The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal dedicated a retrospective to celebrated filmmaker Paolo Virzì, who has had a string of successes over recent years that include his latest effort “Il capitale umano”, winner of the Donatello Prize. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreItaly as seen from across the Adriatic Sea through the eyes of young Albanians, recalls the image of a country clearly “involved in a moment of very complex transformation” but at the same time “a magical place, a place yearned for, that counts for a lot culturally, but also in other sectors”. Women committed to […]
Read moreThe “Orchestra of Piazza Vitttorio” – 18 musicians of 10 different nationalities – opened a series of cultural and sports events for the “Sarajevo Heart of Europe” Foundation, of which Italy is a member. The concert was funded by the mission for the 100th anniversary of the Great War of the Italian Prime Minister’s Office […]
Read moreA pilot project for the teaching of Italian has been launched in Brazil in the form of a web portal called “Click Italia” (www.clickitalia.com.br). The project is the fruit of collaboration between the Italian Cultural Institute of Sao Paulo, the Fondazione Torino of Belo Horizonte and the inter-university consortium ICoN headquartered in Pisa. Its aim […]
Read moreThe Italian embassy in Moscow dedicated a special evening to the presentation of the film “Amori elementari” within the context of the 36th Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF). Film world personalities and leaders in the latest Italo-Russian co-productions participated in the event, which was organised to celebrate cinema as “an important vehicle for dialogue and […]
Read moreA full 100,000 Egyptian students are learning Italian and the call for it is growing. To meet this demand, the Italian government recently disbursed a contribution of €20,000 to fund Italian studies departments and hire 14 new instructors for a 3-year period to teach in the secondary schools of Alexandria and Cairo. Promotion strategy This […]
Read moreThe Italian language is becoming more popular in Australian schools, according to Italian ambassador in Canberrra Pier Francesco Zazo, and minister for education of the Australian State of Victoria, Martin Dixon, who together signed a memorandum of understanding on boosting the teaching of Italian in Australian schools. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute hosted an exhibition entitled “Portrait” of photographs by Graziella Vigo, the quiet yet curious Italian artist who managed to get close-ups of famous directors, actors, painters and designers. With the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the itinerant show has already enjoyed success both in Italy and the United States. […]
Read more“Design Italiano VS Design Brasiliano” is the title of a conference to be held in Sao Paolo on 25 June, hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute and organised in collaboration with the FNAC and the European Institute of Design (EID). Italy and Brazil have strong relations in a variety of spheres, design being one of […]
Read moreIn China the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation launched the new thematic “passport” dedicated to Leonardo DaVinci: a paper and on-line guide entitled “In the footsteps of Leonardo Da Vinci in Tuscany” is published in Italian, English and Chinese, and was presented at the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing in the presence of Ambassador of Italy Alberto […]
Read moreAn exhibition of precious jewels and art objects created by celebrated goldsmith Diego Percossi Papi celebrated the 700th anniversary of the death of the Emperor Henry VII at Buonconvento near Siena. The exhibition, entitled ‘Le reve italien de la maison de Luxembourg’, was organised by the Embassy of Italy, Italian Cultural Institute and Cavour Foundation. […]
Read moreItaly and its extraordinary wealth of experience and expertise in restoration were on display in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, where a 3-day restoration workshop-laboratory focused on the restoration of surfaces – frescoes, mosaics and stone works – involved Italian and Bulgarian experts. Read more, in Italian
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