Венецианский кинофестиваль, который открывается 29 августа, объявил о новой инициативе: его вторая по значению программа "Горизонты" будет доступна для просмотра через Интернет в любой точке земного шара одновременно с кинопоказами в кинозалах Мостры.

Это 10 полнометражных и 13 короткометражных фильмов, созданных дебютантами или начинающими режиссерами, а также киноэксперименты. В эту программу, как известно, попал фильм Алексея Балабанова "Я тоже хочу".

Сегодня, в понедельник 20 августа, на сайте фестиваля  www.labiennale.org  началась процедура по резервированию "виртуальных билетов". Чтобы попасть в этот онлайновый "фестивальный кинотеатр", нужно купить билет, стоимость которого € 4.20. Один билет действителен для просмотра одного полнометражного фильма или одной программы короткометражек. Заплатив за билет, будущий зритель получит персональный линк, который будет действителен только на один просмотр. Число "мест" ограничено - в "виртуальном зале" всего 500 кресел.

Каждый фильм будет доступен для просмотра в день его официального показа в Венеции с 9 часов утра по венецианскому времени (11 часов по московскому) в течение 24 часов.

Расписание показов:

30 августа - GLI EQUILIBRISTI ("Эквилибристы"), реж. Иван Де Маттео (Италия, 100 минут)

1 сентября - EL SHEITA ELLI FAT ("Зима недовольства"). Реж. Ибрагим Эль Батоут (Египет, 94 мин.)

2 сентября - BOXING DAY ("День бокса"). Реж. Бернард Розе (Великобритания, США, 91 мин)

- LOW TIDE ("Слабый прилив"). Реж. Роберто Минервини (США, Италия, Бельгия, 92 мин.)

3 сентября - LEONES. Реж. Джасмин Лопес (Аргентина, Франция, Нидерланды, 80 мин).

4 сентября - MENATEK HA-MAIM ("Отключающий воду"). Реж. Идан Хубель (Израиль, 76 мин).

5 сентября - L’INTERVALLO ("Перерыв"). Реж. Леонардо Ди Констанцо (Италия, Швейцария, Германия, 86 мин).

6 сентября - BELLAS MARIPOSAS ("Прекрасные бабочки"). Реж. Сальваторе Мереу (Италия, 100 мин).

- YEMA. Реж. Джамила Сахрауй (Алжир, 90 мин).

7 сентября - "Я ТОЖЕ ХОЧУ". Реж. Алексей Балабанов (Россия, 83 мин).

6 и 7 сентября будут также доступны две программы короткометражных фильмов.

Для просмотра необходимы: высокоскоростной доступ в Интернет, компьютер PC или Mac с оперативной памятью в 2 GB или более, Flash Player, апдейтированный до 11.3 версии. Будут работать браузеры - последние версии Chrome, Firefox, Safari или Explorer 9.

Просмотры не могут осуществляться с помощью смартфонов и других мобильных устройств.

Фильмы будут доступны только в потоковом режиме, скачивание невозможно. Фестиваль не несет ответственности за качество изображения и звука - это целиком зависит от качества исходного материала, предоставленного правообладателями.

Прежде чем ринуться в эту авантюру и покупать билет, фестиваль рекомендует сначала проверить свои технические возможности. Для этого нужно посетить специально учрежденный сайт

https://www.festivalscope.com/media/screening_test

Если все-таки рискнете, то после покупки билета онлайн вы получите подтверждение по электронной почте. Не позднее, чем за сутки до начала показа вам придет e-mail, содержащий персональный линк. Один билет дает право посмотреть картину только один раз, причем предусмотрена возможность при необходимости прервать просмотр и возобновить его с того места, где он был прерван, но только в течение 24 часов, отчитывая с 9 часов утра венецианского времени (11 часов по Москве).

В случае, если вы не найдете в своем почтовом ящике мейл с линком, поищите его в ящике для спама. По всем техническим вопросам фестиваль просит консультироваться по адресу

feedback@festivalscope.com

Для владеющих английским под скатом - краткие характеристики фильмов предлагаемой программы.

The 10 feature-length films online

·         Thursday 30 August

GLI EQUILIBRISTI by Ivan De Matteo (Italy, France, 100’)

A rented home, a steady job, a car bought on an instalment plan, a rebellious but lovable daughter and a sweet pensive boy, a wife who is loved but betrayed... Giulio is found out and his wife leaves him, and his fairytale suddenly falls apart. With Valerio Mastandrea and Barbara Bobulova. Ivan De Matteo is a director, actor and documentary filmmaker whose work ranges from theatre to film to television. In 2009 he directed La bella gente which won the Grand Prize at the Festival d’Annecy. Gli equilibristi is his third feature-length fiction film.

·         Saturday 1 September

EL SHEITA ELLI FAT (WINTER OF DISCONTENT) by Ibrahim El Batout (Egypt, 94’)

The story intertwines the lives of three people against the backdrop of the winter revolution in Egypt: a man tortured by the police who no longer has the courage to leave his house; a television anchorwoman who is forced to give distorted news reports; a policeman who inflicts torture. Ibrahim El-Batout has won many international awards as a documentary filmmaker. His third film Hawi (2010, The Juggler) was presented in Rotterdam and at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Best Arab Film Award. Winter of Discontent is his fourth feature-length fiction film.

