May 15 – Forty students of the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice are participating in the test screens for the part of the Venetian merchant. CCTV, BBC and ARTE are joining forced to produce a documentary on this topic, to be shot in China next summer, from June to August. Yesterday afternoon, the University of Veneto hosted the first phase of the selections in room A of Ca ‘Vendramin; and today, in the Auditorium Santa Margherita, the real auditions will be held among the pre-selected. For the role of the merchant, the filmmakers are looking for strong Venetian. The documentary on the life of Marco Polo will be divided into three films. The documentary project relies on the collaboration of the Confucius Institute and the Department of Asian and Mediterranean Africa Studies Ca’Foscari.
Looking for the “new” Marco Polo
