The 8 work-in-progress films have been selected for Final Cut in Venice

The eight work-in-progress films of the 10^th edition of Final Cut in Venice have been selected.

Final Cut in Venice is the project that has been providing since 2013 concrete support in the completion of films from all African countries and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria. Final Cut in Venice is one of the projects launched by the Venice Production Bridge of the 79^th Venice International Film Festival (August 31^st – September 10^th, 2022), directed by Alberto Barbera and organised by La Biennale di Venezia. The workshop offers the opportunity to present films still in production phase to international film professionals, in order to facilitate post-production and film market access.

The workshop consists in three days of activities (September 3^rd to 5^th 2022) on the Venice Lido during the 79^th Venice Film Festival, in which the working copies of the 8 selected films are introduced to producers, buyers, distributors, post-production companies and film festival programmers.

Please note that the first 2 days of the workshop (September 3^rd and 4^th) are devoted to the screenings, while a special one-to-one meeting session between the selected projects and the professionals attending the Venice Production Bridge will be organized on the third day, September 5^th.

In the framework of France in Focus, two additional films have been selected.

The 8 work-in-progress films selected are:

FICTION

Backstage by Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane (Morocco, Belgium, France, Norway, Qatar, Tunisia)

Black Light (Lumière noire) by Karim Bensalah ( France, Algeria, Qatar) (France in Focus)

Inshallah a Boy by Amjad Al Rasheed (Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar)

DOCUMENTARY

The Burden (Le Fardeau) by Elvis Sabin Ngaïbino (Central African Republic, France , Congo RDC)

The Cemetery of Cinema (Au cimetière de la pellicule) by Thierno Souleymane Diallo ( France, Senegal, Guinea) (France in Focus)

A Fidai Film by Kamal Aljafari (Germany, Palestine, Qatar)

Land of Women (Ard El Banat) by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir (Egypt, France, Denmark)

Suspended by Myriam El Hajj (Lebanon, France, Qatar)

Final Cut in Venice will conclude with the awarding of prizes, in kind or in cash, for the financial support of the films in their post-production stage.