Regione Veneto
01-15.08.2025 - Cinemoving 2025 "A glance at Europe"
Two weeks of cinema. Feature films, short films, documentaries and fiction films, introduced by guests from Hungary and France, two European festivals dedicated to short films and independent films, works from the LUX Prize of the European Parliament, selected films under the REEL project, in addition to cartoons for the little ones... A look beyond the borders, a look at us, different stories that connect and tell us, different but equal, all made in Europe.
All the shows are free of charge until seats are available.
European Parliament’s LUX Prize
A particular focus is on the European Parliament’s LUX Prize which pays tribute to European cinema and aims to raise awareness of social, political and cultural issues in Europe in collaboration between Europe Direct Venezia Veneto of the Municipality of Venice, Liaison office of the European Parliament in Milan and LUX Prize for the public. Four evenings dedicated to as many films winners or candidates for the LUX Prize 2025: 2, 6, 10, 14 August 2025 at 9 pm.
The films are screened in their original language with Italian subtitles.
CINEMOVING 2025 "An eye on Europe" is the result of collaboration between the City of Venice, with its services Culture Sector, Cinema Circuit and Europe Direct Venezia Veneto, the LUX Prize of the European Parliament, international organizations linked to the countries involved:
Hungary - National Film Institute Hungary, Academy of Hungary Rome, Consulate Gen. On. of Hungary - Venice and the Italian-Hungarian Cultural Association of the Triveneto
France - Alliance Française of Venice, Institut Français
Italy and Croatia - with coordinator the Apulia Film Commission Foundation (Italy); with the partnership of Comune di Venezia, Istrian cultural agency (HR), Art-kino (HR), Public institution Dubrovnik Cinema (HR), Municipality of Rimini
REEL - A cinematic journey through Italy and Croatia
==> Project website: www.italy-croatia.eu/it/web/reel
The Municipality of Venice participates in the European project REEL, with the aim of promoting less known destinations through iconic locations of films and TV series. Coordinated by the Apulia Film Commission and funded by the Interreg Italy-Croatia programme (Interreg ITA-CRO), the project aims to offer an innovative tourist experience, especially for young people, enhancing the link between cinema and territory. REEL involves Italian and Croatian institutions active in the fields of cinematography and tourism. Circuito Cinema Venezia curates and proposes some events to tell through the images. A cinematic journey through Italy and Croatia: in San Polo there are two international films, shot using Croatian locations: the island of Vis (Lissa), Opatija (Abbazia), Rovinj (Rovigno), Zagreb (Zagabria).
Shorts On Tap arrives in Venice for the fifth time this August with a review of short films titled Fuori Campo. Also this year the event in collaboration with Circuito Cinema and #CineMoving2025 will be presented by actor and director Mattia Berto.
A true celebration of the independent short film, Fuori Campo will bring to Campo San Polo a program of unpublished works, through a variety of themes and subjects ranging from experimental short films to dramatic films, up to animated shorts.
In the magical setting of open-air cinema in Campo San Polo, we will present a selection of short films from all over Europe, looking at themes, stories and original subjects captured by the lens of independent filmmakers. The screenings of the shorts will be followed by a question and answer session between the present directors and the audience. Shorts On Tap was born in London in 2013 from an idea of the Venetian Filippo Polesel. Since then, the festival has become a real point of reference for independent filmmakers and not in the British capital.
In conjunction with the last evening of Cinemoving, takes place the final event of the Venice Film Week with an outdoor screening in Campo San Polo, designed specifically for the Venetian public. On the programme, a selection of contemporary Italian cinema, with an original and cutting-edge look, but suitable for a wide and intergenerational audience. The stories tell today’s Italy with irony, humanity and independent spirit, offering a fresh and often surprising look at our society. An opportunity to meet together, under the stars, and rediscover the pleasure of the big screen in one of the most vibrant squares of the city.
