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Diplomatic Network
13 May 2019
Playwriting contest “One, No One and One Hundred Thousand”

​The production of the short story entitled “Eresia catara” staged by the Istituto Comprensivo Statale Italiano in Barcelona won the first prize for higher Secondary Schools in the “One, No One and One Hundred Thousand” playwriting contest.    The closing event of the contest took place in Agrigento on 7-10 May and was promoted by the Regional School Board of Sicily, […]

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Diplomatic Network
13 May 2019
Leonardo: 5 concerts in Bahia Blanca, Argentina

Bahia Blanca, a city south of the vast province of Buenos Aires, kicked off a cycle of concerts to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci with a concert entitled ‘Amanecer desde Toscana’ (‘Dawn in Tuscany’). With this cycle, which is entitled ‘Leonardo da Vinci, the Genius of the Universal Italy’, the […]

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Diplomatic Network
10 May 2019
Miami: ‘Fare cinema’ opens at the Coral Gables

The second edition of ‘Fare Cinema’, the Italian Film Festival that will tour 100 cities in the world, was organised by the Italian Consulate General in Miami and held at the Coral Gables. The rich programme of the 2019 edition closed yesterday with great public acclaim, having attracted more than 700 spectators. This year’s edition was […]

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Events
8 May 2019
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 […]

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Events
8 May 2019
“Fare Cinema” is back to promote Italian films across the world

The appointment for the promotion of Italian cinema in the world is back. The second edition of “Fare Cinema” (Making Cinema), the initiative promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation with the aim of making Italian quality films known across the world, with the support of the diplomatic-consular network and the Institutes […]

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Diplomatic Network
8 May 2019
Sao 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 […]

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Diplomatic Network
8 May 2019
Tirana: 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 […]

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Diplomatic Network
7 May 2019
Seoul: ‘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 […]

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Press Releases
4 May 2019
Cattedre di italiano in Francia

La Farnesina conferma che i programmati tagli alle cattedre di italiano in Francia non saranno più effettuati. Sulla questione si era anche approfonditamente intrattenuto il Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, in occasione della riunione che ha avuto a Roma con il Ministro degli Affari Esteri francese Jean-Yves Le Drian […]

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Diplomatic Network
3 May 2019
A 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 […]

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Diplomatic Network
3 May 2019
Lisbon 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 […]

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