70th Venice Film Fest Screens to the Web

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Published on Friday, 23 August 2013 10:26

Written by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

In a world of internet users, the 70th edition of the Venice Film Festival  (August 28th – September 7th, 2013) is in step with the times. The most prestigious and oldest Italian film festival looks to the future, now making it possible to view movies online through the “Sala Web.”

The VFF Web Theatre has a maximum “seating” capacity of 500 for each showing. There is one screening only for each of the films to be shown and it’s located on a secure site managed by Festival Scope on behalf of the Festival. In order to view the film of choice, users must first register on the website, pay for the four euro ticket, after which they will receive a personal link that’s good for one viewing only.

Each film (in the original with English subtitles) will be available for streaming within 24 hours starting at 9 pm (Italian time) on the day of the film’s official presentation on the Lido; it’s viewable around the world concurrent with the official screenings of the Mostra d’arte cinematografica di Venezia (again, from August 28th – September 7th, 2013). Only one viewing is allowed, though you may stop the screening at any time and continue it later from the point at which it was interrupted within 24 hours of 9 pm starting time (Italian time zone for Venice) on the day of the film’s presentation. Viewing is available as a stream only -- films can’t be downloaded.
 
A high-speed Internet connection is required to view the stream, as well as a computer with a memory of at least 2GB of RAM or more and a 2 GHz or faster processor and Flash Player (updated to version 11.3). Before purchasing a ticket for the Web Theatre, you may test your connection and computer at the following link: https://www.festivalscope.com/media/screening_test.

Viewing is not compatible with mobile devices such as tablets or smartphones.

Starting this year, Mymovies.it will also collaborate in the promotion.
 
The sale of digital tickets is already available via the Biennale website, www.labiennale.org.

To learn more, go to: http://www.labiennale.org/en/Home.html

The Venice Film Festival
August 28th – September 7th, 2013

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