The third edition of the FINAL CUT IN VENICE workshop will take place from September 7th to September 8th, 2015 during the Venice Film Market of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival (Venice Lido, 2nd – 12th September 2015).
The Festival’s purpose is to provide concrete assistance in the completion of films from Africa and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria; and to offer producers and directors an opportunity to present films still in the production phase to international film professionals and distributors in order to facilitate post-production and promote co-production partnerships and market access.
3.1 Workshop
The workshop consists in two days of activities, in which the working copies of a maximum of six selected films (see articles 5 and 6) are presented to producers, buyers, distributors and film festival programmers. Networking, encounters and meetings will allow directors and producers to interact directly with the workshop participants.
3.2 Screenings
The workshop also includes screenings of material of the selected films in the presence of the directors and producers. Only accredited sector professionals will be allowed to attend the screenings: producers, distributors, operators, buyers, festival programmers, representatives of the institutions and others invited in advance by the Festival management.
4. PRIZES
The workshop will conclude with the awarding of prizes, in kind or in cash, for the financial support of the films in their post-production phase:
· up to 50 hours of work (technician included), for a commercial value of € 15,000 for colour correction of a feature-length film offered by Laser Film (Rome);
· a discount of € 15,000 offered by Mactari Mixing Auditorium (Paris) for the sound mixing;
· € 5,000 for the purchase of two-year broadcasting rights by Rai Cinema;
· € 10,000 for the cost of post-production in France, offered by CNC – Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (Paris);
· up to € 10,000 for visual effects and special effects offered by Knightworks;
· up to € 10,000 for digital color correction , a master DCP and French subtitles, offered by Titra TVS (Paris)
· up to € 6,000 for the production of the DCP master and the Italian or English subtitles, offered by Sub-Ti Ltd. (London).
· € 5,000 reimbursement of expenses for post-production offered by the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) to an African or Arabian film from a country member of the La Francophonie.
· a 35mm print (without subtitles) or a share in the production costs of a DCP for a value of € 1,500, offered by the Festival International du Film d’Amiens;
· a 35mm print (without subtitles) or a share in the production costs of a DCP for a value of € 1,500, offered by the Festival International de Films de Fribourg;
The prizes will be awarded by final and irrevocable decision on the part of the Festival Director, in conjunction with the project partners, the heads of the institutions, and the service companies providing the awarded prizes.
