La Casa Del Cinema

San Polo & Santa Croce


Venice’s public film archive shows original-language art films, including some in English, to members in a modern 50-seat, wood-beamed screening room inside Palazzo Mocenigo. Check online for pre-release previews and revivals with introductions by directors, actors and scholars.


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