FINAL CUT IN VENICE AWARDS 2022 
 

VENICE GAP- FINANCING MARKET

More than 244 projects were submitted to the pre-selection of the Venice Gap Financing Market (238 in 2021) directed by 265 filmmakers, including 108 by female directors and 157 by male directors.
49 projects directed by 52 filmmakers were selected, of which 33 Fiction and Documentary and 16 VR Immersive Story projects. Out of these 23 by female directors and 29 by male directors.

The 49 Fiction and Documentary and Immersive Story projects, plus 11 Biennale College VR and 3 Biennale College Cinema projects, including the projects in the framework of France in Focus supported by UNIFRANCE and Taipei in Focus  supported by TAICCA, were presented across 3 days and 1074 one-to-one meetings have been organised  (949 in 2021).

BOOK ADAPTATION RIGHTS MARKET

31 publishers,  including the projects in the framework of Taipei in Focus  supported by TAICCA, participated in the 7^th edition of the Book Adaptation Rights Market (26 in 2021). A total of 450 one-to-one meetings (415 in 2021) were organised with producers for the adaptation from page to the screen of literary rights.
Moreover we have add our own focus and this year, we have explored an unvaluable source of adaptations in films, TV series, gaming and immersive contents: the Comics and the Graphic novels.

NOTABLE  DECISION MAKERS AT THE VPB

The VPB has once again welcomed a considerable number of key Industry players and decision makers in order to cover all the initiatives.

The professionals who participated in the one-to-one meetings of the Venice Gap-Financing Market, Book Adaptation Rights Market, Final Cut in Venice and Online VPB Market screenings were producers, distributors, financiers, institutions, broadcasters, sales agents, VR -Immersive experts from companies such as A24, Altitude Film Sales, Alpha Violet, Amazon Studios,  Arte France, Baobab Studios, Best Friend Forever, Bim Distribuzione, The Bureau Film Sales, Cattleya, Cofilloisirs, Curzon Artificial Eye, Diaphana,  Epic Games, Fandango, Film4, Films Boutique, Film Movement, Focus Features, Gutek Film, Hanway, HTC, Ingenious Media Investments, Les Films Du Losange, Le Pacte, LevelK, Lionsgate, Lucky Red, The Match Factory, Memento Films Distribution, Meta, MGM, MK2, MUBI, New Europe Film Sales, Netflix, Oculus VR, Orange, Playtime, Pluto Film, Protagonist Pictures, Pyramide International, Rai Cinema, Natexis/Coficiné, Sandman Studios,  Strand Releasing, StudioCanal UK; Sky Italia, Studio Canal, TAICCA, The Walt Disney Company, True Colours, UGC, Unifrance, Warner Bros., Wide, Wild Bunch, ZDF Enterprises.

These were joined by representatives from major festivals, markets and institutions, such as Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Bankside Films, Buenos Aires International Film Festival (BAFICI), Berlinale, British Film Insitute,  BFI: Flare, Cannes Film Festival, Edinburgh Film Festival, El Gouna Film Festival, European Film Market, Eye Film Museum, Doha Film Insitute,  IDFA, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Internationale Münchner Filmwochen, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Istituto Luce, Jeonju International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Luxembourg Film Fund, Marrakech Film Festival, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, MoMA, Museo Nazionale del Cinema, NFDC – National Film Development Corporation,  Netherlands Film Fund, New Zealand International Film Festival, Quinzaine des Realisateurs, Red Sea International Film Festival, Sodec, Sundance, SXSW, San Sebastian Film Festival, Sandbox Immersive Festival, StoryFutures Academy, TAICCA, The Gotham, Torino Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival,  Viennale, Wallimage amongst many others.