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The Sala Web theatre of the 82nd Venice Film Festival
Showcasing 4 feature films by the Biennale College Cinema, and 14 short films from the Orizzonti and Out of Competition sections.
The Sala Web theatre
La Biennale di Venezia announces the Sala Web for the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, an online theatre that will stream the four films of the Biennale College – Cinema along with fourteen short films, thirteen from the Orizzonti section and one Out of Competition (the shorts will be available for viewing free of charge).
These are world premiere films from the Official Selection of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (27 August – 6 September 2025) 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 lineup of fourteen shorts presents thirteen films from the Orizzonti section and one Out of Competition, available to 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 www.festivalscope.com. Each film (in the original language version with subtitles) will be available for viewing in streaming starting at 6 pm on the day of the official premiere, and will remain available until 11:59 pm on 30 September 2025, for the maximum number of viewers allowed.
The four feature films by Biennale College – Cinema, La Biennale di Venezia’s international workshop for the production of micro-budget movies, are the Italian film Agnus Dei by Massimiliano Camaiti (sophomore film), Chiet Chea Manusa (Becoming Human) by Polen Ly (Cambodia, USA, sophomore film), One Woman One Bra by Vincho Nchogu (Kenya, Nigeria, debut film) and Secret of a Mountain Serpent by Nidhi Saxena (India, Sri Lanka, sophomore film). They 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 2024.
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 three-month subscription to the Biennale Cinema Channel for € 11.90, or a one-year subscription starting at € 39.00, online at www.labiennale.org and www.mymovies.it/one/scopri/biennalecinema/, or be in possession of an active subscription to Mymovies ONE.
Biennale College – Cinema, organised by La Biennale di Venezia, enjoys the support of the Ministry of Culture – General Directorate Cinema, and the additional support of Chanel. Biennale College Cinema relies on the academic collaboration of the Gotham Film & Media Institute and the TorinoFilmLab. The director is Alberto Barbera, the Head of Programme is Savina Neirotti.
Line-up of the Sala Web theatre
Feature films by Biennale College Cinema:
SECRET OF A MOUNTAIN SERPENT – Nidhi Saxena (India, Sri Lanka, sophomore film) (available 28 August)
CHIET CHEA MANUSA (BECOMING HUMAN) – Polen Ly (Cambodia, Usa, sophomore film) (available 29 August)
ONE WOMAN ONE BRA – Vincho Nchogu (Kenya, Nigeria, debut film) (available 30 August)
AGNUS DEI – Massimiliano Camaiti (sophomore film) (available 31 August)
Short films
Orizzonti section
A SOIL A CULTURE A RIVER A PEOPLE (YOU JIAN CHUI YAN) – Viv Li (available 28 August)
COYOTES – Said Zagha (available 28 August)
KUSHTA MAYN, LA MIA COSTANTINOPOLI – Nicolò Folin (available 28 August)
LION ROCK – Nick Mayow, Prisca Bouchet (available 28 August)
MERRIMUNDI – Niles Attallah (available 28 August)
NORHEIMSUND – Ana A. Alpizar (available 28 August)
PRAYING MANTIS – Joe Hsieh, Yonfan (available 28 August)
SAINT SIMEON – Olubunmi Omolola Ogunsola (available 28 August)
THE CURFEW – Shehrezad Maher (available 28 August)
THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD (EL ORIGEN DEL MUNDO) – Jazmin Lopez (available 28 August)
THE LIFELINE (LA LIGNE DE VIE) – Hugo Becker (available 28 August)
UNAVAILABLE (NEDOSTUPNI) – Kyrylo Zemlyanyi (available 28 August)
WITHOUT KELLY (UTAN KELLY) – Lovisa Sirén (available 28 August)
Out of Competition
RUKELI – Alessandro Rak (available 28 August)
