Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality 2021

La Biennale di Venezia announces the 6th edition of Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality 2021-2022, a new open call for groups of creatives from the world of cinema, or from any artistic field, with the desire to explore the innovative potential of VR technology.
The call invests in the development and production of 6 Italian Virtual Reality projects, with a maximum duration of 30 minutes. The call is reserved exclusively for teams composed of a director and a producer, both Italian, who are able to range, through the skills acquired, and enrich themselves with new audio-visual stimuli.
Following different selections, the winning concept will be supported by the Biennale grant of € 60,000 and will be presented at the 79th Venice International Film Festival 2022.
To apply please present, among others, the following documents (in English):

– concept for a VR project (1 page, maximum 350 words or 1,800 characters)

– description of the VR project (5-10 pages, maximum 3,500 words or 18,000 characters)

– Director’s Vision represented by a Biennale/formulario mood board, a project-book (some pages of storyboard, color script, a series of drawings or photographs) or through a video (max. 3 minutes).

– biography and filmography of director and producer. The filmography must include the following information: title, year, duration, genre (VR, fiction, documentary), role inside of the production.

– confirmation of no previous financial support for the development and production of the project.

– list of programs and events in which the project was presented.

Application deadline: May 20, 2021.

To Apply: Biennale/application

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14/05/2021