The 13th edition of the Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival takes place from March 22nd to 25th, 2023, widespread in Venice, thanks to the collaboration of several partner institutions. Below you can find how to access and reserve a seat in each venue.
AUDITORIUM SANTA MARGHERITA
ACCESS: FREE ADMISSION (subject to availability)
WHERE: Campo Santa Margherita, Dorsoduro 3689, 30123 Venezia
The Auditorium is a historic building from the 9th century, once a church dedicated to Santa Margherita, now used as a theater. Of the frescoes that adorned it, there remains the precious painting on the ceiling depicting the martyrdom of the saint. The homonymous square in which it is located is one of the liveliest places in the city, in a position that is easily and quickly reachable from Piazzale Roma and the railway station.
FONDAZIONE BEVILACQUA LA MASA
ACCESS: FREE ADMISSION (subject to availability)
WHERE: Palazzetto Tito, Dorsoduro 2826, Venice
INFO: tel. +39 041 5208879 | email: info@bevilacqualamasa.it
Founded in 1898 from Felicita Bevilacqua La Masa’s bequest, the BLM Foundation is a public institution belonging to the Municipality of Venice that deals with contemporary art and organizes exhibitions and meetings, dedicated to the promotion of young artists and to present internationally known artists. The BLM Foundation is the only Italian public institution to assign, for a training year, 15 ateliers to as many artists active in the various fields of visual arts.
MUSEO D’ARTE ORIENTALE – CA’ PESARO
ACCESS: FREE ADMISSION (subject to availability)
WHERE: Santa Croce 2076, 30135 Venezia
INFO: tel. 041 721127 | email: capesaro@fmcvenezia.it
The Museum of Oriental Art, located on the third floor of Ca’ Pesaro, houses a collection of works from the Far East, collected by Enrico di Borbone on a journey he made in the nineteenth century. These include numerous Japanese works from the Edo period (1603-1868): prints, musical instruments, objects, shadow theatre figures.
CASA DEL CINEMA
ACCESS: FREE ADMISSION (subject to availability)
WHERE: Palazzo Mocenigo, Santa Croce 1990, 30135 Venezia
INFO: tel. +39 041 2747140
Inaugurated on September 23, 2008, Casa del Cinema hosts the activities of the Pasinetti Video Library to further enrich the city’s cultural offer. Classics in their original version with subtitles, reviews of auteur cinema, films and videos of Venetian production, book presentations and meetings with the authors: this is the panorama of the offer on display.
MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE
ACCESS: Admission only upon purchase of a regular entry ticket for the Museum
WHERE: Piazza S. Marco, 17/52
INFO: +39 041 296 76 63
The National Archaeological Museum of Venice is a museum dedicated to archeology, located in Piazza San Marco, at the Procuratie Nuove. It houses a collection of antiquities, the result of Venetian collecting, with examples of Greek sculptures from the 5th-4th century BC, the Galati Grimani, portraits from the Roman era, reliefs, inscriptions, ceramics, ivories, gems and a numismatic collection.
IN PARADISO
ACCESS: FREE ADMISSION (subject to availability)
WHERE: Giardini della Biennale, Castello 1260
INFO: +39 041 2413972
Located at the entrance to the Giardini della Biennale, In Paradiso Ristorante e Bar includes 150 m2 of private garden, a charming terrace overlooking the San Marco Basin and 300 m2 of indoor exhibition space (InParadiso Art Gallery), the latter opened on June 9, 2007, in conjunction with the 52nd Biennale International Art Exhibition.
