“Cinema Sundays” returns to Lisbon with Monicelli
The Sunday screening of Italian films returned to Lisbon on 4 October with the screening of Mario Monicelli’s “I soliti ignoti”. This edition of “Cinema Sundays” is the 9th of an initiative organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Il Sorpasso Association and will continue to December with another 5 screenings. Read […]
Read moreCastellitto and Mazzantini in Israel for Haifa Festival
Sergio Castellitto and Margaret Mazzantini flew to Israel to present the film “Nessuno si salva da solo” at the Haifa International Film Festival, where Italy was represented this year by nine films. Present at the screening were Italian ambassador Francesco Maria Talò and Mayor of Haifa Yona Yahav. The event was organised in collaboration with […]
Read moreMadrid celebrates Orlando Furioso with exhibit and performance
Madrid celebrates the 500th anniversary of the first edition of Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto with an exhibition and a theatrical performance. The exhibit of various editions of the book and selected drawings and etchings, entitled “El furioso en la Bne, una selecion”, opens Tuesday at the Biblioteca Nacional de Espana. The Italian Cultural Institute […]
Read moreBucharest – Italian shows at the Children’s Theatre Festival
From 3 to 10 October, Bucharest’s Ion Creanga Theatre will present the 11th International Children’s Theatre Festival entitled “100, 1.000, 1.000.000 tales”. The Italian theatres La Baracca Testoni Ragazzi, Teatro Prova, Antonio Panzuto, TAM Teatromusica and Principio Attivo will join those of other countries in presenting their performances. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreChile – Special year for Italian Language Week
The 2015 edition of Italian Language Week in Chile will be a special one, given that is falls within the broader framework of the Year of Italy in Latin America. The Italian Cultural Institute of Santiago has joined our embassy in Chile, the Chilean national library and Dibam in organizing a series of encounters with […]
Read moreBrazil – Exhibition on Leonardo Da Vinci sold out
The recently concluded second leg in Brasilia of the exhibition entitled “Leonardo: the nature of invention” scored a big success, with over 30,000 visitors, while its first stop in Sao Paulo registered a full 270,000. On display were more than 40 replicas of the artist’s inventions and 10 interactive installations, all of which were created […]
Read moreZurich – Film festival labelled Made in Italy gets under way
The Italian film festival organised by the Made in Italy association with the collaboration of Cinélibre, the association of Swiss cineclubs, the contribution of the Ministry of Cultural Assets and Activities and Tourism and the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Zurich will get under way on 5 October in Zurich. Screenings will take […]
Read moreBuenos Aires – Italian Language Week: “Il giovane favoloso” screened in Argentina
On Monday 19 October at 18:30, the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires will offer a screening of Mario Martone’s 2014 film “Il giovane favoloso” (with Elio Germano, Pio Del Prete, Michele Riondino, Massimo Popolizio, Anna Mouglalis), the story of the brief and very difficult life of Giacomo Leopardi. The film was presented at the […]
Read moreCologne – Dacia Maraini presents her St. Clare of Assisi in Germany
“Chiara di Assisi. Elogio della disobbedienza” is the title of Dacia Maraini’s latest novel, which the author will present at the Italian Cultural Institute of Cologne on Sunday 18 October at 19:15 within the framework of the events planned for the 15th Italian Language Week. The conference, to be held in Italian and German, will […]
Read moreASEAN Awareness Forum
The second ASEAN Awareness Forum was held on 30 September, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with the Promos agency of the Milan Chamber of Commerce. The Forum’s aim is to make inform the Italian business world of the opportunities and prospects in one of the world’s most dynamic […]
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