MILAN.- Fondazione Prada announces the projects selected for the first edition of the Fondazione Prada Film Fund, the annual initiative launched in 2025 to support independent cinema. The Fund represents a new phase of Fondazione Prada’s twenty year commitment to investigate cinematographic practices, broadening its scope to the creation and production processes of filmmaking.

Among the 14 projects selected, 4 are in development, 9 in production, and 1 in post-production. The projects involve production companies active in 26 countries across 5 continents and span a wide range of genres. They are authored by 6 women and 8 men, and include 2 debut features.

As stated by Miuccia Prada, President and Director of the Fondazione, “The quality and experimentation of the selected projects demonstrate the dynamic nature and variety that characterize contemporary independent cinema. With the Film Fund we aim to promote the work of authors, especially those who most need concrete support to translate their vision into reality. Moving forward, Fondazione Prada intends to continue promoting the idea of a free, demanding, and visionary cinema by building a stronger dialogue with those who conceive, develop, and produce films.”

According to Paolo Moretti, Head of Fondazione Prada Film Fund, “The Film Fund stems from the realization that contemporary independent cinema is experiencing a period of great artistic vibrancy alongside significant structural fragility. Many of the most ambitious works in terms of research and formal experimentation face increasing difficulties in finding adequate production support. The Film Fund is conceived to support this research through its many phases. The selected projects reflect a wide range of sensibilities, geographies, and approaches, while sharing a high level of formal awareness and a clear artistic vision. Our goal is to help create the right productive condition for rigorous and innovative research to continue to fully take shape.”

Amounting to 1.5 million euros in total, the Film Fund supports film projects in their development, production, and post-production phases. With no restrictions of genre or geography, it embraces a plurality of languages, forms, and perspectives, focusing particularly on works that address contemporary complexities through personal and innovative cinematographic vision.

The first call for entries, open from 1 September to 17 October 2025, registered over 1,200 submissions from all over the world. The selection process favored works that combined artistic rigor, formal risk, and thematic urgency, reflecting the energy and heterogeneity of contemporary auteur cinema.

Fondazione Prada Film Fund renews its commitment in the field of contemporary cinema by announcing a new call for entries, which will be launched in June 2026. Participation details will be available on fondazioneprada.org/film-fund

The Film Fund’s selection committee is composed of Miuccia Prada, President and Director of Fondazione Prada; Paolo Moretti, Head of Fondazione Prada Film Fund; Chiara Costa, Fondazione Prada’s Head of Programs; Rebecca De Pas, Project Manager of the Film Fund; Giuliana Bruno, Emmet Blakeney Gleason Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University and member of Fondazione Prada’s Steering Commitee; Violeta Bava, programmer and producer.

The selected projects are:

AMARCORD ‘90 (working title)
Director: Yuri Ancarani (Italy)
Phase: Development

CAPTIONS WILL BE NEEDED
Director: Natalia Almada (Mexico, United States)
Phase: Production

COSMOFONIA
Director: Verena Paravel (France, United Kingdom)
Phase: Development

GALERNA
Director: Tatiana Huezo (Mexico, Spain, Switzerland)
Phase: Production

JENJIRA’S MAGNIFICENT DREAM
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Colombia, the Netherlands, France, Mexico, Thailand)
Phase: Production

LAS ITALIANAS
Director: Laura Citarella (Argentina, France, Germany, Italy)
Phase: Development

MULATRESSE SOLITUDE
Director: Baloji (Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, South Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Phase: Production

ON LAND AND SEA
Director: Hlynur Pálmason (Denmark, Iceland, France, Finland, Sweden)
Phase: Production

SUMMER IN HEAT
Director: Levan Akin (Sweden, Germany, France)
Phase: Production

THE COSTUME
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu (France, Germany, Romania)
Phase: Production

THE DIFFICULT BRIDE
Director: Rubaiyat Hossain (Bangladesh, France, Portugal, Norway, Germany)
Phase: Post-production

THE HALLUCINATIONS
Director: Andrea Gatopoulos (France, Italy, Greece)
Phase: Development

THE HUMAN PURGE
Director: Eduardo Williams (Argentina)
Phase: Production

THE SLEEPING WOMAN
Director: Daria Martin (United Kingdom, Ireland)
Phase: Production