Final Cut in Venice, the project steered by Venice Production Bridge which, since 2013, has been supporting the post-production of films hailing from African countries, as well as from Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria, has announced the 8 titles selected for its 10th edition, which will unspool 3-5 September as part of the 79th Venice Film Festival.

The aim of the workshop is to provide an opportunity for the presentation of films which are still in the production phase to professionals working within the film industry, with a view to facilitating their post-production and helping them access the market.

The 10th edition of Final Cut in Venice will consist of three professional days on Venice’s Lido, during which working copies of the eight selected movies will be presented to producers, buyers, distributors, production companies and festival programmers. The first two days of the workshop (3 and 4 September) will be dedicated to screenings of these eight films, while a special schedule of one-to-one meetings will be organised between the selected projects and accredited professionals attending Venice Production Bridge on 5 September. The event will close with an awards ceremony whose prizes will consist of either services or cash aimed at supporting the films financially during the post-production phase.

The new brochure containing details of the selected projects can be accessed in the “VPB Programme 2022/Downloads” section of the Venice Production Bridge website, or by clicking here.

The 8 selected films in post-production (including two France in Focus works) are as follows:

Fiction films

Backstage [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
entrevista: Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil B…
ficha de la película] - Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane (Morocco/Belgium/France/Norway/Qatar/Tunisia)
Black Light - Karim Bensalah (France/Algeria/Qatar) (France in Focus)
Inshallah a Boy [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
ficha de la película] - Amjad Al Rasheed (Jordan/Egypt/Saudi Arabia/Qatar)

Documentaries

The Burden [+lee también:
crítica
ficha de la película] - Elvis Sabin Ngaïbino (Central African Republic/France/DRC Congo)
The Cemetery of Cinema [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
entrevista: Thierno Souleymane Diallo
ficha de la película] - Thierno Souleymane Diallo (France/Senegal/Guinea) (France in Focus)
A Fidai Film [+lee también:
crítica
entrevista: Kamal Aljafari
ficha de la película] - Kamal Aljafari (Germany/Palestine/Qatar)
The Brink of Dreams [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
entrevista: Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir
ficha de la película] - Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir (Egypt/France/Denmark)
Diaries from Lebanon [+lee también:
crítica
entrevista: Myriam El Hajj
ficha de la película] - Myriam El Hajj (Lebanon/France/Qatar)