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Biennale College Cinema: the new International and Immersive calls
The new Biennale College Cinema – International and Biennale College Cinema – Immersive call for applications are now available (open from 6 May to 7 July).
Biennale College Cinema 2025-2026
Biennale College Cinema is a strategic programme for training new filmmakers from all around the world. Biennale College fosters new talents, allowing them to work in contact with masters in order to develop “creations”.
The primary goal is to supplement the Venice International Film Festival with an advanced training workshop for the development and production of micro-budget audio-visual works, open to teams of directors and producers from around the world.
Biennale College Cinema, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, is supported by the Ministry of Culture – Directorate General Cinema with the additional support of Chanel.
The programme is held in academic collaboration with The Gotham Film & Media Institute in New York and the TorinoFilmLab.
Biennale College Cinema – International
The call is dedicated to teams of director and producer, from all over the world. Biennale College Cinema will select nine international micro-budget projects and their teams will be invited to participate in a 10-day workshop in Venice.
The challenge is to be able to create – at the end of a year-long series of activities that cover the entire spectrum of filmmaking including the conception, development, production, marketing, audience engagement, sales and distribution of films – up to 4 feature length micro-budget audio-visual works.
The call for applications is open from 6 May to 7 July 2025 (11:59 pm CET).
Get the call: Biennale College Cinema – International
Biennale College Cinema – Immersive
The call for applications is aimed at 12 immersive projects, among these 2 must be from Italy, of up to 30 minutes duration that can be made within € 75,000 and completed for exhibition at the Venice International Film Festival in 2026. It is essential that the projects submitted can only be realized using immersive technologies.
The call is open from 6 May to 7 July 2025 (11:59 pm CET) aimed at teams of director and producers from all over the world, both at their first, second or third immersive project.
Get the call: Biennale College Cinema – Immersive
