Mostra Internazionale d Arte Cinematografica Venice

LA RAGAZZA HA VOLATO - Luka Zunic and Alma Noce
ARIAFERMA - Toni Servillo and Silvio Orlando (Credits Gianni Fiorito)

The Sala Web Theatre returns for the 78^th Venice Film Festival

with 22 feature-length films and 14 short films online from around the world /

In the line-up films by Leonardo Di Costanzo and Wilma Labate /

www.labiennale.org

A remarkably rich selection of 22 feature-length films and 14 short films (the latter may be viewed free of charge) from around the world constitutes the line-up for the Sala Web Theatre of the 78^th Venice International Film Festival (1 – 11 September 2021) of La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera.

For the tenth consecutive year, Venice’s Sala Web Theatre makes it possible to watch the world premieres of significant films from the official selection of the Venice Film Festival. The films will be streamed concurrently with the official presentations of the films on the Lido, with a limit on the number of viewers.

Short films

The 14 short films, available free of charge around the world, 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). The films in the line-up include two Italian short films, Preghiera della sera (Diario di una passeggiata) (17’) by Giuseppe Piccioni and Il turno (14’) by Chiara Marotta and Loris Giuseppe Nese, as well as Sad Film (12’) by Vasili (pseudonym), about the street protests that followed the coup d’état in Myanmar.

Feature-length films

The 22 feature-length films, visible only to viewers within the territory of Italy, and selected from the Out of Competition, Orizzonti, Orizzonti Extra and Biennale College Cinema sections of the 78^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 new Biennale Cinema Channel streaming platform.

The feature-length films available online include 6 Italian films. They are Ariaferma by Leonardo Di Costanzo (Out of Competition), La ragazza ha volato by Wilma Labate (Orizzonti Extra), the documentaries Viaggio nel crepuscolo by Augusto Contento (Out of Competition) and La macchina delle immagini di Alfredo C. by Roland Sejko (Orizzonti Extra), as well as two films from the Biennale College Cinema, La Tana by Beatrice Baldacci and La Santa Piccola by Silvia Brunelli.

The 22 feature-length films of the Sala Web Theatre join the library of 40 films on the new Biennale Channel Cinema streaming platform, which features, in collaboration with MYmovies, a significant selection of films to rediscover from the 2007 to 2020 editions of the Venice International Film Festival, films never released before in Italy.

A practical viewer’s guide

For the screenings of the short films worldwide, viewers must first register on www.festivalscope 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 26^th 2021, with a limit on the number of viewers.

To view the feature-length 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 new Biennale Cinema Channel streaming platform. Each film will be streamed at a specific time, simulating a traditional screening, after which the film will be available for the next five days until the end of the screening programme.

The programme of the Sala Web Theatre

Feature films

starting Thursday 2 September

• THE CATHEDRAL by Ricky D’AMBROSE (USA, 87’, o.v. English s/t Italian) with Brian d’Arcy James, Monica Barbaro – Restricted Under-14 - BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA

starting Friday 3 September

• LA RAGAZZA HA VOLATO by Wilma LABATE (Italy, Slovenia, 93’, o.v. English s/t Italian) with Alma Noce, Luka Zunic - ORIZZONTI EXTRA

starting Saturday 4 September

• AMIRA by Mohamed DIAB (Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, 98’, o.v. Arabic/Hebrew s/t Italian/English) with Saba Mubarak, Ali Suliman - ORIZZONTI
• NUESTROS DÍAS MÁS FELICES by Sol BERRUEZO PICHON-RIVIÈRE (Argentina, 100’, o.v. Spanish s/t English/Italian) with Matilde Creimer Chiabrando, Lide Uranga – Restricted Under-14 - BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA

starting Sunday 5 September

• ARIAFERMA by Leonardo DI COSTANZO (Italy, Switzerland, 117’, o.v. Italian s/t English) with Toni Servillo, Silvio Orlando – OUT OF COMPETITION

starting Monday 6 September

• 7 PRISIONEIROS by Alexandre MORATTO (Brazil, 90’, o.v. Portuguese/French/Spanish/Korean s/t Italian/English) with Christian Malheiros, Rodrigo Santoro - ORIZZONTI EXTRA
• LA TANA by Beatrice BALDACCI (Italy, 88’, o.v. Italian s/t English) with Irene Vetere, Lorenzo Aloi – Restricted Under-14 - BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA
• EL GRAN MOVIMIENTO by Kiro RUSSO (Bolivia, France, Qatar, Switzerland, 85’, o.v. Spanish s/t Italian/English) with Julio Cézar Ticona, Max Eduardo Bautista Uchasara - ORIZZONTI

starting Tuesday 7 September

• OLD HENRY by Potsy PONCIROLI (USA, 99’, o.v. English s/t Italian/English) with Tim Blake Nelson, Scott  Haze – OUT OF COMPETITION
• BODENG SAR (WHITE BUILDING) by Kavich NEANG (Cambodia, France, China, Qatar, 90’, o.v. Khmer s/t Italian/English) with Piseth Chhun, Sithan Hout - ORIZZONTI
• MA NUIT by Antoinette BOULAT (France, Belgium, 87’, o.v. French s/t Italian/English) with Lou Lampros, Tom Mercier - ORIZZONTI EXTRA
• AL ORIENTE by José María AVILÉS (Ecuador, 100’, o.v. Spanish/English s/t English/Italian) with Alejandro Espinosa, Paulet Arévalo – Restricted Under-14 - BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA
• MON PÈRE, LE DIABLE by Ellie FOUMBI, Joseph MASTANTUONO (USA, 107’, o.v. French/Mandinka s/t English/Italian) with Babetida Sadjo, Souleymane  Sy Savané – Restricted Under-18 - BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA

