For the fourth time, Sala Web is offering the unique chance to view a selection of films from the 72^nd Venice Film Festival, taking place from 2-12 September, online. Reaching out from the Lido to an audience stretching all across the globe, the line-up offers 15 world premieres: 12 feature films from the Orizzonti Competition and three features from the Biennale College.

In parallel with the festival taking place in Venice, Sala Web will showcase these films in collaboration with Festival Scope in an online screening room. The screenings will be hosted by Festival Scope on behalf of the Venice Film Festival via a secure site, with digital tickets to the screenings being limited to 400 per film. 

Alongside strong female voices from Iran with Vahid Jalilvand’s Wednesday, May 9, the selection of Venice Sala Web includes films by established filmmakers such as Algerian director Merzak Allouache (The Rooftops [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Merzak Allouache
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intervista: Merzak Allouache
scheda film]) with his entry Madame Courage [+leggi anche:
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Developed and produced during the Biennale College – a higher-education workshop for micro-budget feature films by emerging filmmakers – three highly international and innovative debut features will also be included: those by Japanese director Kohki Hasei (Blanka [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Kohki Hasei
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intervista: Kuba Czekaj
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The selection of the Orizzonti international competition, following up on the latest trends in international cinema, is as follows:

Orizzonti
Neon Bull [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Gabriel Mascaro (Brazil, Uruguay, the Netherlands)
Italian Gangster [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Renato De Maria (Italy)
Tharlo by Pema Tseden (China)
Pecore in erba [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alberto Caviglia
scheda film] by Alberto Caviglia (Italy)
Wednesday, May 9 by Vahid Jalilvand (Iran)
Madame Courage [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Merzak Allouache (Algeria, France, United Arab Emirates, Qatar)
Interruption [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Yorgos Zois
scheda film] by Yorgos Zois (Greece, France, Croatia)
Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Hadar Morag
scheda film] by Hadar Morag (Israel, France)
Mate-me por favor by Anita Rocha Da Silveira (Brazil, Argentina)
Tempête [+leggi anche:
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Interrogation by Vetri Maaran (India)
Free in Deed by Jake Mahaffy (USA, New Zealand)

The three further debut features taken from the Biennale College section are:

Biennale College - Cinema
Baby Bump [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Kuba Czekaj
scheda film] by Kuba Czekaj (Poland)
The Fits [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Anna Rose Holmer (USA)
Blanka [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Kohki Hasei
scheda film] by Kohki Hasei (Japan)

Tickets for the online screening can be bought in advance through Festival Scope for €4 per film or with a Festival Pass (five films for €10), as the box office has already opened. The films will be screened at 9 pm EST on the day of the screening at the Venice Film Festival and are available online, worldwide, for five days.