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The Sala Web theatre of the 81st Venice Film Festival
Four feature films of the Biennale College Cinema and nine short films (from Orizzonti and Out of Competition) to stream online.
The Sala web theatre
La Biennale di Venezia announces the Sala Web theatre of the 81st Venice International Film Festival, which will stream online the four films from Biennale College Cinema and nine short films of which eight from the Orizzonti section and one Out of Competition (the shorts may be viewed free of charge).
These are world premiere films from the Official Selection of the 81st Venice International Film Festival (28 August – 7 September 2024) that will be streamed concurrently with the official premieres of the films on the Lido, for a limited number of viewers. Each film will be streamed at a specific time thus simulating a traditional screening, after which the title will be available for 5 more days through the end of the available online screenings.
The programme of shorts presents eight films from the Orizzonti section and one Out of Competition, including two by Italian directors, Allégorie citadine by Alice Rohrwacher and F II – Lo stupore del mondo by Alessandro Rak, All nine short films may be viewed free of charge around the world in screenings hosted on behalf of the Venice Film Festival on the website operated by Festival Scope at www.festivalscope.com. Each title (in the original language version with subtitles) will be available to be viewed in streaming starting at 6 pm (Italian time) on the day of the official premiere of the film on the Lido and through Monday 30 September 2024, for a limited number of viewers.
The four feature films of the Biennale College – Cinema – the international workshop for the production of micro-budget films which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2022 – are the Italian film Il mio compleanno (My Birthday) by Christian Filippi (debut film), Honeymoon by Zhanna Ozirna (Ukraine, debut film), January 2 by Zsófia Szilágyi (Hungary, sophomore film) and The Fisherman by Zoey Martinson (United States, debut film) and may be viewed on the website operated by MYmovies at www.mymovies.it/ondemand/biennalecinema on the Biennale Cinema Channel streaming platform, which already includes a library of films from the Competition, Out of Competition and Orizzonti sections of the Venice Film Festivals between 2007 and 2023.
How to view the films
To view the feature films of the Biennale College Cinema within the territory of Italy, in the original language version with subtitles in Italian, viewers may purchase a one-month subscription to the Biennale Cinema Channel for € 7.90, a three-month subscription for € 19.90, or a one-year subscription for € 70.00, online at www.labiennale.org and www.mymovies.it/ondemand/biennalecinema/, or have an active subscription to MYmovies ONE. The Biennale Cinema Channel streaming platform already includes a library of the Competition, Out of Competition and Orizzonti sections of all the editions of the Venice Film Festival between 2007 and 2023.
Biennale College Cinema, organised by La Biennale di Venezia, enjoys the support of the Ministry of Culture – General Directorate Cinema. The main sponsor of the initiative is Vivendi. Biennale College Cinema relies on the academic collaboration of Gotham Film & Media Institute and the TorinoFilmLab. The educational activities are made possible by the Creative Europe – Media programme. The director is Alberto Barbera, Head of Programme is Savina Neirotti.
The Sala Web screening schedule
Feature films of the Biennale College Cinema:
from Friday 30 August
THE FISHERMAN by ZOEY MARTINSON (Ghana, 105’, v.o. English/ga/twi s/t Italian/English) cast: Ricky Adelayitar, Endurance Dedzo, William Lamptey, Kiki Romi, Dulo Harris
from Saturday 31 August
JANUÁR 2 (JANUARY 2) by ZSÓFIA SZILÁGYI (Hungary, 87’, v.o. Hungarian s/t Italian/English) cast: Csenge Jóvári, Zsuzsanna Konrád
from Sunday 1 September
IL MIO COMPLEANNO by CHRISTIAN FILIPPI (Italy, 90’, v.o. Italian s/t English) cast: Zackari Delmas, Silvia D’Amico, Giulia Galassi, Simone Liberati, Federico Pacifici, Nicolò Medori
from Monday 2 September
MEDOVYI MISIATS (HONEYMOON) by ZHANNA OZIRNA (Ukraine, 84’, v.o. Ukrainian/Russoian s/t Italian/English) with Ira Nirsha, Roman Lutskyirris
Short Films:
from Sunday 1 September
OUT OF COMPETITION
ALLÉGORIE CITADINE by ALICE ROHRWACHER, JR (France, 21’ v.o. French s/t Italian/English) cast: Lyna Khoudri, Naïm El Kaldaoui, Leos Carax
from Thursday 5 September
ORIZZONTI SHORT FILMS - OUT OF COMPETITION
F II – LO STUPORE DEL MONDO by ALESSANDRO RAK (Italy, 6’, v.o. Italian s/t English) (Animation) with Massimiliano Gallo, Alessandro Rak, Gianmaria Fresa
ORIZZONTI SHORT FILMS - COMPETITION
WHO LOVES THE SUN by ARSHIA SHAKIBA (Canada, 19’, v.o. Arabic s/t Italian/English)
THREE KEENINGS by OLIVER MCGOLDRICK (UK, Ireland, USA, 10’, v.o. Gaelic s/t Italian/English) cast: Seamus O’Hara, Sean Kearns, Carol Moore, Caitriona Hinds, Niall Cusack, Olivia Nash, Aidan McCaughey, Colin Carnegie, Conor O’Donnell
SHADOWS by RAND BEIRUTY (France, Jordan, 12’, v.o. Arabic s/t Italian/English) (Animation)
JAMES by ANDRES RODRÍGUEZ (Guatemala, Mexico, 20’, v.o. Spanish s/t Italian/English) cast James Maldonado, Jose Poz, Erick Maldonado
from Friday 6 September
ORIZZONTI SHORT FILMS - 14+
MOON LAKE by JEANNIE SUI WONDERS (USA, 12’, v.o.English s/t Italian/English) cast: Grace Hunt Sui, Chase Sui Wonders, Riley Downey, Valeria Embarcadero Perez, Daphne Williams, Sophie Watson
MARION by JOE WEILAND, CONSTANTINE FINN (UK, France, 13’, v.o. French s/t Italian/English) cast: Caroline Noguès-Larbère, Radouan Leflahi, Laurent Fernandez, Manuel Severi, Chloé Bugard
RENÉ VA ALLA GUERRA by LUCA FERRI, MORGAN MENEGAZZO, MARIACHIARA PERNISA (Italy, 18’, v.o. Slovenian s/t Italian/English) cast: René Mlinar, Anka Mlinar, Andrej Mlinar
