From 31st August to 2nd September 2025
The Venice Film Market and the Venice International Film Festival collaborate as well with the International Film Festival Fribourg (FIFF) as with the Amiens International Film Festival and invite you to take part in the tenth Final Cut in Venice workshop supporting films in postproduction from the African continent, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria.
Registration is open only for projects in postproduction directed by filmmakers from the regions and countries mentioned above. During the workshop, work-in-progress copies of six films in postproduction will be selected and presented to a professional audience in order to promote possible partnerships for co-production as well as access to the distribution market. There will also be opportunities for networking, encounters and gatherings in which the directors and producers can meet the participants of the workshop.
The Prizes
At the end of the workshop, several prizes in kind or cash will be awarded with the intention to financially support the films in their postproduction process.
Final Cut in Venice 2024
Fabienne Menétrey, member of the selection committee, represented Fribourg International Film Festival at Final Cut in Venice 2024. She chose to give FIFF's support to the feature film Aisha Can't Fly Away by Egyptian director Morad Mostafa. The complete award list of Final Cut's 12th edition is available on the official website.
©Alessio Miraglia / La Biennale
Final Cut in Venice 2022
Our new colleague Fabienne Menétrey represented FIFF at the workshop Final Cut in Venice during La Biennale di Venezia. This workshop supports filmmakers from the african continent, and from Irak, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria in the post-production of their film.
FIFF gave its prize to Jordanian director Amjad Al Rasheed for his film Inshallah a Boy (complete award list 2022).
*2024: The film awarded in 2022, Inshallah a Boy, was in International Competition at FIFF 2024. It received the Critic's Choice Award.
