Venice Film Festival’s Sala Web to Stream 4 Features and 14 Shorts Worldwide

La Biennale di Venezia has launched the Sala Web theatre for the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (August 27–September 6, 2025), offering four Biennale College – Cinema features and fourteen short films from the Official Selection for online viewing. The films will stream concurrently with their Lido premieres for a limited number of viewers, with timed online screenings that mirror traditional showtimes.

The short films: thirteen Orizzonti and one Out of Competition can be view for free on the Festival Scope website, the organizer said. On the day of its formal premiere, each short will be available to stream starting at 6 p.m. You can watch these movies until 11:59 p.m. on September 30, 2025, or until they hit the maximum number of viewers. The Biennale Cinema Channel (via MYmovies) will screen full-length movies made by Biennale College – Cinema. They will be available for five more days after their festival premieres, which is when they will commence.

Within Italy, viewers can access the Biennale Cinema Channel in the original language (with Italian subtitles) by purchasing a three-month subscription priced at €11.90 or an annual plan starting at €39.00, or by using an active Mymovies ONE subscription. Access is capacity-limited and scheduled to emulate in-person screenings.

Feature lineup (Biennale College – Cinema)

• Secret of a Mountain Serpent — Nidhi Saxena (India, Sri Lanka; sophomore film) — available August 28
• Chiet Chea Manusa (Becoming Human) — Polen Ly (Cambodia, USA; sophomore film) — available August 29
• One Woman One Bra — Vincho Nchogu (Kenya, Nigeria; debut film) — available August 30
• Agnus Dei — Massimiliano Camaiti (sophomore film) — available August 31

Short films (Orizzonti, unless noted) — all available from August 28

• A Soil A Culture A River A People (You Jian Chui Yan) — Viv Li
• Coyotes — Said Zagha
• Kushta Mayn, La Mia Costantinopoli — Nicolò Folin
• Lion Rock — Nick Mayow, Prisca Bouchet
• Merrimundi — Niles Attallah
• Norheimsund — Ana A. Alpizar
• Praying Mantis — Joe Hsieh, Yonfan
• Saint Simeon — Olubunmi Omolola Ogunsola
• The Curfew — Shehrezad Maher
• The Origin of the World (El Origen del Mundo) — Jazmin Lopez
• The Lifeline (La Ligne de Vie) — Hugo Becker
• Unavailable (Nedostupni) — Kyrylo Zemlyanyi
• Without Kelly (Utan Kelly) — Lovisa Sirén
• Rukeli — Alessandro Rak (Out of Competition)

Biennale College – Cinema is La Biennale di Venezia’s international workshop for micro-budget features. The program is supported by the Ministry of Culture (General Directorate Cinema) with additional support from Chanel, and collaborates academically with the Gotham Film & Media Institute and the TorinoFilmLab. The festival is directed by Alberto Barbera, with Savina Neirotti serving as Head of Programme.

Founded in 1895, La Biennale di Venezia is regarded as one of the world’s leading cultural institutions, organizing major events across Art, Architecture, Cinema, Dance, Music, and Theatre.