Toronto – Homage to De Sica with exhibition and retrospective
Toronto is hosting a homage to Vittorio De Sica, the great Italian film director and actor, with the multi-media exhibition “Tutti De Sica”. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Bologna Film Archive in collaboration with Tiff Cinemateque, the exhibition will run until 17 September 2015. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreChile – First staging of Rock Opera Stabat Mater
Chile welcomes the first staging of the rock opera Stabat Mater by Italian composer and performer Franco Simone. The event, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with our embassy in Santiago, will take place on 27 July. Videos that are part of the opera will also be screened, with the artists themselves offering […]
Read moreBelgrade – Italian director Masucci on Vranje Festival jury
Young Italian film director Monica Masucci will sit on the jury of the VI International Festival of Animated Childrens’ Films – the “Zlatni puz/Golden Snail” award – to be held at Vranje in southern Serbia from 11 to 15 August. The festival is being organised by the School of Animated Cinema of Vranje in cooperation […]
Read moreItaly – China – ‘Beautiful China’ exhibition
Building relations between Italy and China using photography to stimulate dialogue – that is the aim of ExpoPhoto 2015, a project designed by Claudio Brufola, Italian photographer working for years in Beijing who yesterday opened the exhibition “Beautiful China” at Rome’s Palazzo Bracaccio. A photographic gallery of 35 works by some of the best photographers […]
Read moreGeorgia: First Italo-Georgian Energy Business Forum in Tbilisi
The first Italo-Georgian Energy Business Forum was held in Tbilisi. Participants included over 40 Italian and Georgian firms. Discussions underscored how, despite the fact that energy production in Georgia only accounts for 3% of GDP and 11% of employment, the sector offers major investment potential thanks, not least, to some of the country’s peculiarities. These […]
Read moreNew York Prize: 4 months in the Big Apple
The 13th edition of the New York Prize for young emerging artists is now under way. The winners will be given the opportunity to live in the Big Apple for four months and experience its effervescent cultural and artistic environment. A studio at the International Studio & Curatorial Program of Brooklyn In addition to a […]
Read moreIraq – Cooperation: one million EUR for food assistance interventions
The Directorate General for Cooperation Development approved a one-million EUR voluntary emergency contribution to support food assistance interventions on behalf of the Iraqi population left vulnerable by the crisis in that country. “Emergency Assistance to Populations affected by the Iraq crisis” Italy’s contribution is earmarked for the activities included in the project known as “Emergency […]
Read moreItaly and Nicaragua – Building relations
Italy and Nicaragua are building on relations, as our ambassador in Managua Renato Maria Ricci explained in a recent meeting with Nicaraguan Minister for Foreign Affairs Samuel Santos Lopez, who hailed Italy’s commitment to Latin and Central America, both in the context of the EU as well as in regional delegations. The minister also underscored […]
Read moreItaly and Japan discuss law and justice
“Law and Justice in Italy and Japan. Affinities and Divergences” was the title of the second conference of the Italo-Japanese Association for Comparative Law (AIDGC), hosted and organised on 18 July by the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo in collaboration with the Italian School of East Asian Studies and with the patronage of our embassy […]
Read moreToronto – Exhibition ‘Milan a place to read’
In this year of the EXPO, the Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto has brought the exhibition “Milan, a place to read” to Canada. The exhibition’s aim is to help discover the marvels of the Lombard capital, fulcrum of Italian publishing. Hosted at the Robarts Library, the exhibition takes its cue from some of the city’s […]
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