{"id":6157,"date":"2018-10-15T18:53:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T16:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.queerlion.it\/?p=6157"},"modified":"2018-12-11T17:38:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T16:38:30","slug":"la-biennale-di-venezia-7th-edition-of-the-biennale-college-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.queerlion.it\/en\/la-biennale-di-venezia-7th-edition-of-the-biennale-college-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy, La Biennale di Venezia: 7th edition of the Biennale College"},"content":{"rendered":"
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La Biennale di Venezia\u00a0<\/strong>announces the\u00a0presentation\u00a0<\/strong>of the\u00a012 projects\u00a0<\/strong>that participated\u00a0in the first workshop of the\u00a07th<\/sup>\u00a0Biennale College \u2013 Cinema (2018\/2019)\u00a0<\/strong>in Venice from the 6th<\/sup>\u00a0to the 15th<\/sup>\u00a0of October 2018. The event, which took place on\u00a0Monday<\/strong>\u00a0October 15th<\/sup>\u00a02018\u00a0<\/strong>in Venice\u00a0<\/strong>at the\u00a0Biennale headquarters\u00a0at\u00a0Ca’ Giustinian,\u00a0<\/b>was\u00a0<\/b>introduced by President\u00a0Paolo Baratta\u00a0<\/strong>and the Director of the Cinema Department\u00a0Alberto Barbera<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Biennale College \u2013 Cinema<\/strong>
\nThis is the programme by\u00a0La<\/strong>\u00a0Biennale di Venezia\u00a0<\/strong>that cultivate young talents by offering them the opportunity to work side by side with the masters, to make feature-length micro-budget films. The\u00a0Biennale College\u00a0<\/strong>is an innovative and complex experience that engages every Department of La Biennale di Venezia.<\/p>\n

The international Calls \u00a0of the 7th<\/sup>\u00a0edition<\/strong>
\nOf the 12 projects, 9 have been selected from the\u00a0Biennale College Cinema \u2013 International\u00a0<\/strong>call,\u00a0and 3 from the Call of\u00a0Biennale College Cinema \u2013 Italia.\u00a0<\/strong>The Call for the latter was launched on February\u00a020th<\/sup>, the international call on May 8th<\/sup>.\u00a0A total of\u00a0190<\/strong>\u00a0applications<\/strong>\u00a0were submitted. Overall, in the course of the 7 editions of the\u00a0Biennale College \u2013 Cinema<\/strong>,\u00a01.640<\/strong>\u00a0applications\u00a0<\/strong>have been received from every corner of the world.<\/p>\n

The first workshop of the 7th<\/sup>\u00a0edition<\/strong>
\nThe 12 teams that submitted the\u00a0selected<\/strong>\u00a0projects (consisting of a director and a producer), from\u00a0Bolivia<\/strong>,\u00a0Chile<\/strong>,\u00a0France<\/strong>,\u00a0Great Britain<\/strong>,\u00a0Hungary<\/strong>,\u00a0Israel<\/strong>,\u00a0Italy<\/strong>,\u00a0Japan<\/strong>,\u00a0Poland<\/strong>,\u00a0South<\/strong>\u00a0Africa<\/strong>,\u00a0South Korea<\/strong>,\u00a0Turkey<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0United States<\/strong>,\u00a0participated\u00a0in a preliminary workshop that was\u00a0held in Venice\u00a0from the 6th<\/sup>\u00a0to the 15th<\/sup>\u00a0of October 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presentation of the 12 projects of the 7th<\/sup>\u00a0edition<\/strong>
\nIn a working session from\u00a0at\u00a03 pm to 6 pm\u00a0<\/strong>on\u00a0Monday October 15th<\/sup><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>the\u00a012 teams will present their projects<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>offering a brief description of various aspects involved in the creation of their stories, their personal careers, their special influences and their vision of cinema.<\/p>\n

Selection of 3 projects to make three feature-length films<\/strong>
\nFollowing this presentation,\u00a03 teams\u00a0<\/strong>only\u00a0<\/strong>will be invited to attend\u00a0two additional workshops<\/strong>, also to be held in Venice, from December 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0through 6th\u00a0<\/sup>2018 and from January 11th\u00a0<\/sup>through 15th\u00a0<\/sup>2018, following which they will begin production on 3 feature-length films (debut or sophomore films) of which one will be Italian. The films will be low-cost, supported by a grant of 150 thousand euro, and will subsequently be presented at the\u00a076th<\/sup>\u00a0Venice International Film Festival\u00a0<\/strong>in\u00a02019<\/strong>.\u00a0The other 9 projects that are not selected will however be assisted and supervised.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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THE 12 PROJECTS<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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Hominarius\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>–\u00a0Federico Lagna\u00a0<\/strong>(director, Italy)\u00a0|\u00a0<\/em>Alice Drago\u00a0<\/strong>(producer, Italy)<\/p>\n

