schedule, with times and venues, of the 3 films of 2012/13 Biennale College – Cinema. [...]
Caroline Oliveira, producer of Tramontane, project selected for the first workshop of 2012/13 Biennale College – Cinema, will participate in this year’s Creative Film Producing Initiatives of the Sundance Institute. [...]
The call for participation of the second edition of Biennale College – Cinema, launched online on Mat 8th, closed on July 10th 2013. The 12 projects selected for the first workshop will be announced during the 70th Venice International Film Festival. [...]
Last call! You have just few hours to complete your submission for the 2013/14 Biennale College – Cinema, the program for the development and production of micro-budget full-length feature films for emerging directors and producers from all over the world. [...]
You have just 1 days left to complete the submission for the second edition of the Biennale College – Cinema, the higher education workshop for the development and production of micro-budget full-length feature films for emerging directors and producers from all over the world. [...]
Dan Smyth and Marcie MacLellan are the director and producer of The Prefect, one of the two English projects selected for the first workshop of the first edition of Biennale College – Cinema. We caught up with for a chat. [...]
Take a look at the official trailer. [...]
There is still one week left to register for the second edition of the Biennale College – Cinema, the higher education workshop for the development and production of micro-budget full-length feature films for emerging directors and producers from all over the world. [...]
There are still 15 days left to register for the second edition of the Biennale College – Cinema, the higher education workshop for the development and production of micro-budget full-length feature films for emerging directors and producers from all over the world. [...]
We caught up with Mich’ael Zupraner and Naama Pyritz, director and producer of Abu Naim, one of two Israeli projects selected for the first workshop of the first edition of Biennale College – Cinema. [...]
Paul Schrader, scripwriter of Taxi Driver and director of American Gigolo, will chair the Orizzonti Jury at the 70th Venice Film Festival (28 August – 7 September). His latest feature film, The Canyons, will screen out of competition. [...]
Shireen Seno and John Torres are the director and the producer of Nervous Translation, project selected for the first workshop of the 2012/13 edition of Biennale College – Cinema. We had a chat with them about the experience of the workshop and their future. [...]
We caught up with Vatche Boulghourjian and Caroline Oliveira and had a chat about the experience of Biennale College - Cinema, focusing on how the first workshop helped them in developing Tramontane. [...]
The primary goal of Biennale College - Cinema is to supplement the Film Festival with an advanced training workshop for the development and production of micro-budget audio-visual works, open to up to 12 teams of directors and producers from around the world. [...]
After only 8 months from the launch of the first edition of Biennale College - Cinema in August 2012, we are pleased to launch the second Call for Applications on 8th May 2013. [...]
Jenna Cato Bass and David Horler are the director and the producer of Room 0, definitely one of the most challenging and curious of the projects selected for the first workshop of the first edition of Biennale College – Cinema. We had a little chat with them. [...]
Here we have some quotes the directors and producers who partecipated in the first workshop of the first edition of Biennale College – Cinema gave us: they recall their experience and explain the efforts and the incentives of the workshop. [...]
The second workshop of Biennale College - Cinema ended February 1st 2013. For ten days the teams behind Memphis, The Year of June and Yuri Esposito have been developing their movies in preparation for shooting and producing their feature films. [...]
The second workshop of Biennale College - Cinema ended February 1st 2013. For ten days the teams behind Memphis, The Year of June and Yuri Esposito have been developing their movies in preparation for shooting and producing their feature films. [...]
Biennale College - Cinema is both on Facebook and Twitter! Follow our official accounts to keep updated about the film lab in real time. [...]
Biennale College - Cinema is both on Facebook and Twitter! Follow our official accounts to keep updated about the film lab in real time. [...]
The teams behind Memphis, The Year of June and Yuri Esposito have been invited to attend a second ten-days workshop, which started on Monday 18th February 2013 in Venice. [...]
The teams behind Memphis, The Year of June and Yuri Esposito have been invited to attend a second ten-days workshop, which started on Monday 18th February 2013 in Venice. [...]
The selection has been made of the 3 projects that will proceed to the second phase of the Biennale College – Cinema, consisting in a workshop that will make it possible to actually make a mini-budget film, with funding of 150,000 euro each. [...]
The panel took place on Thursday 17th January in Venice, in the Biennale headquarters at Ca’ Giustinian. [...]
Producing and distributing a movie is not just about getting money from studios nowadays. And it’s not even only about getting money from people. Jon Reiss presents the newest ways of marketing feature films. [...]
Producer Nekisa Cooper has been the first guest lecturer during the first workshop, unveiling the production story of Pariah. [...]
Group work, sessions with script consultants, lectures, one-to-one sessions. This is the schedule of the first Biennale College - Cinema workshop, which started on the 7th January, and will finish on the 17th with the presentation of the 15 projects at the Biennale. [...]
The early results of Biennale College – Cinema are really interesting: there were many on line applications submitted by the 24th October 2012, the closing day of the International Call which began on the 30th August on the official Biennale di Venezia website. There were 433 projects participating in this challenge, and the 80% came [...] [...]