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The second edition of the Venice Production Bridge focused on the presentation and exchange of original projects

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31 Aug – 5 Sept, 2017   The Venice Production Bridge comprises the Venice Gap Financing Market, the workshop Final Cut in Venice, the Book Adaptation Rights Market, the European Film Forum, Networking Sessions and Panels, as well as an Exhibition Area, and much more. The Venice Production Bridge will be held dur...
 

VPB Program September 5 Final Day

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09:30FINAL CUT IN VENICE – Work in progress screenings Palazzo del Cinema / Sala Pasinetti + 09:30VPB Market Screening - (FINAL CUT IN VENICE) DIE STROPERS / THE HARVESTERS Palazzo del Cinema / Sala Pasinetti + 10:00VPB Market Screening - PRIVATE SCREENING – Proxima Palazzo del Casinò / Sala Casinò + 11:40VPB Market Screening - (FINAL CUT IN VENICE) INDIVISION / JOINT POSSESSION ...
 
 

Viva Vivaldi don't miss this immersive experience with mapping, surround sound next to San Marco

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    For the first time in Venice, The Four Seasons Mystery offers the visitors a new way to experience art. A unique show telling the story of the renowned Venetian composer using the newest technologies, just a few steps away from the Basilica di S.Marco.  Video mapping, large HD images combine with surround sound and special scent effects: this amazing, emotional experience will...
 

SUBURBICON at Venezia and Two Restored Classics - reviewed

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by Aessandro D. George Clooney has outdone himself with a superb satire of middle America suburbia in 1959.  But there are resonances of relevance to the America of today as well.. Matt Damon all but unrecognizable except for the nose disappears into the skin of a pudgy middle class middle American psychopath on a murderous death insurance scam in cahoots with sister-in-law Julianne Moore, as true to life as ever. Best scene of many good ones cleverly linked together is the unw...
 

Tsai Ming-liang presents his latest VR Film The Deserted in Venice with an installation and a reception

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Well-known director Mr. Tsai Ming-liang, co-produced by Jaunt China and HTC VIVE, brought the firts VR feature from Cina in Venice "The Deserted," with a chinese nametranslating as  "Home at Lanre Temple".  The film was shot with Jaunt ONE and Jaunt Cloud Render System for post processing. Mr. James Fong, the CEO of Jaunt China, said, "'The Deserted' is the first VR project of which Jaunt China participated in the production. It's a great h...
 

Keynote speech by Erik Barmack Vice President, Netflix

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Netflix Erik Barmack announced their intention to start 20 to 25 shows per year in Europe, plus a few more in the UK, with a specific liking for hybrid content. Netflix is proud to not be identified with one single identity. ...
 

VPB Program September 4 Future of MEDIA...

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09:30FINAL CUT IN VENICE – Work in progress screenings Palazzo del Cinema / Sala Pasinetti + 09:30VPB Market Screening - (FINAL CUT IN VENICE) OUR MADNESS Palazzo del Cinema / Sala Pasinetti + 10:00 EUROPEAN FILM FORUM (Second Part) Excelsior Hotel / Sala Stucchi Shaping together the MEDIA Programme of the future Introductory remarks by Roberto Viola (Director General for Telecommunications, Content and Technology, European Commissio...
 

VPB Program September 3 Netflix keynote, Film commissions panels, focus on China and more!

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09:00FINAL CUT IN VENICE 09:30BOOK ADAPTATION RIGHTS MARKET one-to-one meetings 09:30VENICE GAP-FINANCING MARKET one-to-one meetings 09:30VPB Market Screening - (FINAL CUT IN VENICE) A KASHA 09:30VPB Market Screening - PRIVATE SCREENING – New Europe Film Sales 10:00NETFLIX'S INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION STRATEGY 10:15ANICA INCONTRA – FOCUS CINA 11:00FILM COMMISSIONS PANEL ...
 
 

Lean On Pete by Andrew Haigh: Press Conference

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by Martin I. Petrov  One of the highlights of the competition at the 74th Venice Film Festival is definitely British director Andrew Haigh's new film 'Lean on Pete', starring young US talent Charlie Plummer alongside Chloe Savigny. The film tells the story of a 16 year old Charlie, who grows up with a single dad and yet in a relatively healthy family environment. One day he meets a local race horse owner, who happens to need an apprentice and Charlie soon becomes fascinated w...
 

Venice Production Bridge Opening Party at Excelsior

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Pascal Diot with AlbertoBarbera and Paolo Baratta ...
 

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Jane Fonda and Robert Redford Awards Ceremony

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Jane Fonda and Robert Redford are the recipients of the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement of the 74th Venice Film Festival 2017. The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta, upon recommendation of the Director of the Venice Film Festival, Alberto Barbera. The ceremony to award the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement will take place on Fr...
 

Suburbicon by George Clooney screens tonight

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Pitches of Virtual Reality Projects at the Venice Gap-Financing Market and the Publishers at the Book Adaptation Rights Market.

