Biennale College ­Cinema VR showcases 12 projects from around the world

Starting Tuesday January 11^th through to Wednesday January 19^th 2022, the workshop of the 6^th edition (2021-2022) of the Biennale College ­ Cinema VR, to be held online and on a virtual platform, will involve 12 teams from around the world, four of which are Italian, for Virtual Reality projects lasting a maximum of 30 minutes.

The 12 teams are composed of a director and a producer at their first, second or third VR, with no age limits, selected from two calls, one Italian and one international, launched in 2021.

A maximum of three projects will then be selected among the projects of these 12 teams, which will then move forward to the next development workshop scheduled for the month of March. At the end, a maximum of one project will receive a Biennale grant to cover production costs (to be no greater than € 60,000). The project thus produced will premiere at the 79^th Venice International Film Festival 2022 (31 August – 10 September), directed by Alberto Barbera.

The 12 projects and teams participating in the workshops from January 11^th through 19^th are:

1991
dir: Akmyrat Tuyliyev, M, Turkmenistan, 3^rd VR | prod: Matthew Niederhauser, M, United States, 3^rd VR

CHIN LIU TAO XR: Somewhere Unknown in Indochina
dir: Feng Ting Tsuo, M, Taiwan, 1^st VR | dir & prod: Asio Chihsiung Liu, M, Taiwan, 1^st VR

Il Corredo
dir: Elena Baucke, F, Italy, 1^st VR | prod: Ludovica Fales, F, Italy, 1^st VR

Deusa das Aguas
dir: João Paulo Miranda Maria, M, Brazil, 1^st VR | prod: Justin Pechberty, M, France, 1^st VR

Humart
dir: Michał Stankiewicz, M, Poland, 2^nd VR | prod: Marta Szarzyńska, F, Poland, 2^nd VR

Manus
dir: Sjoerd van Acker, M, Netherlands, 2^nd VR | prod: Firat Sezgin, M, Turkey, 3^rd VR

Keeper
dir: Jennifer Shortall, F, Ireland, 1^st VR | prod: Cordula Hansen, F, Germany, 3^rd VR

Locked Up
dir: Alessandro Visconti & Antonio Messina, M, 2^nd VR | prod: Riccardo Antonio Silvio Antonino M, Italy, 2^nd VR

Massad
dir: Alba Zari F, 1^st VR | prod: Manuela Buono, F, Italy, 1^st VR

Meteora 
dir: Jacopo Zanessi, M, Italy, 1^st VR | prod: Marco Caberlotto, M, Italy, 2^nd VR

Queer Utopia
dir: Lui Avallos, M, Brazil, 2^nd VR | prod: Rodrigo Moreira, M, Brazil, 2^nd VR

Sensing Mirror
dir: Peiying Lin, F, Taiwan, 2^nd VR | prod: Chin Hsuan Sung, F, Taiwan, 3^rd VR