MUMBAI: NFDC Labs, the training and development division of NFDC (National Film Development Corporation) has entered into a partnership with Venice Biennale, Venice Film Festival and Gucci.

This partnership has been formed with an objective to reach out to the film making community across the globe, with NFDC Labs reaching out to the filmmakers in India.

While the entire initiative will be sponsored by Gucci and Venice Biennale, the former will fully cover lab costs and accommodation for the resident workshops and include the possibility of travel scholarships for successful teams selected from outside of Europe.

The initiative is a unique incentive for micro budget films from across the world, which will support teams of directors and their producers to make their first or second feature length audio-visual work.

A community of selected film makers from around the world will work alongside an invited team of international experts and tutors to the aesthetics of micro-budget filmmaking and the new integrated models of production, which engage with an audience from the outset.