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September 1st, Excelsior/Spazio Incontri,  3rd floor   The Venice Production Bridge likes to remind you that tomorrow, September 1st,  the 7 Biennale College VR and the 10 VIrtual Reality and projects that will be presented at the Venice Gap-Financing Market and the 19 publishers who will present their catalogues at the Book Adaptation Rights Market, will hold their public pitches.  The Programme is as follows: ...
 
 

Slingshot Films in Venice

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WORLD PREMIERE MARTYR     MARTYR A film by Mazen Khaled WORLD PREMIERE 74 VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Biennale College ...
 

Argentina in Venice

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First edition of the New Media Funding Guide - Venice 2017.

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    Over the years, the Biennale’s Venice Production Bridge has become an important marketplace for new media projects and this year it has intensified its focus on VR Projects with several new initiatives. In this context, Olffi is happy to extend its partnership with the  Venice Production Bridge and  present to you the first edition of the New Media Funding Guide - Venice 2017. Coproduction ventures are becoming more and more necessary to finance ne...
 

VPB Program September 2 : Migrants in Italian Cinema...

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BOOK ADAPTATION RIGHTS MARKET one-to-one meetings Hotel Excelsior - Foyer + 09:30VENICE GAP-FINANCING MARKET one-to-one meetings Hotel Excelsior - Foyer and Sala Stucchi + 09:30VPB Market Screening - PRIVATE SCREENING – New Europe Film Sales Palazzo del Cinema / Sala Pasinetti + 10:15ANICA INCONTRA - FOCUS CINA Hotel Excelsior / Sala Tropicana + 10:30CICAE Conference:...
 
 

September in the rain at Venice 74

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By Alex Deleon  Yep, here I am at the Ostello on Giuddecca Island on September One. Swirling through the waters of Venice Lagoon on the way to town. Venice 74, the oldest of all film festivals (Launched under Il Duce, Benito Mussolini in 1936) opened two nights ago with the world premier of Alexander Payne's new sci-fi comedy "Downsizing", starring a beefier edition of Matt Damon and Saturday Night Live graduate, Kristen Wiig. Wiggy name, Norwegian b...
 

VPB Program September 1 Arab the new China for Europe?

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BOOK ADAPTATION RIGHTS MARKET one-to-one meetings Hotel Excelsior - Foyer + 09:30VENICE GAP-FINANCING MARKET one-to-one meetings Hotel Excelsior - Foyer and Sala Stucchi + 10:00ANICA INCONTRA - FOCUS CINA Hotel Excelsior / Sala Tropicana 10:00 – 13:00 Workshop: Keys to China: Audiovisual Market Overview & Essentials Strategies 10:00 – 10:35 How Co-Production Between the Italian & Chin...
 

VPB Program August 31 - opening day

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VPB Market Screening PRIVATE SCREENING - Wild Bunch Palazzo del Cinema / Sala Pasinetti + 14:00VPB Market Screening PRIVATE SCREENING - Celluloid Dreams Palazzo del Cinema / Sala Pasinetti + 15:00ANICA INCONTRA - FOCUS CINA Hotel Excelsior / Sala Tropicana + 16:00VPB Market Screening I LOVE GAI - Concorso per Giovani Autori Italiani 85' Palazzo del Cinema / Sala Pasinetti + 17:40VPB Ma...
 

Dailies from Venice - Opening issue

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  Filmfestivals.com partnered with The Venice Production Bridge to bring you these dailies and more extensive editorial coverage of the festival and industry events.   Read this online                  FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIAL NETWORKS:                     ASK US FOR EDITORIAL PROMO...
 

Nico, 1988 directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli opens the Orizzonti section

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World premiere on the afternoon of the Venice Film Festival’s opening day, Wednesday 30 August, in the Sala Darsena. Nico, 1988 directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli (Cosmonaut, Discovery at Dawn) will be the opening film of the Orizzonti section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival of the Biennale di Venezia (30 August – 9 September 2017), directed by Alberto Barbera, and organized by the Biennale chaired b...
 
 

The World Premiere Screening of Downsizing, directed by Alexander Payne, opens the Festival

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  Downsizing, directed by Alexander Payne (Sideways, The Descendants, Nebraska) starring Matt Damon,Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau and Kristen Wiig will be the opening film, in Competition, of the 74th Venice International Film Festival (30 August – 9 September 2017) directed by Alberto Barbera and organized by the Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta. Downsizing will be shown in its&nbs...
 

Films without sales representation in Venise

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Newly completed feature and medium length films, from the official line-up and the collateral sections of the festival, currently without world sales representation.  Synopsis supplied by current rights holders. In order of Programme Section: OUT OF COMPETITION IL SIGNOR ROTPETER / MR. ROTPETER 37’ Director: Antonietta De Lillo Country of Origin: Italy Production Company: marechiarofilm (Italy) Contact Person: Alice Mariani (marechiarofilm) Telephone: +39 3336888726 Email /...

 

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