Prada Foundation Film Fund Chief Paolo Moretti on First-Year Journey That Helped Spawn Rubaiyat Hossain’s Venice Horizons Entry ‘The Difficult Bride’

By Nick Vivarelli

Nick Vivarelli

International Correspondent

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Last year at the Venice Film Festival, Italy’s Fondazione Prada officially launched its film fund, aimed at sustaining independent cinema from around the world without any restrictions on theme, genre or language. This year, it‘s back on the Lido with tangible proof that the initiative has borne fruit.

The fund’s first edition is among backers of Bangladeshi director Rubaiyat Hossain’s “The Difficult Bride,” which is competing in the fest’s Horizons section. Meanwhile, winners of its second round of financing will be announced in February.

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