The Palazzo del Cinema at Venice Lido has been opened for the occasion of the fifth edition of the Venice Film Festival in 1937.
Since that time the modernist building hosts the next editions of the festival, which will commence this year for the 66′th time.
It has been enlarged in 1952 with the new entrance hall, and almost every year undergoes some minor changes for the festival, in the future
is going to be replaced by the modern Palazzo better fit for international film festival demands.
The Film Festival is the main event organised here, but the separate rooms can be rented for the business meetings held during the rest of a year.
Palazzo del Cinema along with another historic palace – Palazzo del Casinò and the large indoor arena Palagalileo form the Venice Congress Centre
with the capacity to serve more than 6000 people ( about 1500 in Palazzo del Cinema alone).
The rooms are located on three levels.
the basement:
Sala Pasinetti ( screening room )
Sala Zorzi ( screening room )
the ground floor:
Grand Hall
Sala Grande (main screening room )
Sala Volpi ( screening room )
the first floor:
Balcony
Sala Frau
Offices
The most important and famous room at the Palazzo del Cinema is Sala Grande with 1 100 seats. This is the place where in front of the big movie screen are received Venice Film Festival Awards namely Golden and Silver Lions. The famous film director, Federico Fellini said once that – “entering the Palazzo del Cinema at the Venice Film Festival was like passing a final exam.” -
Another room with great tradition is Sala Volpi with 150 seats named after the person, who who gave birth to Venice Film Festival – Earl Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata.
Palazzo del Cinema
Lungomare Marconi,
30126 Venezia
phone: +39 041 272 6511
[photo courtesy of beat nik]
