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23 August 2012
NEW YORK: competition for young directors

Who among young Italian film directors has not dreamt of flying to the Big Apple to show their works to the community of American film critics and scholars? That very possibility is being provided, for the second consecutive year, by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, through the “Young Italian Directors” Prize, subdivided into […]

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22 August 2012
NAIROBI: 17 kenyan students head for Italy

A group of 17 Kenyan students leave tomorrow for Rome on the first leg of a trip that will bring them to Italy’s principal universities to complete specialized studies in finance, international commerce, law, human development and food security, Italian Ambassador Paola Imperiale will be on hand to see them off tomorrow morning at the […]

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22 August 2012
BARCELLONA: film director Marco Bellocchio the toast of Spain

Marco Bellocchio conquers Spain: for the 12th edition of Italian Language Week Barcellona and Valencia will host a complete retrospective of the work of this well known and prolific film director whose work spans 50 years of searching analysis into the fragility of contemporary society. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the […]

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21 August 2012
CAIRO: Virtual tour of Italy’s regions and lyric past

A two-fold tour, in search of an Italy of natural landscapes and historic/archaeological sites, and that of lyric tradition, one of its most distinctive legacies. Within the context of its CineVideoClub, every Thursday of Ramadan from 5 to 30 August the Italian Cultural Institute of Cairo offers two special series of screenings – “Italy and […]

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21 August 2012
Buenos Aires: Italian language lessons resume

The Italian language courses offered by the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires resume there tomorrow, and will continue over the next four months. The students enrolled, the majority of whom are Argentines of Italian descent, can choose from regular 3-hour per week courses, intensive 6-hour and “super-intensive” 9-hour courses, in addition to a bi-weekly […]

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14 August 2012
BUENOS AIRES – Italian cinema in Argentina

Classics of the Italian cinema alongside the work of noted young screen artists bring the art of Italian filmmaking to Buenos Aires, where the Cinemita series, organized by the Consulate General, opens on 16 August. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.

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14 August 2012
Chile – Italian film at the Santiago Film Festival

Italian film is to be showcased at the Santiago Film Festival. The international festival, which runs from 17 to 25 August 2012, will be screening two full-length films by Italian directors: “Corpo Celeste” by Alice Rohrwacher and “Una sconfinata giovinezza” by Pupi Avati. The Italian actress Francesca Neri will also be taking part, as a […]

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13 August 2012
LONDON – The Amerigo Vespucci docks at Portsmouth

A stopover in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, for the Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian Navy’s “school ship” and one of the world’s most spectacular sailing ships. Waiting to greet the ship was the Italian Ambassador to London, Alain Giorgio Maria Economides, who boarded the vessel to welcome the crew and the cadets from Livorno Naval Academy. The […]

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8 August 2012
2013 – The Year of Italian Culture in the United States

The decision to make 2013 the Year of Italian Culture in the United States has created a golden opportunity to showcase our cultural and scientific legacies and promote the cultural and production (Brand Italia) components of our Country Development Plan. Research, discovery and innovation The goal of the Year’s theme is to present Italy as […]

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7 August 2012
WASHINGTON – The US celebrates the art and genius of Antonioni

The US is celebrating the birth of Michelangelo Antonioni (Ferrara 29 September 1912) with a retrospective of his best known films to be shown at Washington’s National Gallery of Art, American Film Institute and Italian Cultural Institute. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.

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Press Releases
6 August 2012
Minister Terzi’s congratulations on the landing of NASA space rover Curiosity on the “red planet”

Minister Terzi sent a letter to the US Secretary of State today expressing his “deepest congratulations for today’s landing on the red planet of the NASA space rover Curiosity”: “A triumph”, Terzi asserted, “that marks an extraordinary moment in the progress of our planet”. “A few hours ago”, Terzi continued, “with hope and trepidation I […]

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