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Classici fuori Mostra: 12 restored films in Venice
From 21 January to 29 April (7 pm) at the Cinema Rossini in Venice. . Each film will be introduced with a presentation by an expert and followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
Classici fuori Mostra
From 21 January to 29 April 2026, the seventh edition of the film series Classici fuori Mostra. Permanent Festival of Restored Films, organized by La Biennale di Venezia in collaboration with Circuito Cinema of the City of Venice, with Università Ca’ Foscari and with Università Iuav di Venezia, will be held weekly every Wednesday at 7:00 pm at the Cinema Rossini movie theatre (Salizzada de la Chiesa o del Teatro, 3997).
Classici fuori Mostra will present twelve film Classics, recently restored by the major film archives around the world, in the original language version with Italian subtitles. Each film will be introduced with a presentation by an expert and followed by a Q&A session with the audience. There will be special concessions for students (reduced-price ticket 3 euro, reduced pass 25 euro, full-price ticket 6 euro).
The series will open with Thief (1981) by Michael Mann, with James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi, Robert Prosky and Tom Signorelli. The film will be screened on Wednesday 21 January at 7 pm, in the version restored in 4k in 2025 by The Criterion Collection, copy provided by Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer by kind concession of Park Circus. It will be introduced by Adriano De Grandis. Following, weekly on Wednesdays, will be Riso amaro (Bitter Rice) (1949) by Giuseppe De Santis,L’horloger de Saint-Paul (The Clockmaker) (1974) by Bertrand Tavernier, Duel in the Sun (1946) by King Vidor, Il delitto Matteotti (The Assassination of Matteotti) (1973) by Florestano Vancini, Diabolik (1968) by Mario Bava, Ukigumo (Floating Clouds) (1955) by Mikio Naruse, Performance (1970) by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, Sorcerer (1977) by William Friedkin, Yi Yi: a One and a Two… (2000) by Edward Yang, The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) by Val Guest and La finestra sul Luna Park (The Window to Luna Park) (1957) by Luigi Comencini.
Statement by Alberto Barbera
“Classici Fuori Mostra, now in its seventh edition, is an initiative organised by La Biennale di Venezia whose audience appreciation shows no signs of waning – stated the artistic director of the Venice International Film Festival Alberto Barbera – a clear sign that offering a programme of great classic films which in one way or another have helped to shape the history of cinema, continues to generate an interest that is not equally satisfied by the possibility of viewing these films online or on streaming platforms. Allow me to reiterate once again that all the films are shown in the original language restored versions, and are introduced for the occasion by film critics and university professors, whom La Biennale and I personally would like to thank for their continued and generous commitment to this initiative. Along with the success that the re-release of classic films by traditional distribution is currently enjoying, this is confirmation that a discerning audience prefers to watch films in movie theatres rather than within the confines of their own home. In the place, that is, where films should always be seen, because they were conceived and made for the big screen which can best highlight their artistic and spectacular qualities. Like every year, the programme allows viewers to move between auteur films in the strictest sense, and others that have become part of our collective imagination for their ability to shape more traditional models of narration and spectacle.”
The screenings
- Wednesday 28 January Riso amaro (Bitter Rice) (1949) by Giuseppe De Santis
introduced by Giuseppe Ghigi - Wednesday 4 February L’horloger de Saint-Paul (The Clockmaker) (1974) by Bertrand Tavernier
introduced by Michele Gottardi - Wednesday 11 February Duel in the Sun (1946) by King Vidor
introduced by Riccardo Triolo - Wednesday 25 February Il delitto Matteotti (The Assassination of Matteotti) (1973) by Florestano Vancini
introduced by Marco Dalla Gassa - Wednesday 4 March Diabolik (1968) by Mario Bava
introduced by Sara D'Ascenzo - Wednesday 11 March Ukigumo (Floating Clouds) (1955) by Mikio Naruse
introduced by Roberta Novielli - Wednesday 18 March Performance (1970) by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg
introduced by Cesare Bisantis - Wednesday 25 March Sorcerer (1977) by William Friedkin
introduced by Eugenio De Angelis
- Wednesday 15 April Yi Yi: a One and a Two… (2000) by Edward Yang
introduced by Elena Pollacchi - Wednesday 22 April The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) by Val Guest
introduced by Marco Contino
- Wednesday 29 April La finestra sul Luna Park (The Window to Luna Park) (1957) by Luigi Comencini
introduced by Marco Bertozzi
Tickets
Full price ticket € 6
Reduced price ticket € 3
Reduced price pass € 25
Biglietti in prevendita
www.circuitocinemavenezia.it
Biglietti in vendita
presso la biglietteria del Cinema Rossini
Venice Classics
Venice Classics is the section of the Venice Film Festival that since 2012 has presented, with growing success, the world premiere screenings of a selection of the best restorations of film classics carried out over the past year by film archives, cultural institutions and production companies from around the world. Venice Classics is curated by Alberto Barbera with the collaboration of Federico Gironi.
