Diplomazia Culturale

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3 April 2015

China – Zunyi to host Chinese-Italian cultural promotion centre

Construction work has begun on a Chinese-Italian cultural promotion centre in Zunyi, a city of 6 million people in Guizhou Province. The ground-breaking ceremony was attended by numerous local politicians and officials and by the Italian Consul General in Chongqing, Sergio Maffettone. In his speech, the Consul General invited authorities from the region to visit […]

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3 April 2015

Italy-Argentina – Italian films foster bilateral relations

Italian cinema was well represented at the 11th Pantalla Pinamar International Film Festival, with screenings of “Italo” by Alessia Scarso, “Il Pretore” by Giulio Base, “Mai Stati Uniti” by Carlo Vanzina, and “Il Giovane Favoloso” by Mario Martone. Italy’s participation was illustrated at a press conference attended by our Ambassador in Buenos Aires, Teresa Castaldo. […]

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3 April 2015

Sarajevo – Il primo violino della Fenice per i bambini bosniaci

“Dopo il lancio della campagna #BaciDaSarajevo con la deejay La Pina, prosegue l’impegno dell’Italia a favore dei bambini bosniaci che vivono in condizioni di disagio. Protagonista questa volta la musica con il primo violino de La Fenice di Venezia, Sara Michieletto, che realizzerà coi bambini di Sos Village il progetto ‘Music of Emotions’ e si […]

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1 April 2015

São Paulo – Italian film, a homage to director Carlo Mazzacurati

The Italian Cultural Institute in São Paulo is paying homage to Italian film director and screenwriter Carlo Mazzacurati, who died in January 2015 aged 57. The Institute will be screening his last work, “La sedia della felicità”, at 19.00 on Wednesday 15 April at its premises in Av. Higienópolis, 436, with a presentation by Prof. […]

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1 April 2015

Uruguay – Italian films feature in Montevideo

Uruguay’s International Film Festival, now in its 33rd edition, begins today, 1 April and runs until 12 April 2015. Italy will be taking part with a number of films including “L’intervallo”, by Leonardo Di Costanzo (2012) and “Gli equilibristi” by Ivano De Matteo (2012). Also featured will be “Il gesto delle mani” (2015) by Francesco […]

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31 March 2015

Argentina – La Plata – promoting the Italian language through song

Autumn 2015 will see the first edition of the Festival of Italian Song in La Plata, an event that will run from 7 to 8 October at the Teatro Coliseo Podestá. The official presentation was attended by festival coordinator Nicolás Moretti; the Italian Consul General, Iacopo Foti; the Director General of Entidades y Colectividades, Mauricio […]

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31 March 2015

Prague – Costanzo Rovati exhibition entitled “Un percorso nella materia”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Prague has organised a new exhibition entitled “Costanzo Rovati. Un percorso nella materia”. The Milanese artist works with traditional materials such as stone, marble, wood, ceramic and bronze, but also draws on more unusual sources such as plastic, nylon and industrial waste. Read more, in Italian. 

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31 March 2015

Budapest – I-Talents 2015 musical review featuring Beatrice Rana

Young Italian pianist Beatrice Rana will be appearing in the I-Talents 2015 musical review organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest in collaboration with the city’s Spring Festival. The recital, featuring music by Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, Alexander Scriabin and Maurice Ravel, will take place at 19.00 on 13 April 2015, at the Institute’s […]

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31 March 2015

Prague – Alba Rohrwacher captivates Prague audiences at FebioFest

Alba Rohrwacher has captivated Prague audiences at FebioFest, now in its 22nd edition. The festival paid tribute to the Italian actress with screenings of “La solitudine dei numeri primi”, by Saverio Costanzo, “Il comandante e la cicogna”, by Silvio Soldini and “Le meraviglie”, by Alice Rohrwacher. Her latest films, “Hungry Hearts” and “Vergine Giurata”, will […]

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31 March 2015

Argentina – “Indie” film festival celebrates Monicelli

The Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film (BAFICI), which runs from 15 to 25 April 2015, will celebrate Mario Monicelli with a retrospective featuring the great Italian director. The event will also include an exhibition entitled “Rap per Mario”, the work of Monicelli’s widow, Chiara Rapaccini. The retrospective, part of the Year of Italy […]

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Press Releases

30 March 2015

Directors appointed at Italian Cultural Institutes in London, Moscow and New York

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, has appointed new directors at three key Italian Cultural Institutes abroad. The appointment procedure took into account candidates’ renown and repute, and was based on the work of a commission that included representatives from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry for […]

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30 March 2015

Montreal – Cinema, i classici italiani pronti a incantare il Canada

Da Pietro Germi a Francesco Rosi, da Bernardo Bertolucci a Mario Monicelli: al Festival Cinéma du Monde di Sherbrooke, in Canada, sarà presente una selezione di film italiani dal titolo Classique du Cinéma Italienne (9-12 aprile), grazie alla collaborazione tra gli organizzatori del Festival e l’Istituto italiano di cultura di Montréal. Nell’ambito della manifestazione, che […]

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