In collaboration with Shorts on Tap, international short film festival
FRIDAY 1 AUGUST, 21.00
Au revoir, Melograno by Giacomo Pedrotti (Italy, 20')
Evelin and the city of suitcases by Aurora Ovan (Italy, 09' 59")
Hide and Seek by Rositsa Trayanova (Bulgaria, 14' 30")
In my shoes by Mirko Artuso (Italy, 12' 30")
Yawning by Tiziana Troja (Italy, 5' 50")
Under the Rock by Nikolas Koskinas (Greece, 19'20")
With love, your body by Pernille Lund (Denmark, 1')
==> EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LUX PRIZE
SATURDAY 2 AUGUST, 21.00
Flow (Flow - A world to save, Latvia/France, 2024, 85',v.o.sott.it.) animation, by Gints
Zilbalodis
A world heavily imbued with traces of human presence seems to be coming to an end. Cat is a solitary animal, but when a flood ravages his home he is forced to find refuge on a boat populated by other species. And despite the differences that separate them, they must find ways to collaborate with them. On this lonely boat, sailing through Mystical and flooded landscapes, animals face the challenges and dangers of adapting to new world. Film winner of the LUX Audience Award 2025.
WEDNESDAY 6 AUGUST, 21.00
Julie Keeps Quiet (Julie has a secret, Belgium/Sweden, 2024, 100',v.o.sott.it.)
Leonardo Van Dijl
Leading player in an excellent tennis school, Julie lives for this sport. When the his coach ends up under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all players and the Club players are encouraged to talk. Julie, however, decides to keep quiet. Movie Candidate for the LUX Prize 2025.
SUNDAY 10 AUGUST, 21.00
Intercepted (Canada/Ukraine, 2024, 95', v.o.sott.it.) documentary, by Oksana Karpovych
What drives people who come to your country to fight a war? The documentary tries to find an answer by presenting two parallel worlds. The images of destruction show the conditions of villages, cities, houses and highways in Ukraine after liberation from the Russian occupation; but the focus is also on the landscapes that come back to life. A choice that wants to instill hope and counter the normalization of horror operated by media. Film nominated for the LUX Prize 2025.
THURSDAY 14 AUGUST, 21.00
Animal (Greece/Austria, 2023, 116', v.o.sott.it.)
Under the scorching sun of a Greek island, the animators of an all-inclusive resort are preparing to the hectic tourist season. To occupy the scene paper decorations, sparkling costumes and dance performances. The more the season comes alive and the work pressure increases, the more nights of the group become violent and the suffering of Kalia, the leader of the group, emerges in the darkness. But when the spotlight comes back on, the show must continue. Award nominee LUX 2025.
==> HUNGARIAN CINEMA
Screenings organised with the support of international partners
In collaboration with National Film Institute Hungary, Academy of Hungary in Rome, Consulate Gen. On. of Hungary - Venice and the Italian-Hungarian Cultural Association of the Triveneto
SUNDAY 3 AUGUST, 21.00
Cat Call (Cicaverzum, Hungary, 2023, 91', v.o.sott.it.) comedy by Rozália Szeleczki Fáni, thirty years old, is trapped in a world of her own, made up of imagination. Because she the death of every man he finds attractive, never manages to fall in love. But everything changes when a black talking cat starts courting her. A surreal comedy that invites you to get rid of conditions and toxic relationships.
MONDAY 4 AUGUST, 21.00
Semmelweis (Hungary, 2023, 124', v.o.sott.it.)
Directed by Lajos Koltai, Oscar nominee as director of photography for Giuseppe’s Malèna Tornatore, Semmelweis marks his return to directing after 2007’s Evening.
Vienna, 1847: A mysterious epidemic spreads in an obstetric clinic. The young doctor Ignác Semmelweis tries to counter puerperal fever by challenging the medicine of the time. Biopic in costume set in the nineteenth century, the film tells the life of pioneer of antiseptic practices in hospitals, passed to history as the "savior of mothers".
