The Sala Web theatre of the 80th Venice Film Festival

The Sala Web theatre of the Venice International Film Festival – organised with enduring success for the past 12 years by La Biennale di Venezia – this year presents 3 feature-length films from the Biennale College – Cinema selection – the prestigious international laboratory for making micro budget, feature-length films that celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2022 - and 8 short films from the Orizzonti selection (the latter may be viewed free of charge) online.

These are important films, world premiere screenings, from the Official Selection of the 80^th Venice International Film Festival (30 August – 9 September 2023), which can be viewed in streaming, at the same time as the official presentations of the movies at the Lido, with a limited capacity.

This is a special opportunity to discover short films that represent the most innovative aesthetic and expressive trends in world cinema, as well as feature-length movies by emerging, international directors making their first or second films.

Short Films
The 8 short films, available free of charge worldwide, may be viewed from the website www.labiennale.org, with screenings hosted on behalf of the Venice Film Festival on the website operated by Festival Scope (www.festivalscope.com).

Feature Films
The 3 feature-length films, limited to viewers within the territory of Italy, and selected from the Biennale College - Cinema section of the 80^th Venice Film Festival, may be watched from the website www.labiennale.org, in screenings hosted on the website operated by MYmovies.it at the address www.mymovies.it/ondemand/biennalecinema/, on the Biennale Cinema Channel streaming platform.

The 3 feature films from the Biennale College - Cinema selection, made after the 11 edition in 2022-2023, include the Italian L’anno dell’uovo / The Year of the Egg by Claudio Casale (debut film), Árni by Dorka Vermes (debut film) from Hungary and Lumbrensueño / Firedream from Mexico by José Pablo Escamilla (second feature).

These three feature-length movies screened at the Sala Web theatre will join the library of the In-Competition, Out-of-Competition, and Orizzonti sections of the editions of the Venice Film Festival that were held between 2007 and 2020.

For the screenings of the Orizzonti short films worldwide, viewers must first register on www.festivalscope.com to view the selected film free of charge. Each title (in the original language version with subtitles) will be available in streaming starting at 6 pm (Italian time) on the day of the official premiere of the film on the Lido and through September 30^th 2023, for a limited number of viewers.

To view the Biennale College – Cinema feature films within the territory of Italy, in the original language version with subtitles in Italian, viewers may purchase a one-month subscription for € 7.90, a three-month subscription for € 19.90, or a one-year subscription for € 70.00 at the Internet addresses www.labiennale.org and www.mymovies.it/ondemand/biennalecinema/ on the Biennale Cinema Channel streaming platform.

Each of the world premiere screenings will be broadcast at a precise time, similar to a traditional movie projection; afterward, the films will be available for another 5 days until the end of the available streamings.

Biennale College Cinema – Feature films

Starting Thursday 31 August
LUMBRENSUEÑO (FIREDREAM) by JOSÉ PABLO ESCAMILLA (Mexico, 80’) with Diego Solís, Imix Lamak, Teresita Sánchez, Francisco Barreiro, Nahid Lugo, Amaresh V. Narro –18+

Starting Friday 1 September
L’ANNO DELL’UOVO (THE YEAR OF THE EGG) by CLAUDIO CASALE (Italy, 82’) with Yile Vianello, Andrea Palma, Regina Orioli –14+

Starting Saturday 2 September
ÁRNI by DORKA VERMES (Hungary, 109’) with Péter Turi, Zoltán Gyöngyösi, Andrea Spolarics, Zoltán Koppány, Botond Kovács, Dorottya  Gellért, Pompónia Pálya – 18+

Short Films
Starting Thursday 7 September

ORIZZONTI – SHORT FILMS
A SHORT TRIP by ERENIK BEQIRI (France, 17’) with Luàna Bajrami, Tristan Halilaj, Walid Afkir, Arben Bajraktaraj
DIVE by ALDO IULIANO (Italy, 13’) with Veronika  Lukianenko, Danyil  Kamensky
DAR SAAYE SARV (IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS) by HOSSEIN MOLAYEMI, SHIRIN SOHANI (Iran, 20’) animation
SENTIMENTAL STORIES by XANDRA POPESCU (Germany, 16’) with Marie Tragousti, Estelle Widmaier, Artemis Chalkidou, Grego Belau, Leo Da Silva, Ezra Luke

Starting Friday 8 September

ORIZZONTI – SHORT FILMS
BOGOTÁ STORY by ESTEBAN PEDRAZA (Colombia/USA, 16’) with Catalina Rey, Victor Tarazona
DUAN PIAN GUSHI (SHORT STORY) by WU LANG (China, 12’) with Huang Jue, Li Meng
AREA BOY by IGGY LONDON (UK, 19’) with Joshua Cameron, Malcolm Kamulete, Jolade Obasola
ET SI LE SOLEIL PLONGEAIT DANS L’OCÉAN DES NUES (IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS) by WISSAM CHARAF (France/Lebanon, 20’) with Raed Yassin, Rodrigue Sleiman