Venice Gap Financing Market 2026: Full Line-Up

Venice Gap-Financing Market has selected 66 projects for its 2026 edition, including 38 feature-length fiction and documentary projects, 14 immersive projects, 11 Biennale College immersive projects and three Biennale College cinema projects.

The event is being held September 4-6 as part of Venice Production Bridge, taking place during the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (September 2-12, 2026). Selected projects will be given the opportunity to close their international financing through one-to-one meetings with international decision-makers.

Venice Production Bridge is co-financed by the European Commission’s MEDIA Programme. In 2026 the VPB Focuses will be Greece, supported by Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Centre, and Switzerland, supported by Swiss Films.

In the feature-length section, 31 fiction projects have been selected (20 from Europe and 11 from around the world) that have at least 70% of their funding in place and are looking to complete their funding package through minority co-production.

Seven documentary projects have also been selected (2 from Europe and 5 from around the world) fulfilling the same requirements as the fiction films. Projects from Greece and Switzerland, the VPB Focuses 2026, are included in this line-up.

FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS:

A Year Without Summer (Switzerland, Germany) – Flurin Giger, Beauvoir Films, Heimatfilm [Focus on Switzerland]

African Grey (Greece, Bulgaria) – Yorgos Goussis, Plankton Films [Focus on Greece]

All Clear (Ukraine, Germany, Luxembourg) – Christina Tynkevych, Evos Film

An Entry Into A Portuguese Woman's Sadness (France, Philippines, Portugal) – Lav Diaz, Films Boutique

Ballad Of The Phoenix (Mexico) – Rodolfo Ambriz Rendón and Arturo Ambriz Rendón, Woo Films, Cinema Fantasma [Animation]

Cábula (Mexico, Spain) – Lila Avilés, Pimienta Films

Chocolat Amer (Switzerland, Germany, France) – Valentin Merz, Cinédokké [Focus on Switzerland]

Untitled Water Documentary* (Chile, Canada) – Carola Fuentes, La Ventana Cine, Intuitive Pictures

Don't Let The Sun Go Up On Me* (Morocco, Norway, France, Chile) – Asmae El Moudir, Insight Films, Haut et Court Doc, Quijote Films, Lofoten Film

Faux Bijoux (France, Lebanon, Belgium) – Jessy Moussallem, Vixens

Holiday (France, Italy, Greece, Lebanon) – Wissam Charaf, Aurora Films, Intramovies, Marni Films, Né à Beyrouth Films

Kurinji (India, France, Germany) – Payal Sethi, FilmKaravan, Blue Monday Productions, 70 Steps

Kyūshū Moon (Switzerland, France) – Stéphanie Argerich, Intermezzo Films, Les Films du Bélier [Focus on Switzerland]

La Manche (Poland, Germany, France) – Damian Kocur, Kijora Film, Les Contes Modernes, Oma Inge

Land Of Savages (Colombia, US, Chile) – Fernando Guzzoni, Oso Films

Light Boxes (Bulgaria, Canada, France, Belgium, Poland) – Theodore Ushev, Cinelibri [Animation]

Lionfish (Greece, Germany) – Thanasis Trouboukis, Studio Zentral [Focus on Greece]

Magnum Opus (Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, Moldova) – Bogdan Mirica, deFilm

News From Lod, A Letter To Chantal Akerman* (France, Belgium) – Michale Boganim, Blue Train Films

Patrimonial Fears And Other Illusions (Greece, Netherlands, Cyprus) – Elina Psykou, Jungle Films, Homemade Films, StudioBauhaus, Studio Ruba, Bark Like a Cat Films [Focus on Greece]

Primo Viaggio (Italy, France) – Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman, Sacher Film, Halley Production

Quiet Land (Switzerland, France, Canada) – Ursula Meier, Bande à part Films, Paradise City Films [Focus on Switzerland]

Salut Robert* (US, Switzerland, France) – Laura Israel, Correspondent

Shitballs (Iceland, Canada) – Alfrun Ornolfsdottir, Compass Films

Something Strange Happened to Me (Ukraine, UK) – Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, Mellivora Production