Lucio is a werewolf: he lives like a voluntary prisoner with the innkeeper Pietro who tamed him. Everything changes when a prostitute named Aminah wants to hand Lucio a key.<\/em><\/p>\n

False Positive\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>–\u00a0<\/em>Kasia Plazinska<\/strong>\u00a0(director, Poland)\u00a0|\u00a0<\/em>Kamil Skalkowski\u200b\u00a0<\/strong>(producer, Poland)<\/p>\n

The life of a successful professional David is shattered by small and large apocalypses.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Marwell\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>–\u00a0Benjamin Bee\u00a0<\/strong>(director, UK)\u00a0|\u00a0<\/em>Maria Caruana Galizia<\/strong>\u00a0<\/b>(producer, UK)<\/p>\n

If you don’t have any positive role models, sometimes you have to become your own\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

This Is Not A Burial, It\u2019s A Resurrection<\/b><\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>–\u00a0Jeremiah Mosese<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(director, South Africa) |\u00a0Cait Pansegrow<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Bongiwe Selane<\/strong>\u00a0(producers, South Africa)<\/p>\n

Amongst the pythonic mountains of land-locked Lesotho, an elderly\u00a0widow winds up her earthly affairs and prepares to die. When her village is threated with forced resettlement, she finds a new will to live and in the final dramatic moments of her life, her legend is forged and made eternal.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lessons of Love\u00a0–\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Chiara Campara\u00a0<\/strong>(director, Italy)\u00a0| Tancredi Campello\u00a0<\/strong>(producer, Italy)<\/p>\n

Yuri is thirty years old and has never had a partner. He is the eldest son of the only cattle farmer left in a remote mountain village, and he has not resigned himself to his solitary life. In a short span of time, he will have to deal with new personal relationships and make some important decisions about his future, which he can no longer\u00a0postpone.<\/em><\/p>\n

Replaceable\u00a0–\u00a0<\/em>D\u00e1niel Reich<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(director, Hungary)\u00a0| Bal\u00e1zs L\u00f3th<\/strong>\u00a0(producer, Hungary)<\/p>\n

An anxious actor who shies away from human conflict has been working a special job: to play family members of strangers in faked, but joy-inducing life situations. After a baffling meeting with a woman from his past he decides to face his demons and start a new life.<\/em><\/p>\n

The End of Love\u00a0<\/em>– Keren Ben Rafael<\/strong>\u00a0(director, Israel)\u00a0| Delphine Benroubi\u200b<\/strong>\u00a0(producer, France)<\/p>\n

In the beginning, they made love even though they lived in different countries, but as time passed, their intimacy was killed. At the end, they fall in love for the first time.\u200b \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Where Were We? –\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Tetsuya Tomina\u00a0<\/strong>(director, Japan)\u00a0| Mina Hatanaka<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(producer, Japan)<\/p>\n

Are we seen\u2026 or unseen by you?<\/em><\/p>\n

The Properties of Metals<\/b><\/em>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/em>Antonio Bigini\u00a0<\/strong>(director, Italy)\u00a0| Claudio Giapponesi\u00a0<\/strong>(producer, Italy)<\/p>\n

A small mountain village in 1970s Italy. Pietro, a child raised by his widower father, a surly man with money problems, begins to manifest mysterious powers: he can bend metal simply by touching it. A parapsychologist begins to study\u00a0him.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Naked Woman –\u00a0<\/em>Allie Avital<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(director, USA)\u00a0| Meghan Doherty<\/strong>\u00a0(producer, USA)<\/p>\n

After her father witnesses a mysterious crime during a family gathering, a young immigrant woman\u2019s notion of masculinity is challenged.<\/em><\/p>\n

Perros –\u00a0<\/em>Vinko Tomicic<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(director, Chile)\u00a0| Alvaro Manzano\u00a0<\/strong>(producer, Bolivia)<\/p>\n

Martin, a 14-year-old shoeshine boy from La Paz who has lived his entire\u00a0life in the streets, begins to suspect that one of his best clients is his father,\u00a0Mr. Novoa, a lonely tailor whose only emotional bond is his dog. Martin, anguished by this presentiment, devises a plan to kidnap the dog.<\/em><\/p>\n

Those Who Whistle After Dark<\/i>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/em>Pinar Yorgancioglu<\/strong>\u00a0(director, Turkey)\u00a0| Sarah Seulki Oh<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(producer, South Korea)<\/p>\n

