Torna “Fare Cinema” per promuovere film italiani nel mondo
Torna l’appuntamento per la promozione del cinema italiano nel mondo. Si svolgerà dal 20 al 26 maggio la seconda edizione di “Fare Cinema”, l’iniziativa promossa dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale con l’obiettivo di far conoscere nel mondo, con il supporto della rete diplomatico-consolare e degli Istituti italiani di cultura, la produzione cinematografica italiana […]
Read moreRio De Janeiro: Italian Businesses meet the President of the National Development Bank
At the invitation of Italian Ambassador Antonio Bernardini, the President of the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), Joaquim Levy was at the Consulate General of Italy in Rio de Janeiro where he met the main Italian companies already operating in Brazil or willing to invest in this market. President Levy illustrated the […]
Read moreSao Paulo: ‘A caminho do interior’ project kicks off
The ‘A caminho do interior’ project for the Italian community in the State of Sao Paulo, scheduling concerts, exhibitions and other artistic and cultural activities, kicked off with a series of concerts by Mafalda Minnozzi. The project was promoted by the Italian Consulate General in Sao Paulo to satisfy the request of the Italian community […]
Read moreTirana: winds up the film festival dedicated Bernardo Bertolucci
The film festival dedicated Bernardo Bertolucci by the Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana wound up with the screening of the ‘Little Buddha’, the story of a Tibetan monk who goes to Seattle to visit an American child in which the spiritual guide Lama Dorje is presumed to have reincarnated. The tribute to the recently deceased […]
Read moreExhibition on the Life and Works of Leonardo Da Vinci opens in Sofia
An educational and informative exhibition on the life and works of the Italian artist and all-round genius Leonardo Da Vinci, has opened in Sofia thanks to the support of the Italian Embassy in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute in the capital city. The show comprises 14 colour panels accompanied by short texts in Italian and […]
Read moreSeoul: ‘Star of Italy’ conferred upon soprano Sumi Jo
Korean soprano Sumi Jo, one of the most renowned and widely acclaimed opera singers in the world, received the medal of the Order of the Star of Italy (OSI), pursuant to the decision of the President of the Republic Mattarella. The Star was conferred upon the artist by Ambassador Federico Failla at a ceremony held […]
Read moreThe Language Magician, an Erasmus project for children
The Erasmus + Language Magician project is a videogame with a grip on children that can also be useful to teachers in evaluating the progress students make in learning foreign languages. The project, which was joined by the Schooling Office of the Italian Consulate in London since the beginning of 2015 and by the Foreign […]
Read moreA Mural portrays the friendship between Italy and Senegal
The curtain wall of the Italian Embassy in Dakar serves as a canvas where the friendship between Italy and Senegal is visually represented. Italian graffiti artist Marcello Roveda, aka Mars – who already took part in last year’s Dakar art biennial exhibition and in Senegal’s Festigraff graffiti festival – is working with Docta, one of […]
Read moreLisbon hosts Nico Colucci’s photographic exhibition on Matera
Nico Colucci’s photographic exhibition entitled “Matera Cityscape. The Revealed City” by Nico Colucci opened at the premises of the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon. Colucci, a Matera-born artist, attended the opening. It is an act of love in thirty black-and-white and colour shots that walk visitors through Matera’s most significant landmarks and its immense wealth […]
Read moreSamantha Cristoforetti Opens Academic Forum Symposium in Cologne
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will be the opening speaker at the Fourth Symposium of the Italian Academic Forum to be held tomorrow at the Italian Institute of Culture in Cologne. The symposium, organized by the Consulate General of the German city as part of the celebrations of the International Day of Italian Research in the […]
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