Stallions* (Morocco, US) – Rita Baghdadi, Lady & Bird Films

The Amateurs* (Chile, Argentina) – Felipe Solari Yrigoyen, Quijote Films

The Funeral (Brazil, Portugal, Romania) – Carolina Markowicz, Biônica Filmes

The Horsemen Of The Apocalypse* (Norway, Sweden, Germany) – Lene Berg, Twentyone Pictures

The Langfang Republic (Japan, France, Taipei) – Katsuya Tomita, Kuzoku

The Rope (Italy, Switzerland) – Alberto Fasulo, Nefertiti Film

The Smuggler (Switzerland, Greece, France) – Kaveh Bakhtiari, Beauvoir Films, Homemade Films, TS Productions [Focus on Greece]

They Burn In The Same Way (Argentina, Brazil) – Clarisa Navas, Gentil Cine

Toxic (Austria, Germany, France, Sweden) – Jessica Hausner, Schubert

Urihi – The Forest-Land* (Brazil) – Morzaniel Iramari, Aruac Filmes

Wake (Greece, Cyprus, Serbia) – Thelyia Petraki, Filmiki & Out the Box [Focus on Greece]

Wolfmother (France, Morocco) – Ismaël El Iraki, Special Touch Studios, Kasbah Films

Ya & Niki (Italy, France, Lebanon) – Rä Di Martino, Dugong

*Documentary

IMMERSIVE PROJECTS:

After The Flood (Germany) – Chloé Lee, Reynard Films

A Funeral For The Internet (US, UK) – Samantha Gorman and Scarlett Kim, Thresholds & Co

Animal Being (UK) – Barnaby Steel, Ersin Han Ersin and Robin McNicholas, Marshmallow Laser Feast

Gloomy Eyes & The Last Standing (Taipei, France, Argentina) – Jorge Tereso and Fernando Maldonado, HTC VIVE Originals, Atlas V, 3dar

Hide And Seek (Switzerland, France) – Fabienne Giezendanner, Elefant Films [Focus on Switzerland]

Marta Becket’s Death Valley (Switzerland) – Gilles Jobin and Susana Panadés Diaz, Cie Gilles Jobin, Studio 44 MocapLab [Focus on Switzerland]

Montmartre, La Nuit (France) – Pierre-Alain Giraud and Stéphane Foenkinos, Novaya

Opi And The Quiet Ones (Argentina) – Federico Carlini, Jorge Tereso and Fernando Maldonado, 3DAR LTDA

Pilgrims (UK) – Darkfield

Race Against The Machine (Brazil) – Amir Admoni and Fabito Rychter, Delirium XR

The Berlin Wall (France, Germany) – Karim Ben Khelifa and Tina Ahrens, Lucid Realities, Filmtank

The Mysteries Of Eleusis (US, Greece) – John Fitzgerald and Simon Critchley, Techno Firma, Onassis Onx [Focus on Greece]

The River Within You (Taipei) – Hsin Hsuan Yeh, Joyful Beings Animation Studio

Wolf - Of Hide And Flesh (Belgium) – Alex Verhaest, Timescapes

BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA – IMMERSIVE PROJECTS:

Damned (France, Ukraine) – Nataliya Velikanova, Da Prod

Isabella, Mad With Love (Germany, Italy) – Giulia Falciani, Studio Fazi

Mystis (UK) – Tatiana Collet Apraxine, Onism Studio

Oubliette (Taipei) – Wen-Yee Hsieh, Wen-E Studio

Pelle (Italy) – Stefano Conca Bonizzoni, Officine Creative-University of Pavia

Primer Plano (Venezuela, US) – Giulia Jiménez Tani, Casivache

Sāmoa Ocean Odyssey (Sāmoa, New Zealand, Australia) – Yuki Kihara, Pernickety Split

The Mother Tree (Italy, Brazil, Portugal) – Vernante Pallotti & Daniele Zen, Gastonia Motion Srl, Hilda Motion

Unstill Stillness (Taipei) – Bang-Yao Liu, Boilfilm Studio

Visitor (Greece, Luxemburg) – Spyros Boukas

Walking With Ghosts (Colombia) – Alejandro Angel-Torres, Armadillo: New Media & Films

BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA PROJECTS:

Barnacles (Italy) – Andrej Chinappi, Mosaicon Film

Piggy Baby (Italy, France) – Maria Giménez Cavallo, Berta Film

Tithes & Offering (Kenya) – Tony Koros, We Are Not the Machine