The VPB continues, as it has done over previous editions, to focus in particular on the presentation and exchange of original projects for films and works in progress, so as to foster their development and production. 
The VPB comprises the Venice Gap - Financing Market, the workshop Final Cut in Venice, the Book Adaptation Rights Market, the European Film Forum, Networking Sessions and Panels, as well as an Exhibition Area, and much more.
This year the VPB will be held across three of the Venice International Film Festival locations;  the Excelsior Hotel, the Hotel des Bains and the Venice VR Island.

The idea of building an opportunity for networking for all the professionals involved in production, not only in cinema but across all the audiovisual sector, has shown its relevance in the huge success of the 2018 edition, with more than 2,500 accredited professionals and enthusiastic feedback from all participants.
 

 

The VPB is providing producers with a unique possibility of meeting the multiple categories of financiers who are participating in the creation of the necessary financial package to create a film. Distributors, sales agents, banks, private and public investment funds, regions and film commissions, broadcasters, video aggregators and Internet platforms, etc.

VENICE GAP- FINANCING MARKET
30 August -  1 September 2019
 

 

The 6^th edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market will once again be the placewhere a selection of European and International projects will be able to close their financing, through one-to-one meetings with potential and pertinent international professionals. All the invited professionals are decision-makers.
The 3-day Venice Gap-Financing Market will present 51 projects from around the world in the final stages of development and funding.
The selection reflects the great diversity of styles and backgrounds, content and viewpoints, aesthetics and budgets of the projects submitted for consideration.

 

The selection is divided as follows:

• 28 feature-length Fiction Film and Documentary projects
• 12 Virtual Reality Immersive Story projects
• 8 Biennale College – Virtual Reality projects
• 3 Biennale College – Cinema projects

The previous work of the filmmakers selected for the Venice Gap-Financing Market is available on Festival Scope Pro to accredited delegates.

CLICK TO DISCOVER THE 51 PROJECTS AND
DOWNLOAD THE BOOK OF PROJECTS 
 

If you are a registered Industry Gold or Trade delegate, the ONE-TO-ONE MEETINGS can be booked directly through the  Venice Production Bridge website with the credentials you have received: For the Venice Gap-Financing Market,  please book your meeting here. 
 

BOOK ADAPTATION RIGHTS MARKET
30 August - 1 September 2019
 

 

 

25 international publishers and literary agencies will propose the adaptation rights of their works (novels, essays, graphic novels, children's fiction…) through one-to-one meetings with producers.
The 25 companies are : Abrams/ The Overlook Press (USA); Actes Sud (France); Andrew Nurnberg Associates (UK); Au Diable Vauvert (France) ; blue ocean press/ARI (USA) ; Uitgeverij De Bezige Bij (Netherlands) ; DeA Planeta Libri (Italy) ; Éditions de l’Homme Sans Nom (France) ; Editorial Planeta (Spain) ; Elisabeth Ruge Agentur GmbH (Germany) ; Feltrinelli Editore (Italy) ; Giulio Einaudi Editore (Italy) ; Gruppo Editoriale Mauri Spagnol (Italy) ; Kadokawa Corporation (Japan) ; Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency (UK) ; Mediatoon Audiovisual Rights (France) ; Marcel Hartges Literatur - und Filmagentur (Germany) ; Michael Gaeb Literary Agency (Germany) ; Nefeli Publishing (Greece) ; Nottetempo (Italy) ; Place des Editeurs (France) ; Rizzoli (Mondadori Libri SpA) (Italy) ; Salomonsson Agency (Sweden) ; Singel Uitgeverijen (Netherlands) ; Susanna Lea Associates (France).

During this 3-day event, one-to-one meetings between publishers and producers will be set up in a dedicated area of the VPB on the 3^rd floor of the Hotel Excelsior. The meetings will allow them to foster lasting relationships and of course to make deals on the adaptation of novels, drama, children’s literature, short stories, comics, graphic novels, essays, biographies. As opposed to other events dedicated to publishing within the context of Film Festivals, the Book Adaptation Rights Marketwill enable the invited publishers to propose their entire catalogue for film adaptation, rather than focusing on a single book or volume.
 

CLICK TO DISCOVER THE 25 PUBLISHERS AND 
DOWNLOAD THE BARM BROCHURE 
 

If you are a registered Industry Gold or Trade delegate the ONE-TO-ONE MEETINGS can be booked directly through the  Venice Production Bridge website with the credentials you have received: For the Book Adaptation Rights Market, please book your meetings here.

 

FINAL CUT IN VENICE
31 August – 2 September
 

 

 

La Biennale di Venezia and the Venice Production Bridge’s purpose, with this project, is to provide concrete assistance in the completion of films from all African countries and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria. The workshop offers the opportunity to present films still in production phase to international film professionals, in order to facilitate post-production and promote co-production partnerships and film market access.
The workshop consists of three days of activities, in which the working copies of a maximum of six selected films are introduced to producers, buyers, distributors, post-production companies and film festival programmers. The workshop will be followed by a full day of one-to-one meetings between the project teams and decision-makers.
 

CLICK TO DISCOVER THE 6 PROJECTS AND
DOWNLOAD THE FINAL CUT IN VENICE DOSSIER
 

If you are a registered Industry Gold or Trade delegate you can book your ONE-TO-ONE MEETINGS with the Final Cut in Venice project teams here.

 

European stories go global: promoting European audiovisual works beyond Europe.

In association with the EU's Creative Europe MEDIA programme, La Biennale di Venezia will organize the 5^th edition of the European Film Forum ( 31 August 2019) with the attendance of key industry leaders from all over the world.
Seizing the opportunity of celebrating the 76^th  anniversary of the Venice International Film Festival, this event will focus on how to ensure that European works attract larger audiences in key third markets, including Asia and the Americas.
The event will be opened by Paolo Baratta, President of La Biennale di Venezia, and a keynote speech will be given by Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, responsible for the Digital Economy and Society.

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