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29 September 2015
Montreal – Literature, Amara Lakhous meets with the Canadian public

Algerian-born Italian author Amara Lakhous, whose critically acclaimed novel “Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a Piazza Vittorio”, from which a film was also made, will be lecturing from 30 September to 4 October in Montreal and Quebec. The lectures have been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal in collaboration with other institutions. […]

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Press Releases
27 September 2015
Gentiloni: Ministerial meeting on Afghanistan

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni took part in a ministerial meeting on Afghanistan co-chaired by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah. The meeting offered an opportunity to highlight the progress made in that […]

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23 September 2015
DEI – USA: FDA introduces new food safety rules

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published two new final rules on the preventive checks and controls that companies will be required to carry out on human and animal food. The new rules will enter into force on 16 November 2015. They are intended to up-date the FDA standards governing prevention systems and introduce […]

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17 September 2015
Montreal – Design, the Canadian city through the eyes of Vittorio Fiorucci

The McCord Museum will host the exhibition “Montreal through the eyes of Vittorio: 50 years of urban living and graphic creations” from 25 September to 10 April 2016, dedicated to Italian designer Vittorio Fiorucci, who died in 2008. The exhibition has been organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal and will be […]

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14 September 2015
Washington – Movie’n’food to celebrate Expo Milan

The initiative “Movi’n’Food – Sapore in Cinema” includes two exhibitions, the screening of a film and a conference, and is the Embassy of Italy in Washington’s way of celebrating Expo Milan 2015. Maison Gattinoni’s historic apparel inspired by food will be the subject of the exhibition “Couture à la Carte” on display at the embassy […]

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4 September 2015
New York – Dissonanzen Ensemble pays homage to “Assunta Spina”

The Italian Cultural Institute of  New York has organised an event for Monday 14 September dedicated to the Italian silent film masterpiece “Assunta Spinta” at 100 years from its production, with the Ensemble Dissonanzen providing the live soundtrack of the film directed and starring, among others, silent film diva Francesca Bertini, and produced a full […]

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4 September 2015
San Francisco – Cinema marathon of 4 De Sica films

San Francisco pays tribute to director Vittorio De Sica on 26 September, a day to be dedicated entirely to his Neo-Realist masterpieces at the historic Castro cinema, where a four-film marathon will begin at 11:30 in the morning. The series has been organized in association with the Ministry of Culture under the patronage of the […]

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2 September 2015
Montreal – Madama Butterfly opens opera season

Great expectations for Giacomo Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly”, scheduled to open the 36th opera season on 19 September (19:30) at the Place des Arts opera House in Montreal, Canada, the most important French-speaking venue in North America. The event has been arranged thanks to the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, and will be […]

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31 August 2015
Montreal – Italian cinema at the Festival Films Du Monde

Italy is making a strong showing at the Festival des Films du Monde of Montreal, hosting the best in the filmmaking of five continents through 7 September with the goal of encouraging cultural diversity and understanding, discovering and encouraging new talent and fostering meetings between newcomers and professionals. A total of 16 films produced and […]

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19 August 2015
New York – ‘Happenchance: the Allies in Italy’

“Happenchance: World War II photographs, Italian campaign, 1942-45” is the title of an exhibition hosted from 1 to 29 September by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York of the photographs of Alfonso Carrara (1922-2012), Italian architect, artist, poet and photographer who worked with the American 5th Army during the Second World War. The exhibition […]

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14 August 2015
Italian 20° Century in Washington – ‘Le Onde’ opens at the Hirshhorn

The Italian 20th century and its influence on the world is the subject of an exhibition at Washington’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. “Le Onde: waves of Italian Influence  (1924-1971)” “Le Onde:  waves of Italian Influence  (1924-1971)” opens on 22 August and offers the public the opportunity to view approximately 20 Italian and international works of […]

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