Diplomazia Culturale

Venice at Seoul 2020: tribute to the film director Federico Fellini

This year too, the eighth edition of the “Venice at Seoul” film event, organised by the Italian Institute of Culture in Seoul, Cinematheque Seoul Art Cinema and the Venice Biennale, which every year brings the best productions of the Italian film industry to the Korean capital, has been a great success. Between 15 and 23 […]

Italy – China 2020: Interview with the Central Director for the Promotion of Italian Language and Culture, Roberto Vellano

Italy – China 2020: Interview with the Italian Ambassador to China, Luca Ferrari

Italy-China 2020: Year of Culture and Tourism

A forum, a photo exhibition and a concert will launch today, at Rome’s Auditorium, the Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism, to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations. This joint initiative by the two countries, which rank at the top of the list of Unesco World Heritage Sites, is sponsored by the Ministry of […]

Nicaragua: celebrations to mark the centenary of the birth of Federico Fellini

The centenary of the birth of Federico Fellini has been celebrated in Nicaragua with a ceremony at the National Cinemateque that was filmed by the media and was broadcast on national television. During the ceremony Idania Castillo, Director of the National Cinemateque, described the personality of Maestro Fellini and his work. The Ambassador of Italy, […]

Croatia: Fellini’s centenary birth celebration kicks off

The programme of celebrations for the centenary of the birth of the great Italian director and artist Federico Fellini, coordinated by the Italian Embassy in Zagreb, has begun in Croatia and will run throughout 2020 with initiatives in various locations in Croatia. The first of the events was an initiative organised by the Italian Cultural […]

Happy Birthday Maestro! Federico Fellini’s dreams on show

Federico Fellini’s imagery, his dreams and visions are at the centre of the tribute paid by the foreign network of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to this great cinematic genius, on the hundredth anniversary of his birth, which occurred on 20 January 1920. Eleven Embassies, six Consulates and twenty Italian Cultural Institutes worldwide will […]

“Save Venice” fundraising campaign in the Netherlands

The Italian Embassy in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Dutch Association Poorters van Venetië (https://poortersvanvenetie.nl) and the Stichting Nederlands Venetië Comité have launched the Red Venetië (Save Venice) campaign to raise funds for the recovery of the artistic and cultural heritage damaged by the recent floods in Venice, a legacy that belongs to all […]

Jhumpa Lahiri presents ‘Racconti Italiani’ (Italian Short Stories) at the Foreign Ministry

“A dynamic, rich and open country”. These are the words used to describe Italy by the American Pulitzer Prize winner of Bengali descent, Jhumpa Lahiri, during her visit to the Italian Foreign Ministry, also defining “literature as a useful tool for learning the language and reality of a country”. Born in London, she grew up in […]

The Art of saving Art: Carabinieri for the protection of Cultural Heritage

“Recovered treasures. The Art of saving Art” is the title of the exhibition opened yesterday at the United Nations of New York with the aim of showing the innovative commitment of the Carabinieri of the Department for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (TPC). The exhibition took place in occasion of its 50th anniversary.  The core […]

Leonardo da Vinci’s viola organista concert in Metz

To commemorate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death, on 18-19 December the Italian Consulate General in Metz and the local Committee of Società “Dante Alighieri” have organized in Metz (Saint-Clément Church) and Reims (Saint-Remi Basilica) a concerto for “viola organista” performed by M° Sławomir Zubrzycki. The “viola organista” was designed by Leonardo da Vinci […]

Sardinia: “The Creativity of an Island” at the IIC in Paris

The Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Paris closes 2019 with a homage dedicated to “Sardinia: the Creativity of an Island”, that offered 12 events to enliven the cultural agenda of November and December. In addition to culinary workshops by Chef Nicola Pisu, the concerts by jazz musician Gavino Murgia with his “Mattanza trio”, the […]