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4 November 2015
Bahia Blanca – Italian community gets 100 new members

The Italian community of Bahia Blanca officially welcomed 100 new members in a ceremony to celebrate their having been granted Italian citizenship as a result of being direct descendants of Italian ancestors. The event was organised by the federation of Italian associations (Feisa), the Calabrian association and COMITES, in collaboration with the Consulate General of […]

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4 November 2015
Budapest – Italian cinema returns to the MittelCinemaFest

The MittelCinemaFest-Central European Festival of Italian Cinema returns to the banks of the Danube in its 13th edition from 5 to 15 November, promoted and organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest and the Istituto Luce Cinecittà, in collaboration with Budapest Film and a series of Hungarian cinema houses and distributors. The complete festival […]

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3 November 2015
40th anniversary of the death of Pier Paolo Pasolini

The network of Italian Cultural Institutes is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of Pier Paolo Pasolini with a series of initiatives, some of which have already taken place and others are still to come. Sao Paulo honoured Pasolini on 8 and 9 October with “Demasiado Pasolini” (lots of Pasolini), an event dedicated to […]

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3 November 2015
Osaka – At the ready for the “Study in Italy Salon”

The Italian Cultural Institute of Osaka, in collaboration with Turkish Airlines, has organised and promoted this year’s “Study in Italy Salon”, an annual event aimed at encouraging direct contact and information exchanges between Italy enthusiasts in Japan and the representatives of language, cooking and design schools in Italy. The event will take place on Thursday […]

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3 November 2015
Hanoi – Italian gastronomical excellence wins

Vietnam’s best Italian restaurants and food shops joined forces on an Italian Food Festival, organised by the Italian business community in that Asian country with the patronage of the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (Icham). The event offered the best in Italian culinary and gastronomical excellence from pizza to […]

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2 November 2015
15th Italian Language Week – Andrea Pagani Trio in Kampala for concerts and workshop

Ambassador to Kampala Domenico Fornara opens his residence on Wednesday for a concert by the Andrea Pagani Trio. The group is in the Ugandan capital to present its instrumental project “Songs without voices”, which offers jazz versions of both original and well known Italian songs. Guests will include members of the Ugandan authorities, the Italian […]

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2 November 2015
Marseille – Photography, in search of little Naples

The Italian Cultural Institute of Marseille will host an exhibition of postcards picturing what is known as the “Little Naples” of Marseille in an exhibition that runs from 5 to 15 November, and has been organised in collaboration with the collectors of Club Cartofilo, whose director Albert Leibovitch will be on hand for the 5 […]

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2 November 2015
Guatemala City – “Associazione delle Dame Italiane” presents new art calendar

Carmen Contreras Colón, Cristine Varadi, Fabián Hernández and Susy Tabush are the artists whose works are featured on the 2016 calendar of the “Associazione delle Dame Italiane” in Guatemala. The works are mounted for viewing at the Italian Cultural Institute of Guatemala City, and the project’s special focus is birds. The association presents books, concerts, […]

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2 November 2015
Tirana – Literature and emigration, a meeting with Carmine Abate

Calabrian-born writer Carmine Abate emigrated to Germany to then return to Trentino, where she has been living for more than 10 years now. The author spoke about literature and emigration in Tirana on Saturday 31 October in a conversation with Albanian journalist Ben Blushi during the Tirana International Literature Festival (TILF). Read more, in Italian

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30 October 2015
Sidney – Cinema, “Umberto D.” closes the “Masters of Neo-Realism” series

The “Masters of Neo-Realism: Roberto Rossellini e Vittorio De Sica” film series, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney, presents its seventh and final screening at the Casula Powerhouse on 5 November at 19:30. The film shown will be “Umberto D.”, written and staged by Cesare Zavattini and directed by Vittorio De Sica in […]

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30 October 2015
Stockholm – Nicola Piovani enchants in concert

Italian pianist and composer Nicola Piovani, famous for his work in cinema and theatre, was met with great acclaim in Stockholm for his “Concerto in quintetto”, accompanied by Pasquale Filasto’, Cristian Marini, Marco Loddo and Marina Cesari. The concert opened Italian Film Festival week and was organized by the Italian embassy in Sweden under Ambassador […]

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29 October 2015
Moscow – Homage to Dante, Placido and Konchalovsky

Dante Alighieri as a bridge between cultures and a meeting point for two internationally renowned artists. In Moscow, Michele Placido and the Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky held an evening dedicated to Dante’s Inferno, focusing on the characters of Ulysses and the lovers Paolo and Francesca, at the Elektroteatr Stanislavski. The event, part of the celebrations […]

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