Venice Gap Financing Market 2025: Full Line-Up

The 12th edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market (August 29-31) has selected 67 projects.

Venice Gap Financing Market
Venice Gap Financing Market

The 12th edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market (August 29-31), organised as part of Venice Production Bridge, has selected 67 projects in the final stages of development and funding.

The event offers selected projects from Europe and around the world the opportunity to close their international financing, through one-to-one meetings with international decision-makers.

In 2025, the VPB Focuses include the United Kingdom, supported by the British Film Institute (BFI); Chile, supported by Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio, Gobierno de Chile; and Morocco, supported by Centre Cinématographique Marocain.

Venice Production Bridge takes place during Venice Film Festival, which is scheduled to run August 27-September 6, 2025.

SELECTED FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS:

Fiction: 32 feature-length projects that need to complete their funding package with minority shares in co-production, having at least 70% of the funding in place.
Documentaries: 8 narrative or creative documentaries fulfilling the same requirements as the fiction films.

93 – Echo From A Collapse* (Denmark, Faroe Islands, Iceland) – by Andrias Høgenni, Tambo Film

A Town In Nova Scotia (UK) – by Babak Jalali, Paradise City [Focus On UK]

A White House (Italy, France) – by Francesco Romano, Amarena Film

Afonso’s Smile (Portugal, Luxembourg, Italy) – by João Pedro Rodrigues, Terratreme Filmes, Joli Rideau Media, Frenesy Film

Amapola (Ecuador, Brazil, Mexico, Chile) – by Ana Cristina Barragán, Trópico Cine, Botón Films

Anime Trasparenti (Echoes Of Light) (Italy, Germany) – by Luca Lucchesi, Alción

Arru (Norway, Sweden, Finland) – by Elle Sofe Sara, Stær Film

Athos 2643 (Germany) – by David Wnendt, Seven Elephants, Constantin Film Produktion, Constantin Film Distribution

Call Me Queen (Germany, France) – by Emily Atef, Ringel Film

Caro Nanni* (Spain) – by Pablo Maqueda, Viva Films

Culebra Cut (Panama, France, Chile) – by Ana Elena Tejera, Mestizo Cinema & Fulgurance

Distances (Austria, Germany, France) – by Ulrich Seidl, Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion, Coproduction Office

Dog Legs (Chile, Colombia, Germany) – by Matías Rojas Valencia, A Simple Vista, Rhayuela, Klinker Films [Focus On Chile]

Drifting Images* (Chile, Spain) – by Nicolás Tabilo, Tabilos [Focus On Chile]

Emerald Butterfly (Netherlands, Belgium, Singapore, UK) – by Martin Koolhoven, N279 Entertainment

Forough: Let Us Believe In The Beginning Of The Cold Season (UK, Denmark, Greece, France) – by Tina Gharavi, Bridge + Tunnel [Focus On UK]

Four Seasons In Java (Indonesia, Netherlands, Norway, France, Germany, Singapore) – by Kamila Andini, Forka Films

Heirloom [Animation] (India, Germany) – by Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, Odd & Even, Otter Studio, Pom Pom Animation

I’ll Forget Your Name (France, Switzerland) – by Yann Gonzalez, Pan Cinema

In The Black Fantastic* (UK) – by Julianknxx, Rememory [Focus On UK]

Love Story With A Dancing Man (Italy, Chile) – by Cosimo Gomez, Tramp

Magnetized (Argentina) – by Luis Ortega, El Despacho

May You Outlive Us (Belgium, Lebanon, France) – by Isabelle Mecattaf, Rouge International

Maya Butterfly (Ireland, Luxembourg) – by Edwina Casey, Hail Mary Pictures

My Way (Argentina, Italy) – by Diego Lerman, Campo Cine

Orso Q-Seasons Of Solitude* (Greenland, Finland) – by Inuk Silis Høegh, Ánorâk Film

People Still Die Of Love (Chile, Mexico) – by Fernando Guzzoni, Oro Films

Rebellion Of Memory* (Switzerland, Peru) – by Joël Jent, Aaron Film, Amazona Producciones

Save Our Souls (Germany, France) – by Jonas Steinacker, Lichtschloss Filmproduktion

Serafima (Estonia, Latvia) – by Veiko Õunpuu, Nafta Films

Sound Of Silence (France, Greece, UK, Lebanon) – by Joyce A. Nashawati, Pan Cinema

