Biennale College Cinema is a project by La Biennale di Venezia promoting new talents and offering them the opportunity to work with masters for making new micro-budget feature films. Since the first edition in 2012, 68 features by emerging filmmakers have been made, after a selection of over 2700 applications submitted from all over the world.
Biennale College Cinema
2023 - 2024
THE FISHERMAN (105’)
director Zoey Martinson; producers Kofi Owusu Afriyie, Korey Jackson
JANUÁR 2 (87’)
director Zsófia Szilágyi; producers Dóra Csernátony, Lili Horvát
IL MIO COMPLEANNO (92’)
director Christian Filippi; producer Leonardo Baraldi
MEDOVYI MISIATS (Honeymoon) (84’)
director Zhanna Ozirna; producer Dmytro Sukhanov
Biennale College Cinema - Venice Immersive
BELOW DECK (23’)
directors Martina Mahlknecht, Martin Prinoth; producers Martina Mahlknecht, Martin Prinoth
DUCHAMPIANA (10’)
director Lilian Hess; producers Sarah Arnaud, Kathrin Brunner, Oliver Czeslik
EARTHS TO COME (30’)
director Rose Bond; producers Rose Bond, Melanie Coombs
ECHOS OF ASH VALLEY (17’)
director Shu Zhu; producers Shu Zhu, Sultan Pirzhan; Zemo Zheng, Jonathan Warner; Carsten Becker; Bee Davies, Brielle Yuke Li, Fanfan Zhou, Coco Xiong, Julian Reeves, Rae Chen
GARDEN ALCHEMY (45’)
directors Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot; producers Peter Fisher, Simon Lajboschitz, Kathrine Fremming, Maria Høeberg Madsen, Berfin Gurini / The Animation Workshop / VIA University College (Jakob Borritz Sabra), TinDrum Production (Michelle Kranot), Art of Listening (Sarah John, Sara Topsøe-Jensen)
THE GOSSIPS’ CHRONICLES (30’)
director Corinne Mazzoli; producer Marta Bianchi
SOMEWHERE UNKNOWN IN INDOCHINA (38’)
director Asio Chihsiung Liu, Feng Ting Tsou; producers Mimeo Films, Sequels Production Demute, Hzalyzer Sound, GV Studio Anonymous, Great Things Studios, Chin-Hsuan Sung
Biennale College Cinema
2022 - 2023
LUMBRENSUEÑO (80’)
director José Pablo Escamilla; producer Diandra Arriaga
L’ANNO DELL’UOVO (84’)
director Claudio Casale; producers Matteo Pianezzi, Corso Codecasa, Francesca Vargiu
ÁRNI (103’)
director Dorka Vermes; producer Balázs Zachar
Biennale College Cinema - Venice Immersive
FIRST DAY (20’)
director Valeriy Korshunov; producers Svitlana Korshunova, Valeriy Korshunov
ORIGEN (30’)
director Emilia Sánchez Chiquetti; producers Presencias (Emilia Sánchez Chiquetti), Doinmedia, Viartualmente Figitlab
TALES OF THE MARCH (15’)
director Stefano Casertano; producers Stefano Casertano, Tim Deussen
A VOCAL LANDSCAPE (15’)
directors Anne Jeppesen, Omid Zarei; producers Anne Jeppesen, Omid Zarei, Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studio, Epic Games
HUMAN VIOLINS - PRELUDE (20’)
director Ioana Mischie; producers Storyscapes (Ioana Mischie), Daprod (Jeremy Sahel, Cyril Gautier), Studioset (Sorin Baican, Simona Macarie), Noe-Fi Studios (Vikram Jotwani)
QUEER UTOPIA: ACT I CRUISING (25’)
director Lui Avallos; producers Lui Avallos, Rodrigo Moreira
Biennale College Cinema
2021 - 2022
BANU (90’)
director Tahmina Rafaella; producer Katayoon Shahabi
COME LE TARTARUGHE (80’)
director Monica Dugo; producer Cinzia Rutson
GORNYI LUK (MOUNTAIN ONION) (90’)
director Eldar Shibanov; producers Yuliya Levitskaya, Dias Shibanov
PALIMPSEST (109’)
director Hanna Västinsalo; producer Cyril Jacob Abraham
Biennale College Cinema - Venice Immersive
CHROMA 11 (30’)
director Tsang Tsui-Shan; producers Kattie Fan, Teresa Kwong
ELELE (6’)
director Sjoerd van Acker; producers Firat Sezgin, Ecegül Bayram
MONO (14’)
director Chiara Troisi; producers Federico Lagna, Alice Drago, Matteo Fresi
Biennale College Cinema
2020 - 2021
AL ORIENTE (100’)
director José María Avilés; producer Julieta Juncadella
LA TANA (88’)
director Beatrice Baldacci; producer Aurora Alma Bartiromo
NUESTROS DÍAS MÁS FELICES (100’)
director Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière; producer Laura Mara Tablón
LA SANTA PICCOLA (97’)
director Silvia Brunelli; producers Valentina Quarantini, Marco Luca Cattaneo
THE CATHEDRAL (87’)
director Ricky D'Ambrose; producer Graham Swon
MON PÈRE, LE DIABLE (107’)
director Ellie Foumbi; producer Ellie Foumbi, Joseph Mastantuono
Biennale College Cinema VR
LAVRYNTHOS (16’)
directors Fabito Rychter, Amir Admoni; producer Fabito Rychter
Biennale College Cinema
2019 - 2020
EL ARTE DE VOLVER (91’)
director Pedro Collantes; producer Daniel Remón
FUCKING WITH NOBODY (105’)
director Hannaleena Hauru; producers Emilia Haukka, Jussi Rantamäki
The Sound of Light - Director: Julietta Boscolo. Producers: Grayson Propst, Linda Micsko
