Last call! Today, Wednesday July 10th 2013, is the last day to register and complete your 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. Organized by the Biennale di Venezia in partnership with Gucci, the project has enjoyed international success during its 2012/13 edition, which will end during the 70th Venice International Film Festival 2013 with the screenings of the three finalist feature films: Memphis (Usa), The Year of June (Thailand) e Yuri Esposito (Italy).

Biennale College – Cinema is a project open to teams formed by directors at their debut or second film, and producers who have completed at least 3 audiovisual products distributed and/or presented at festivals. The 2013/14 edition will select 12 projects that will be announced during the 70th Venice International Film Festival 2013. The 3 finalist projects, announced after an initial workshop to be held in Venice, will then be funded with a contribution of 150,000 euro each, and the 3 feature-length films will be presented at the 71st Venice Film Festival 2014.

The call for participation of the second edition, which has been online since May 8th, is closing today. So you have just few hours to participate: you can find all the complete texts and everything you need in the Edition 2013 area. Please read carefully the Presentation and the FAQs to be sure your project is eligible for the selection process. A useful tip: remember that you must be a team of one director and one producer. Now you can complete the registration process: are you up for the challenge?

Biennale College – Cinema, developed by the Biennale di Venezia in partnership with Gucci, is supported by the Ministry for the Cultural Heritage and Activities – General Direction Cinema, by the Regione del Veneto and – for the first time this year – by Eurasia IFF, Kazakhstan. Biennale College – Cinema, for the second year in a row, will rely on the academic collaboration of IFP in New York, and the collaboration of the Dubai International Film Festival and the TorinoFilmLab. Finally – also for the first time – a new collaboration is opening with the Busan International Film Festival. The Director is Alberto Barbera, the Head of Programme Savina Neirotti.