·         Sunday 2 September

BOXING DAY by Bernard Rose (Great Britain, USA, 91’)

The dramatic experience of Basil and Niky (Danny Huston and Matthew Jacobs) on their journey to Denver. The two must face perilous weather conditions, the cold and their struggle to survive. English director Bernard Rose (the author of one of the most interesting horror films of the Nineties, Candyman, 1992), brings Tolstoy’s short story, Master and Man, to the screen, in the wake of the other works by the Russian author he has adapted for the cinema, including Anna Karenina, The Kreutzer Sonata and The Death of Ivan Ilyich.

LOW TIDE by Roberto Minervini (USA, Italy, Belgium, 92’)

A 12-year old boy and a single mother live parallel lives. The boy spends his days alone while the mother works and goes out with her girlfriends. The boy’s solitude is a source of both freedom and pain. His solitary experience makes him aware of the contrast between society’s rules and the rules of nature. His delicate interior world is soon shattered by an unexpected event. Born in Italy, Roberto Minervini is a screenwriter, director and professor now living in America.

·         Monday 3 September

LEONES by Jazmin Lopez (Argentina, France, Netherlands, 80’)

Felix, Sofia, Arturo, Niki and Isabel are wandering through a forest. They seem to be on vacation, but something is wrong. They get lost in a labyrinth, “Leones”, which has rules of its own that the young people must discover if they want to find their way out. Jazmin Lopez has directed short films that have been presented in various international film festivals including Rotterdam and the Huesca Film Fest, where she won first prize. Leones won the support of the Hubert Bals Fund for its production and was selected by CineMart and by the Torino FilmLab.

·         Tuesday 4 September

MENATEK HA-MAIM (THE CUTOFF MAN) by Idan Hubel  (Israel, 76’)

Gabi has a thankless job, he cuts off the water of people who don’t pay their bills. Like a thief he lurks in the courtyards where the water meters are located. When people see him, they curse and humiliate him, they blame him for their own situation. Gabi has a family to support. But how long can he resist? Idan Hubel wrote and directed two student short films that were presented in festivals around the world and won many awards. The Cutoff Man is his first feature-length film.

• Wednesday 5 September

L’INTERVALLO by Leonardo Di Costanzo (Italy, Switzerland, Germany, 86’)

Veronica has been insolent towards the Camorra boss in her neighbourhood and has been locked up to await her punishment. Salvatore has been assigned to watch her. She is 16 years old, secure to the point of impudence, and everyone likes her. Salvatore is awkward, tall and heavy, and shy. A relationship develops between the two of them, growing from hostility to complicity and friendship. Leonardo Di Costanzo attended classes at the Ateliers Varan in France. This experience led him to open a centre for documentary filmmakers in Cambodia. His films include Prove di Stato (1999), which addresses the theme of the absence of the State in the city of Ercolano, and A scuola (2003), a view of life in a junior high school in Naples, presented at the Venice Film Festival and winner of the Filmmaker/doc8 edition.

·         Thursday 6 September

BELLAS MARIPOSAS by Salvatore Mereu (Italy, 100’)

Inspired by the homonymous book by Sergio Atzeni, Bellas mariposas is the story of two young adolescent girls in a popular district of Cagliari. The story of two adolescents from the periphery is woven around the dreams and problems of these two “butterflies”, the “mariposas” of the title, as they deal with the pitfalls of life on the fringes.  Salvatore Mereu’s first feature-length film was Ballo a tre passi (2003), distinguished by an unusual four-part structure in which each part corresponded to one season of the year. Ballo a tre passi won the Settimana della Critica award at the 60^th Venice International Film Festival. Mereu also won the David di Donatello as Best New Director for Ballo a tre passi.

YEMA by Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria, France, 90’)

Yema tells the story of Ouardia, portrayed by the director herself, a woman who, following the death of her son Tarik, a soldier who was probably killed by his brother Ali, tries to return to normal life in an abandoned home in the Algerian countryside. Born in Algeria in 1950, Djamila Sahraoui studied film direction and editing at the IDHEC. After making two documentary films that won awards in international festivals, her debut film Barakat! (2009) earned the prize for best debut film at the Panafrican film festival in Ouagadougou. Yema is her second feature-length fiction film.

·         Friday 7 September

JA TOZHE HOCHU (ME TOO) by Alexey Balabanov (Russia, 83’)

Four passengers, Bandit, his friend Matvei and Matvei’s old musician father with his young and beautiful fiancée, are travelling in a black jeep along a deserted road in search of “the bell tower of happiness”, which according to legend was hidden somewhere between Saint Petersburg and the city of Uglich. Aleksei Balabanov is one of the most important contemporary Russian directors. He won worldwide fame with his film Brother in 1997, presented in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival. His next film, Brother 2 (2000), was also a box-office hit. In 2002 he participated in the Venice International Film Festival with the film Reka (The River). In 2007 he returned to the Lido in the Giornate degli Autori – Venice Days section with Cargo 200.