starting Wednesday 8 September

• PILIGRIMAI (PILGRIMS) by Laurynas BAREISA (Lithuania, 92’, o.v. Lithuanian s/t Italian/English) with Gabija Bargailaite, Giedrius Kiela - ORIZZONTI
• SOKEA MIES, JOKA EI HALUNNUT NÄHDÄ TITANICIA (THE BLIND MAN WHO DID NOT WANT TO SEE TITANIC) by Teemu NIKKI (Finland, 82’, o.v. Finnish/English s/t Italian/English) with Petri Poikolainen, Marjaana Maijala - ORIZZONTI EXTRA
• LA SANTA PICCOLA by Silvia BRUNELLI (Italy, 97’, o.v. Italian s/t English) with Francesco Pellegrino, Vincenzo Antonucci – Restricted Under-18 - BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA

starting Thursday 9 September

• VIAGGIO NEL CREPUSCOLO by Augusto CONTENTO (France, Italy, 142’, o.v. Italian/German/French/English s/t English) – OUT OF COMPETITION
• EL OTRO TOM by Rodrigo PLÁ, Laura SANTULLO (Mexico, USA, 111’, o.v. English/Spanish s/t Italian/English) with Julia Chávez, Israel Rodriguez Bertorelli - ORIZZONTI
• MAMA, YA DOMA (MAMA, I’M HOME) by Vladimir BITOKOV (Russia, 104’, o.v. Russian s/t Italian/English) with Kseniya Rappoport, Yuriy Borisov - ORIZZONTI EXTRA

starting Friday 10 September

• NOSORIH (RHINO) by Oleh SENTSOV (Ukraine, Poland, Germany, 101’, o.v. Ukrainian/Russian s/t Italian/English) with Serhii Filimonov, Yevhen Chernykov – Restricted Under-18 - ORIZZONTI
• WELA (ANATOMY OF TIME) by Jakrawal NILTHAMRONG (Thailand, France, Netherlands, Singapore, 118’, o.v. Thai s/t Italian/English) with Thaveeratana Leelanuja, Prapamonton Eiamchan - ORIZZONTI
• LA MACCHINA DELLE IMMAGINI  DI ALFREDO C. by Roland SEJKO (Italy, 76’, o.v. Italian s/t English) with Pietro De Silva - ORIZZONTI EXTRA

Short films

starting Thursday 9 September

• PREGHIERA DELLA SERA (DIARIO DI UNA PASSEGGIATA) by Giuseppe PICCIONI (Italy, 17’, o.v. Italian s/t English) - ORIZZONTI SHORT FILMS – OUT OF COMPETITION
• MULAQAT (SANDSTORM) by Seemab GUL (Pakistan, 20’, o.v. Urdu s/t Italian/English) with Parizae Fatima, Hamza Mushtaq - ORIZZONTI – SHORT FILMS
• TOU SHENG, JI DAN, ZUO YE BEN (HAIR TIE, EGG, HOMEWORK BOOKS) by Luo RUNXIAO (China, 15’, o.v. Mandarin s/t Italian/English) with Junyan Miao, Yanglai Wang - ORIZZONTI  SHORT FILMS
• DON’T GET TOO COMFORTABLE by Shaima AL-TAMIMI (Yemen, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, USA, Netherlands, 9’, o.v. English/Arabic s/t Italian/English) - ORIZZONTI  SHORT FILMS
• HELTZEAR by Mikel GURREA (Spain, 17’, o.v. Basque s/t Italian/English) with Haizea Oses, Mikel Arruti  - ORIZZONTI  SHORT FILMS
• IL TURNO by Chiara MAROTTA, Loris Giuseppe NESE (Italy, 14’, o.v. Italian/Neapolitan dialect s/t English) with Rossella De Martino, Racheal Emmanuel - ORIZZONTI  SHORT FILMS

starting Friday 10 September

• ATO by Bárbara PAZ (Brazil, 20’, o.v. Portuguese s/t Italian/English) with Alessandra Maestrini, Eduardo Moreira - ORIZZONTI SHORT FILMS – OUT OF COMPETITION

• DESCENTE (4 AM) by Mehdi FIKRI (France, 11’, o.v. French s/t Italian/English) with Jeanne Rosa, Jisca Kalvanda - ORIZZONTI  SHORT FILMS

• LOS HUESOS by Cristóbal LEÓN, Joaquín COCIÑA (Chile, 14’, o.v. Spanish s/t Italian/English) animation - ORIZZONTI  SHORT FILMS
• PID POKATI MAI (NEW ABNORMAL) by Sorayos PRAPAPAN (Thailand, South Korea, Singapore, 15’, o.v. Thai s/t Italian/English) with Kant Kantapiti, Nattapong Pipattanasub - ORIZZONTI  SHORT FILMS
• FALL OF THE IBIS KING by Josh O’CAOIMH, Mikai GERONIMO (Ireland, 10’, o.v. English s/t Italian/English) animation - ORIZZONTI  SHORT FILMS
• TECHNO, MAMA by Saulius BARADINSKAS (Lithuania, 18’, o.v. Lithuanian s/t Italian/English) with Motjejus Aškelovičius, Neringa Varnelytė - ORIZZONTI  SHORT FILMS
• KANOYAMA (THE LAST DAY) by YAMASHITA Momi (Japan, 19’, o.v. Japanese s/t Italian/English) with Yamada Maho, Kato Shinsuke - ORIZZONTI  SHORT FILMS
• SAD FILM by VASILI (Myanmar, Netherlands, 12’, o.v. Burmese s/t Italian/English) – OUT OF COMPETITION – SHORT FILMS