==> FOR CHILDREN
Two evenings of adventure for small spectators, but also adults
TUESDAY 5 AUGUST, 21.00
The Thief Lord (The Thief Lord, UK/Germany, 2006, 94') adventure, by Richard Claus
Based on the best-selling film for boys by Cornelia Funke , set in Venice, the film tells the story of two orphaned brothers who run away from their treacherous uncles, to join a band of ladruncoli who lives in an old abandoned cinema. they will find themselves involved in a spectacular Scam rich in adventures, suspenses, twists and turns and a pinch of magic.
MONDAY 11 AUGUST, 21.00
The pharaoh, the wild and the princess (Le pharaon, le sauvage et la princesse, France/Belgium,
2022, 83') animation by Michel Ocelot
An epic story set in ancient Egypt, a medieval legend of Auvergne, a fantasy oriental of the VXIII Century, with Ottoman customs and Turkish palaces, to be carried away by Conflicting dreams, populated by splendid gods, horrible tyrants, cheerful executioners, princes and princesses who do what they think - and all this in a kaleidoscope of colors.
==> REEL - A CINEMATOGRAPHIC JOURNEY THROUGH ITALY AND CROATIA
THURSDAY 7 AUGUST, 21.00
Diana - The secret story of Lady D. (Diana, GB/France, 2013, 107', v.o.sott.it.)
Portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales, during the last two years of her life, having finally found true happiness and achieved personal successes in activism international humanitarian. Several sequences are shot in Croatia: Opatija (Abbey), Rovinj, Zagreb.
SATURDAY 9 AUGUST, 21.00
Mamma mia! Ci siamo di nuovo (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, GB/USA/Croatia, 2018, 114', v.o.sott.it.)
musical/comedy, by Ol Parker
Some years have passed and Sophie has decided to renovate the family hotel on the Greek island of Kalokairi, to pay homage to Donna, who raised her alone in that earthly paradise. While suffers for the remoteness of Sky and strives to make the opening of the hotel memorable, Sophie thinks back to her mother’s life, the days that upset her life and the choice to stay on the island, that she is maturing, between enthusiasm and perplexity. The film, set in Greece, was reality shot in Croatia, mainly on the island of Vis (Lissa, off Split).
==> FRENCH CINEMA
In collaboration with Alliance Française of Venice with the support of Institut Français.
TUESDAY 12 AUGUST, 21.00
La page blanche (France, 2022, 99', v.o.sott.it.) comedy, by Murielle Magellan
Eloïse finds herself alone, sitting on a bench in Paris. Who is it? She doesn’t remember anything. So for her an extravagant investigation of her own existence. And if this amnesia was in fact the opportunity to discover love and reinvent his life?
WEDNESDAY 13 AUGUST, 21.00
Fragile (France, 2021, 100', v.o.sott.it.) comedy by Emma Benestan
Az works for an oyster farmer in Sète. The oysters? He knows them like his hundreds every day. In one of these decides to hide a ring, to ask Jess, the his girlfriend, to marry him. But she does not say yes. Fortunately, her group of friends is ready for anything to help him get back on his feet.
==> VENICE FILM WEEK
In collaboration with Venice Film Week - International Selection of Independent Cinema
FRIDAY 15 AUGUST, 21.00
Tarkovski Agency presents the Venice Film Week, a festival dedicated to independent cinema. Selection of contemporary Italian cinema
The Venice Film Week festival will take place:
from 11 to 14 August, at the Auditorium Querini
on 15 August, in Campo San Polo
From 4 to 22 August, a selection of films will be available online exclusively on whush.com
For the full programme and further information, please visit the official websitewww.venicefilmweek.com
Information:
Comune di Venezia
EUROPE DIRECT VENEZIA VENETO
Ca' Farsetti, San Marco 4136 - 30124 Venezia
free number 800 496200
fax 041 2748182
www.comune.venezia.it/europedirect
infoeuropa@comune.venezia.it