The Fondazione Prada Film Fund has unveiled its first slate of 14 features, a cross‑border mix of development, production and post‑production work. The initiative backs independent cinema with no thematic constraints, and highlights names like Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Corneliu Porumboiu and Tatiana Huezo.
The fund, launched publicly at Venice and backed by a €1.5 million pot, finances development, production and post, with a ceiling of €250,000 for production support. Paolo Moretti runs the fund, in collaboration with film programmer Rebecca De Pas.
Founder Miuccia Prada underscored the aim of backing authors who need tangible support to bring their visions to life, while Moretti stressed that the program seeks to sustain rigorous, inventive cinema by providing stable funding across stages.
The first batch of titles
- Amarcord ’90 (working title) — Yuri Ancarani (Italy) — Development
- Captions Will Be Needed — Natalia Almada (Mexico, United States) — Production
- Cosmofonia — Verena Paravel (France, United Kingdom) — Development
- Galerna — Tatiana Huezo (Mexico, Spain, Switzerland) — Production
- Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream — Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Colombia, Netherlands, France, Mexico, Thailand) — Production
- Mulatresse Solitude — Baloji (Belgium, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, South Africa, DR Congo) — Production
- On Land and Sea — Hlynur Pálmason (Denmark, Iceland, France, Finland, Sweden) — Production
- Summer in Heat — Levan Akin (Sweden, Germany, France) — Production
- The Costume — Corneliu Porumboiu (France, Germany, Romania) — Production
- The Difficult Bride — Rubaiyat Hossain (Bangladesh, France, Portugal, Norway, Germany) — Post-production
- The Hallucinations — Andrea Gatopoulos (France, Italy, Greece) — Development
- The Human Purge — Eduardo Williams (Argentina) — Production
- The Sleeping Woman — Daria Martin (United Kingdom, Ireland) — Production
The Fondazione Prada Film Fund also promotes the Cinema Godard venue, expanding screenings and onstage conversations with renowned filmmakers such as Alfonso Cuarón, Xavier Dolan, Luca Guadagnino and more.
These selections come from a competitive pool of over 1,200 submissions, representing 26 countries across five continents. The fund’s three tracks — development, production and post — are designed to nurture the project lifecycle, with the possibility of a €250,000 production grant to help bring ambitious cinema to life.
Under Moretti’s leadership, Fondazione Prada has turned its Cinema Godard theater into a hub for dialogue between artists and audiences, reinforcing its mission to support bold, capable experimentation in cinema.
The first projects chosen for Fondazione Prada Film Fund are listed above, in development, production or post‑production stages: Amarcord ’90; Captions Will Be Needed; Cosmofonia; Galerna; Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream; Las Italianas; Mulatresse Solitude; On Land and Sea; Summer in Heat; The Costume; The Difficult Bride; The Hallucinations; The Human Purge; The Sleeping Woman.
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