Calendar of events, presentations and talks

THURSDAY AUGUST 31^ST

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior. Beginning date of the VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE, which will continue until the 5^th of September.

Lazzaretto Vecchio Island, VR Theater. Beginning date of the VENICE VIRTUAL REALITY, which will continue untile the 5^th September. The International Jury of Venice Virtual Reality will award, with no ex aequo awards permitted, the following prizes to the 22 projects in competition: Best VR, Best VR Experience (for interactive content), Best VR Story (for linear content).

Lido di Venezia, Sala Casinò / Hotel Excelsior. I LOVE GAI – GIOVANI AUTORI ITALIANI CONTEST (August 31-September 1), second edition, conceived by the SIAE (Società Italiana Autori ed Editori), in partnership with Lightbox.

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, Sala Tropicana Conferenze, 3:00-4:30 pm. ANICA presents the masterclass “How to Be Universal Yet Remain Local – A Quest in Sino Co-Production Screenwriting” organized by Movie View.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1^ST

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, September 1-2-3, VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE. Venice Gap-Financing Market will offer the 47 selected European and International projects the opportunity to close their international financing during one-to-one meetings.

Lido di Venezia, Sala Poveglia, 9:30-12:30 am. Venice Gap-Financing Market, a public pitch of VR and TV series projects will take place.

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, Sala Tropicana Conferenze, 10:00-1:00 am. ANICA presents the workshop “Keys to China: Audiovisual Market Overview & Essentials Strategies”.

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, Spazio Incontri, 2:30-4:00 pm. Book Adaptation Rights Market, the 19 invited editors will hold a public pitch presenting their company, their backlist and frontlist titles.  

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, Sala Tropicana Conferenze, 3:00-5:00 pm. ANICA presents the forum “Finding Women’s Say in the Cinema” organized by Movie View.

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, Spazio Incontri, 4:00-6:00 pm. The Venice Production Bridge presents “How the Arab World can be the new China for the international cinema, especially Europe” in collaboration with Arab Cinema Center.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 2^ND

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, September 2-3, VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE. Book Adaptation Rights Market will offer 19 European and international publishers the opportunity to make deals around the adaptation of their works during one-to-one meetings.

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, Spazio Incontri, 10:30-12:00 am. CICAE presents “Women in the Film Industry”.

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, Sala Tropicana Conferenze, 10:30-12:30 am. ANICA presents the panel “Young Filmmakers Training Program” organized by Xinhuanet.

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, Sala Tropicana Conferenze, 1:30-3:30 pm. ANICA presents the panel “The Display and Promotion Activities of the Sino-Foreign Most Beautiful Shooting Location” organized by Xinhuanet.

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, Spazio Incontri, 2:00-4:00 pm. IL CINEMA MIGRANTE IN ITALIA, Premio Mutti-Amm 9^th edition awarding ceremony.

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, Spazio Incontri, 4:00-6:00 pm. ANICA presents the forum “China Europe Virtual Reality Technology Summit Forum” organized by Xinhuanet and the Venice Production Bridge.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 3 ^RD

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, September 3-5, VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE. Final Cut in Venice aims to provide concrete assistance to the completion of films from Africa and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria.

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, Sala Stucchi, 10:15-1:00 am. ANICA presents the forum “Sino-Italian Co-Production Forum”.

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, 15° Premio Kinèo, 12:00 am, Cinecittà Luce Hall, Press Conference; 8:00 pm, Awards ceremony and gala dinner on invitation at the Hotel Excelsior Beach. The awards are decreed by a public made of the theatricals'  spectators thanks to an initiative with ANEC, in collaboration with Best Movie. This year the SNCCI Award has been awarded to Marco Bellocchio.

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, European Film Forum, Sala Stucchi, 3:00-6:00 pm. Within the framework of the European Film Forum, the European Commission organizes a workshop on Virtual Reality entitled “Virtual gets real: exploring the industrial and societal effects of Virtual Reality”.

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, Spazio Incontri, 3:00-4:30 pm. ANICA presents the panel “Co-Production Film Project Roadshow” organizzato da Xinhuanet.

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, Spazio Incontri, 5:00-6:30 pm. ANICA presents the forum “Funding – Financiang Co-Production with China: Investors Talk”.

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 4^TH

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, European Film Forum, Sala Stucchi, 10:00-11:45 am. The second workshop organized by the European Commission is entitled “Shaping together the MEDIA Programme of the future” and will be held by the newly-elected European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Mariya Gabriel.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 7^TH

Lido di Venezia, Hotel Excelsior, Spazio Incontri Venice Production Bridge, 3:00-5:00 pm. The Federazione Italiana dei Cineclub presents “Il Futuro del Corto d’Autore”, curated by Paolo Micalizzi (Fedic Cinema). It envisages speeches, testimonies and screenings.