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24 May 2019
Berlin: ‘Fare Cinema’ dedicated to the ‘Commedia all’italiana’

The ‘Fare Cinema’ Festival hosted in Berlin’s Arsenal Theatre is dedicated to the ‘commedia all’italiana’. The Festival is organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and proposes a marathon screening of 20 films produced between 1958 and 1974. The films that will be shown with subtitles include: ‘Big Deal on Madonna Street’ (‘I Soliti Ignoti’) by Mario […]

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23 May 2019
Budapest hosts Italian artists at “Fare Cinema” festival

Pasquale Catalano, an Italian film score composer, film director Pippo Mezzapesa and director and movie critic Mario Sesti, are scheduled to attend the Italian film festival ‘Fare Cinema’, now at its second edition, which Budapest is hosting until 28 May. The festival, which was launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and […]

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Diplomatic Network
22 May 2019
Melbourne hosts book club meetings dedicated to women writers

Seven meetings will be dedicated to women’s literature during the 2019 edition of Melbourne’s Book Club. The Italian Cultural Institute in Melbourne decided to focus on Italian women writers to allow readers in other countries to get to know the many women writers of contemporary Italian literature. This year Kylie Doust, a specialist in Italian studies […]

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Diplomatic Network
22 May 2019
Italian History and Language Centre opens in Saint Petersburg

A laboratory of excellence for Italian studies in the historical-literary field and for language courses: this is the purpose of the new centre which was recently opened at the University of Velikij Novgorod by the Ambassador of Italy to the Russian Federation Pasquale Terracciano. The centre was set up upon the initiative of the Italian […]

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Diplomatic Network
22 May 2019
Goldoni and Zambian traditional masks meet in Lusaka

The ‘Traveling Masks’ is a project  the Piccolo Teatro di Milano developed in Lusaka with a view to having the Italian Commedia dell’Arte meet Zambia’s theatrical tradition. The event is part of ‘Italy, Cultures, Africa’, an integrated promotional programme developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs  and International Cooperation for 2019. The five-day event included […]

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Diplomatic Network
22 May 2019
Sofia ​showcases the colours of Roman mosaics

​”Colorful Visions of Ancient Rome: Mosaics from the Capitoline Museums” is the title of the exhibition organized by the Italian Cultural Institute in Sofia at the Archaeological Museum of the Bulgarian capital, that provides a sort of snapshot through history. The twenty-one original mosaics from Rome’s Capitoline Museum collection, dating back to the first century […]

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Diplomatic Network
21 May 2019
Prague, standing ovation for the Santa Cecilia Orchestra

A thunderous applause and standing ovation welcomed the concert of the Santa Cecilia Orchestra conducted by Antonio Pappano at the international festival “La primavera di Praga”. The Art-Nouveau theater “Obecni Dum”, which was sold out for the occasion, hosted the concert organized in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in the Czech capital and the Italian […]

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21 May 2019
Brasilia: reviews and conferences for Fare cinema

The second edition of Fare cinema arrives in Brasilia this week with the screening of films, conferences and meetings which will then move to other cities such as Goiania, Nova Veneza, Manaus and Belem. The event promoting Italian cinema begins with a conference hosted at the Italian Embassy entitled “Italian cinema today: dialogue with its […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 May 2019
Music and Imagery in the works of Giuseppe Chiari on display in Slovakia​

The interplay of music​, language, action and imagery are the focus of an exhibition dedicated to Giuseppe Chiari which will run until 30th June at the Art Gallery of slava and the Carlo Palli Archive in Prato, in collaboration with the Italian Embassy and the Chiari Archive in Florence, is part of the 12th Italian […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 May 2019
Thirty thousand people attend the Darwin Italian Festival in Australia

Cultural exhibitions, musical and artistic performances, including the Gruppo Sbandieratori from San Sepolcro (Italy), as well as a rich food tasting menu of Italian gastronomic specialties, have enriched the fourth edition of the Darwin Italian Festival, which has attracted more than 30,000 visitors. The Northern Territory’s main authorities – Administrator Vicky O’Halloran, Prime Minister Michael […]

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Diplomatic Network
17 May 2019
‘Italia, Italia’ is launched at Vancouver’s Documentary Festival

Over one thousand people attended the section devoted to Italy at  Vancouver’s Doxa Documentary Film Festival. The event takes place every year to celebrate the importance of the documentary film genre, which describes the complexity of present time starting from the director’s viewpoint. This year’s edition of the Festival featured for the first time ‘Italia,Italia’, a programme of auteur-driven documentaries, […]

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17 May 2019
Alfredo Pirri’s ‘Passi’ is on show at the Yugoslav Film Archives Cinemateque in Belgrade

Mirror slabs set on the flooring of the ample entrance hall of the Yugoslav Film Archives Cinemateque reflect the interior of the building creating endless architectures. This is Alfredo Pirri’s installation named  ‘Passi’ [Steps], as other artworks of his created from 2003 to date. The Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade launched the event to mark the second […]

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