La santa piccola - Director: Silvia Brunelli. Producer: Francesca Maria Scanu
La calle pura - Director: Alfredo Chiarappa. Producer: Angelo Rocco Troiano
The Wizard Of Fake - Director: Stefano Etter. Producer: Mattia De Marco
Mon père, le Diable - Director: Ellie Foumbi. Producer: Joseph Mastantuono
Babado - Director: Camila Freitas. Producer: Pedro Fernandes Duarte
Good Job - Director: Shen Di. Producer: Lizhi Chen
Housekeeping for Beginners -Director: Goran Stoleviski. Producer: Marija Dimitrova
Violenta - Director: Juan-Carlos Zaldivar. Producer: Shaz Bennet
The Plant Under The Wild Land - Director: Diego Zon. Producer: Ana Viegas
Biennale College Cinema - Virtual Reality
MEET MORTAZA VR (13’)
director Joséphine Derobe; producers Oriane Hurard, Quentin Noirfalisse
VAJONT (25’)
director Iolanda Di Bonaventura; producer Saverio Trapasso
IL DUBBIO, Episodio 1 (7’)
director Matteo Lonardi; producer Francesco Lonardi
QUEERSKINS: ARK (17’)
directors Illya Szilak, Cyril Tsiboulski; producer IntelStudios
Biennale College Cinema
2018 - 2019
THE END OF LOVE (90’)
director Keren Ben Rafael; producer Delphine Benroubi
LESSONS OF LOVE (79’)
director Chiara Campara; producers Damiano Ticconi, Tancredi Campello
THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT’S A RESURRECTION (120’)
director Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese; producers Cait Pansegrouw, Elias Ribeiro
Marwell -director: Benjamin Bee, producer: Maria Caruana Galizia
Where Were We? - director: Tetsuya Tomina, producer: Mina Hatanaka
Replaceable - director: Dániel Reich, producer: Balázs Lóth
False Positive - director: Kasia Płazińska, producer: Kamil Skałkowski
The Properties of Metals - director: Antonio Bigini, producer: Claudio Giapponesi
Those Who Whistle after Dark - director: Pinar Yorgancioglu, producer: Sarah Seulki Oh
The Naked Woman - director: Allie Avital, producer: Meghan Doherty
Perros - director: Vinko Tomicic, producer: Álvaro Manzano
Hominarius - director: Federico Lagna, producer: Alice Drago
Biennale College Cinema - Virtual Reality
FEATHER (12’)
director Keisuke Itoh; producers Katsutoshi Machiba, Tetsuya Ohashi
SUBLIMATION (15’)
directors Karolina Markiewicz, Pascal Piron; producers Astrid Kahmke, Sönke Kirchhof
WHISPERS (21’)
directors Jacek Nagłowski, Patryk Jordanowicz; producer Jacek Nagłowski
Biennale College Cinema
2017 - 2018
ZEN SUL GHIACCIO SOTTILE (90’)
director Margherita Ferri; producers Chiara Galloni, Ivan Olgiati
DEVA (76’)
director Petra Szőcs; producer Péter Fülöp
YUVA (119’)
director Emre Yeksan; producer Anna Maria Aslanoğlu
Biennale College Cinema - Virtual Reality
IN THE CAVE (15’)
director Ivan Gergolet; producer Antonio Giacomin
ELEGY (30’)
director Marc Guidoni; producer Joanna Szybist
METRO VEINTE: CITA CIEGA (16’)
director María Belén Poncio; producer Guillermo Mena
SELYATAĞI (FLOOD PLAIN) (11’)
director Deniz Tortum; producer Anna Maria Aslanoğlu
Biennale College Cinema
2016 - 2017
BEAUTIFUL THINGS (94’)
director Giorgio Ferrero; producer Federico Biasin
MARTYR (80’)
director Mazen Khaled; producer Diala Kachmar
STRANGE COLOURS (85’)
director Alena Lodkina; producers Kate Laurie, Isaac Wall
Biennale College Cinema - Virtual Reality
CHROMATICA (17’)
director Flavio Costa; producer Laura Catalano
ON/OFF (11’)
directors Camille Duvelleroy, Isabelle Foucrier; producer Laurent Duret
DENOISE (12’)
director Giorgio Ferrero; producer Federico Biasin
Biennale College Cinema
2015 - 2016
ORECCHIE (90’)
director Alessandro Aronadio; producer Costanza Coldagelli
MUKTI BHAWAN (HOTEL SALVATION) (102’)
director Shubhashish Bhutiani; producer Sanjay Bhutiani
UNA HERMANA (68’)
director Sofía Brockenshire; producer Verena Kuri
LA SOLEDAD (89’)
director Jorge Thielen Armand; producers Adriana Herrera, Manon Ardisson
Biennale College Cinema
2014 - 2015
BABY BUMP (89’)
director Kuba Czekaj; producer Magdalena Kaminska
BLANKA (75’)
director Kohki Hasei; producer Flaminio Zadra
THE FITS (71’)
director Anna Rose Holmer; producer Lisa Kjerulff
Biennale College Cinema
2013 - 2014
H. (93’)
directors Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia; producers Shruti Ganguly, Pierce Varous
SHORT SKIN (83’)
director Duccio Chiarini; producer Babak Jalali
BLOOD CELLS (86’)
directors Luke Seomore, Joseph Bull; producers Samm Haillay, Ben Young
Biennale College Cinema
2012 - 2013
YURI ESPOSITO (73’)
director Alessio Fava; producer Max Chicco
MEMPHIS (84’)
director Tim Sutton; producer John Baker
MARY IS HAPPY, MARY IS HAPPY (125’)
director Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit; producer Aditya Assarat