Tarfaya (Morocco, France) – by Sofia Alaoui, Jiango Films, Srab Films [Focus On Morocco]

The Black Pearl (Morocco) – by Ayoub Qanir, Hypothèse [Focus On Morocco]

The Mammoths That Escaped The Kingdom Of Erlik Khan* (Portugal, Denmark, UK, North Macedonia) – by Tamara Koteveska [Focus On UK]

The Missing Camel* (Morocco, Senegal, Mali) – by Cheihk N'diaye, Abel Aflam, Astou Productions, DS Productions [Focus On Morocco]

The Outside (Spain) – by Víctor Moreno, KV Films

To Die On Your Feet (Chile, Spain, Luxembourg, Uruguay) – by María Paz González, Quijote Films [Focus On Chile]

Torn Heart (Brazil, Portugal, Germany) – by Helvécio Marins, Canabrava, Casa Na Árvore

Wild Horse In The Rotten West (UK, Bulgaria, France) – by Mina Mileva And Vesela Kazakova, Mk38 [Focus On UK]

Wild Wild East (Poland, Israel) – by Jan Holoubek, TPB POL

*Documentary

IMMERSIVE PROJECTS:

14 Immersive Projects, including fiction, documentary, animation film and other interactive installation-based experiences. All projects have secured 30% of their budget and have this financing in place. 

After Being Shattered Into Dust (Taiwan) – by Singing Chen, The Walkers Films

Beta Aquarii (France) – by François Vautier, Da Prod

Carved In Time (Canada, France) – by Randall Okita, Phi Studio

Chronica (France) – by Yann Deval, Dark Euphoria

Dream Of Belonging (UK, France) – by Emi Sfard And Pierre-Alain Giraud, That’s How The Light Gets In [Focus On UK]

Fear City Paradise (UK) – by Darren Emerson, East City Films [Focus On UK]

Improv Music Collective Dna? And? - A VR Music Improvisation Experience (Netherlands, Norway, France) – by Corine Meijers & Mark Meeuwenoord, Studio Biarritz

Lady Lazarus (Netherlands) – by Willemiek Kluijfhout, Nienke Huitenga Broeren, Studio Zzzap

Melodies Of Resilience (Czech Republic, Germany) – by Ondřej Moravec, Helium Film

O (France, Netherlands) – by Adriaan Lokman, Lucid Realities

Poetics Of Soil: The Wood Wide Web (UK, Taiwan) – by Ersin Han Ersin, Marshmallow Laser Feast [Focus On UK]

The Amazon Gold (France, Taiwan) – by Pierre-Alain Giraud, Novaya

The Footage (US, France) – by Ethan Shaftel, Easyaction, Atlas V, France Télévisions

The Opposite Of Being (Netherlands, Belgium) – by Celine Daemen, Studio Nergens

BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA - IMMERSIVE PROJECTS:

10 projects that have been developed during the workshop of Biennale College Cinema Immersive (9th edition) and have reached different stages of development, pre-production and post-production.

Alchemical Reclamation (Italy) – by Sara Bonaventura, Adiacenze

Beyond The Window (China) – by Daming Zhang, Felttime

Channelers (Poland) – by Jakub Wróblewski, Monster Mind Studio

Church Of Glass (Netherlands) – by Matthijs Vuijk, Mateo Vega

Gut Instinct (UK, France) – by Adam Lieber, Shtik

Owl House (South Africa) – by Jason Mollink, Sodaworld

Persona: Becoming Me (UK) – by Felicity Chen, Neon Fiction

The Sound Of One Eye Closing (Canada) – by Logan Wilkinson, Asad Aftab

We Do Not Believe In A God Who Cannot Dance (Denmark) – by Gombo, Khora

What The Fox (Germany) – by Sina Ataeian Dena, Jyoti Film

BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA PROJECTS:

3 projects that have been developed during the first workshop of Biennale College Cinema (13th edition) and that have reached different stages of development and pre-production.

Orange Peel (Italy) – by Anita Rivaroli, Cattive Produzioni

Saving The Day (France, Turkey) – by Serhat Karaaslan, Tiresias Films

Summer 1999 (Vietnam) – by Hang Luong Nguyen, Kalei Films