COMPETITION

SILENT FRIEND

by Ildikó Enyedi

Feature, 145'

Germany, Hungary, France 2025

Production: Pandora Film

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ORRIZONTI

FUNERAL CASINO BLUES

by Roderick Warich

Feature, 153'

Germany 2025

Production: The Barricades

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ORRIZONTI SHORT FILMS - IN COMPETITION

A SOIL A CULTURE A RIVER A PEOPLE

by Viv Li

Short Film, 15'

Germany, Belgium, China 2025

Production: Angst & Bange Film

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GIORNATE DEGLI AUTORI

SHORT SUMMER

by Nastia Korkia 

Feature, 101'

Germany, France, Serbia 2025

Production: Tamtam Film

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VENICE IMMERSIVE

REFLECTIONS OF LITTLE RED DOT

by Chloé Lee 

VR, 40'

Germany, United States 2025

Production: Present Futures

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SETTIMANA INTERNAZIONALE DELLA CRITICA

COTTON QUEEN 

by Suzannah Mirghani

Feature, 93'

Germany, France, Palestine, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan 2025

Production: Strange Bird

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VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE

The Venice Production Bridge (Aug 28 - Sep 3, 2025) film market is focusing on production and offers AV and immersive professionals a wide range of opportunities.

The Venice Production Bridge will showcase four German productions to be presented in the program Venice Gap-Financing Market:

• ATHOS 2643 by David Wnendt (Seven Elephants, Constantin Film Produktion)
• CALL ME QUEEN by Emily Atef (DE/FR, Ringel Film)
• SAVE OUR SOULS by Jonas Steinacker (DE/FR, Lichtschloss Filmproduktion)
• HEIRLOOM by Upamanyu Bhattacharyya (IN/DE, Fabian&Fred) 

In the Biennale College Cinema - Immersive Projects section, one project will be presented:

• WHAT THE FOX by Sina Ataeian Dena (JYOTI Film)

FURTHER GERMAN (CO-)PRODUCTIONS

Competition
ORPHAN by László Nemesz (HU/UK/FR/DE, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion)

Out of Competition – Series
ETTY by Hagai Levi (FR/NL/DE, Komplizen Serien)

Orizzonti
STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart (ES/DE, Schuldenberg Films)
DIVINE COMEDY by Ali Asgari (IRN/IT/FR/DE/TUR, Studio Zentral)
LOST LAND by Akio Fujimoto (JPN/FR/MYS/DE, Scarlet Visions)

Venice Classics – Documentary on Cinema
HOLOFICTION by Michal Kosakowski (DE/AT, Kosakowski Film)

Venice Spotlight
CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani (MAR/FR/ESP/DE/BEL, One Two Films)
MADE IN EU by Stephan Komandarev (BUL/DE/CZE, 42film)

Giornate degli Autori
A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD by Cyril Aris (LBN/US/DE/SAU/QAT, Reynard Films)

Venice Immersive – In Competition
LA TRISTE HISTOIRE DE LA PETITE SOURIS QUI VOULAIT ABSOLUMENT DEVENIR QUEL QU’UN  by Nicolas Bourniquel (FR/DE/BE, Reynard Films)
THE CLOUDS ARE TWO THOUSAND METERS UP by Singing Chen (TW/DE, Reynard Films)
DARK ROOMS by Mads Damsbo, Anne Sofie Steen Sverdrup (DK/DE/TW, Nowhere Media)
EDDIE AND I by Maya Shekel (IL/DE/FR, Reynard Films)

GERMAN FILMS CONTACTS IN VENICE

Simone Baumann, Managing Director

Sylva Häutle, Head of Festival Relations 

Impressum

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80331 München/Deutschland

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