An encounter with a skeptical angel burdens recently retired Melih with an existential awakening. Can he and his family survive this curse together?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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THE FIRST WORKSHOP<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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Teamwork, plenary classes, individual sessions and exchanges of ideas: this was the programme of the first workshop of the\u00a07th<\/sup>\u00a0edition of the Biennale College –\u00a0<\/strong>Cinema<\/strong>, which was held at San Servolo (Venice) from October 6th<\/sup>\u00a0through 15th<\/sup>, curated by\u00a0Alberto Barbera\u00a0<\/strong>and the Team of the\u00a0Biennale College \u2013 Cinema\u00a0<\/strong>(Savina Neirotti<\/strong>, Head of Programme).<\/p>\n

The 12 project teams worked closely with leading figures in international and Italian independent cinema. The goal was to discuss their projects and the experiences of low-budget filmmaking, meeting directly with the tutors and with the other teams.<\/p>\n

Depending on their role, the tutors and consultants were given specific assignments and worked in different ways with the teams as a whole:<\/p>\n

Group Leaders: Michele Turnure Salleo, Titus Kreyenberg, Scott Macaulay<\/strong>
\nEach of them coordinated the work of a group that included 4 different projects, working with the group as a whole, or directly with the individual teams assigned to them. Each group discussed the aspects of their own project in detail, making and receiving suggestions from the other teams, and putting together all the ideas that came up in the other sessions.<\/p>\n

Producer Consultants: Amra Baksic Camo, Agustina Chiarino, Samm Haillay<\/strong>
\nThe production issues for each project were discussed, taking advantage of each group\u2019s capabilities and understandings to share experiences and best practices in micro-budget filmmaking.<\/p>\n

Script Consultants: Eilon Ratzkovsky, Ossi Nishri, Francoise Von Roy<\/strong>
\nEach script consultant worked with 4 dedicated projects throughout the entire workshop and coached the teams in writing the step outline first and then the screenplay.<\/p>\n

2 Experts: Paul Tyler and Alec Von Bargen<\/strong>
\nBoth advisors concentrated on the visual aspects of the projects. Paul Tyler led an individual workshop with each team, the purpose of which was to build their projects as effectively as possible. Alec Von Bargen brought the participants his experience as an artist; he held individual sessions with each team, which helped them find the central visual theme for their project.<\/p>\n

Pitching Trainer: Stefano Tealdi<\/strong>
\nIn group and plenary sessions, the teams were assisted in developing a public presentation of their project, learning to describe the core of the project.<\/p>\n

Specifically, the workshop programme was divided into several different activities, in which the teams worked in groups or together:<\/p>\n

– Group sessions:\u00a0<\/strong>three groups in all, consisting in four projects each.<\/p>\n

– Team sessions:\u00a0<\/strong>with the assigned tutor; with each tutor individually and with the three tutors together;<\/p>\n

–<\/strong>\u00a0Case studies and lectures:\u00a0<\/strong>plenary sessions for all participants.<\/p>\n

–<\/strong>\u00a0Individual meetings with the tutor of a different group:<\/strong>\u00a0each team was given the possibility of getting feedback from tutors assigned to a different group.<\/p>\n

– Writing:\u00a0<\/strong>opportunity for individual work or discussion within each single team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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THE INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0Biennale College \u2013 Cinema<\/b>, organized by\u00a0La<\/strong>\u00a0Biennale di Venezia<\/b>, enjoys the support of the\u00a0Ministry for the Cultural Heritage and Activities \u2013 General Direction Cinema<\/b>.\u00a0<\/b>It is sponsored by the\u00a0Universit\u00e0 Telematica Pegaso<\/strong>.\u00a0Cond\u00e9 Nast\u00a0<\/strong>sustains the project.\u00a0Biennale College \u2013 Cinema\u00a0<\/b>relies on the academic collaboration with\u00a0IFP in New York\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<\/b>the\u00a0TorinoFilmLab<\/b>.\u00a0<\/b>The Director is\u00a0Alberto Barbera<\/b>, Head of Programme is\u00a0Savina Neirotti<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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THE EDITIONS 2012 – 2018<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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So far\u00a019 feature-length films<\/strong>\u00a0have been made during the\u00a0first (2012\/2013), second (2013\/2014), third (2014\/2015), fourth (2015\/2016)\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0fifth (2016\/17) and sixth (2017-18) editions\u00a0<\/strong>of the\u00a0Biennale College \u2013 Cinema<\/strong>, and screened as world premieres respectively at the\u00a070th<\/sup>\u00a0Venice International Film Festival\u00a0<\/strong>2013, at the\u00a071st<\/sup>\u00a0Venice International Film Festival\u00a0<\/strong>2014, at the\u00a072nd<\/sup>Venice International Film Festival\u00a0<\/strong>2015, at the\u00a073rd<\/sup>\u00a0Venice International Film Festival\u00a0<\/strong>2016, at the\u00a074th<\/sup>\u00a0Venice International Film Festival,\u00a0<\/strong>at the\u00a075th<\/sup>Venice International Film Festival<\/strong>\u00a0and later at other festivals, winning many awards and receiving excellent critical reviews.<\/p>\n