The Venice Film Festival has moved to permanently replace its Sconfini program, which first launched in 2018 to highlight arthouse and genre films in and out of competition capacity.
The segment did not run last year as the fest scaled down its program for its pandemic-impacted 2020 edition, and it will now not return, with the void being filled by Orizzonti Extra (Horizons Extra), an offshoot of the competitive Orizzonti program that the fest said would “maintain some of the primary characteristics” of Sconfini.
The new strand will “offer a selection of works no limits of genre, duration and destination, as long as they last more than 60 minutes… each film must be accompanied and followed by encounters with the auteurs and cultural figures.” An audience jury will award a prize to the best film in the section.
Submissions open today for the 78th edition of the fest, which is due to take...
The segment did not run last year as the fest scaled down its program for its pandemic-impacted 2020 edition, and it will now not return, with the void being filled by Orizzonti Extra (Horizons Extra), an offshoot of the competitive Orizzonti program that the fest said would “maintain some of the primary characteristics” of Sconfini.
The new strand will “offer a selection of works no limits of genre, duration and destination, as long as they last more than 60 minutes… each film must be accompanied and followed by encounters with the auteurs and cultural figures.” An audience jury will award a prize to the best film in the section.
Submissions open today for the 78th edition of the fest, which is due to take...
- 1/18/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
New strand will include a prize for best film.
The Venice Film Festival is to introduce a new strand at its 78th edition in September, replacing its Sconfini section with a new Horizons strand.
Horizons Extra will be an extension of the competitive Horizons strand, focusing on new trends in world cinema. The section will comprise a selection of titles “less constrained by standards of length and format”, as long as they last more than 60 minutes. A jury comprising audience members will award a prize to the best film in the section, with further details of how this will work currently in discussion.
The Venice Film Festival is to introduce a new strand at its 78th edition in September, replacing its Sconfini section with a new Horizons strand.
Horizons Extra will be an extension of the competitive Horizons strand, focusing on new trends in world cinema. The section will comprise a selection of titles “less constrained by standards of length and format”, as long as they last more than 60 minutes. A jury comprising audience members will award a prize to the best film in the section, with further details of how this will work currently in discussion.
- 1/18/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The Venice Film Festival is tweaking its sections as it gears up for its upcoming 78th edition in September.
After announcing that “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho will preside over the main jury, the Lido on Monday opened up for film submissions and said in a statement that the fest’s Sconfini section — which had been scrapped last year to free up more space for the socially-distanced screenings — is being replaced by a new section called Horizons Extra.
Horizons Extra will be an extension of Venice’s competitive Horizons (Orrizonti) section that focuses on new trends in world cinema, but will be “less constrained by standards of length and format,” the Venice statement said. The new sidebar is for “works with no limits of genre, duration and destination, as long as they last more than 60 minutes,” it added. Prizes will be decided by a jury of audience members “following criteria and procedures to be announced.
After announcing that “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho will preside over the main jury, the Lido on Monday opened up for film submissions and said in a statement that the fest’s Sconfini section — which had been scrapped last year to free up more space for the socially-distanced screenings — is being replaced by a new section called Horizons Extra.
Horizons Extra will be an extension of Venice’s competitive Horizons (Orrizonti) section that focuses on new trends in world cinema, but will be “less constrained by standards of length and format,” the Venice statement said. The new sidebar is for “works with no limits of genre, duration and destination, as long as they last more than 60 minutes,” it added. Prizes will be decided by a jury of audience members “following criteria and procedures to be announced.
- 1/18/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Venice is to bolster its market offering with new Vr and TV series elements.
The Venice Film Festival (31 August – 10 September, 2016) is to revamp and relaunch its market offering under the banner Venice Production Bridge, which will incorporate existing market strands and add TV, Vr and web series elements.
Going forward, the market will have a focus on completion funding, distribution and international co-production of unfinished feature films. It will incorporate the existing European Gap Financing strand and the Final Cut programme while the popular Biennale College will also contine.
The Venice Production Bridge, coordinated by Pascal Diot and Savina Neirotti, will showcase around 40 projects in the final stages of development and funding, roughly divided between 18 -20 films, which will have at least 70% of their funding in place; documentaries (five to seven projects); TV series (five European series); Virtual Reality ‘films’ (five short to medium length narrative projects); and web series (five projects).
Venice Production Bridge will be...
The Venice Film Festival (31 August – 10 September, 2016) is to revamp and relaunch its market offering under the banner Venice Production Bridge, which will incorporate existing market strands and add TV, Vr and web series elements.
Going forward, the market will have a focus on completion funding, distribution and international co-production of unfinished feature films. It will incorporate the existing European Gap Financing strand and the Final Cut programme while the popular Biennale College will also contine.
The Venice Production Bridge, coordinated by Pascal Diot and Savina Neirotti, will showcase around 40 projects in the final stages of development and funding, roughly divided between 18 -20 films, which will have at least 70% of their funding in place; documentaries (five to seven projects); TV series (five European series); Virtual Reality ‘films’ (five short to medium length narrative projects); and web series (five projects).
Venice Production Bridge will be...
- 4/29/2016
- ScreenDaily
Venice is to bolster its market offering with new Vr and TV series elements.
The Venice Film Festival (31 August – 10 September, 2016) is to revamp and relaunch its market offering under the banner Venice Production Bridge, which will incorporate existing market strands and add TV, Vr and web series elements.
Going forward, the market will have a focus on completion funding, distribution and international co-production of unfinished feature films. It will incorporate the existing European Gap Financing strand and the Final Cut programme while the popular Biennale College will also contine.
The Venice Production Bridge, coordinated by Pascal Diot and Savina Neirotti, will showcase around 40 projects in the final stages of development and funding, roughly divided between 18 -20 films, which will have at least 70% of their funding in place; documentaries (five to seven projects); TV series (five European series); Virtual Reality ‘films’ (five short to medium length narrative projects); and web series (five projects).
Venice Production Bridge will be...
The Venice Film Festival (31 August – 10 September, 2016) is to revamp and relaunch its market offering under the banner Venice Production Bridge, which will incorporate existing market strands and add TV, Vr and web series elements.
Going forward, the market will have a focus on completion funding, distribution and international co-production of unfinished feature films. It will incorporate the existing European Gap Financing strand and the Final Cut programme while the popular Biennale College will also contine.
The Venice Production Bridge, coordinated by Pascal Diot and Savina Neirotti, will showcase around 40 projects in the final stages of development and funding, roughly divided between 18 -20 films, which will have at least 70% of their funding in place; documentaries (five to seven projects); TV series (five European series); Virtual Reality ‘films’ (five short to medium length narrative projects); and web series (five projects).
Venice Production Bridge will be...
- 4/29/2016
- ScreenDaily
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