Guadalajara – Italy to be guest of honour in film festival
Italy will be the guest of honour at the 30th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), which runs from 6 to 15 March 2015. The festival will include a retrospective featuring the work of Bernardo Bertolucci and Bruno Bozzetto. Italy will also be taking part in the 11th Co-Production Forum, with a project entitled “The Whale”. […]
Read moreTokyo – Voices and images: Japan discovers the passion of Naples
James Senese, Fiorello, Massimo Ranieri, Lina Sastri, Peppe Servillo, Peppe Barra, Pietra Montecorvino, Raiz , Fausto Cigliano, M’Barka Ben Taleb and Max Casella. These are the faces appearing in the documentary film “Passione”, featuring the world of Neapolitan song and directed by Italian-American John Turturro. The film – with Italian sub-titles – will be shown […]
Read moreDEI – Lithuania: Vilnius plans tenders for new public buildings
The city of Vilnius plans to renovate the old, Soviet-style conference centre – currently unfit for use – to create a modern multi-purpose centre by the end of 2017. The building’s architecture will remain unchanged and no new structures will be added. Ownership of the building will be transferred from Siauliu Bankas to Turto Bankas […]
Read moreBarcelona – Photography by Enzo Dal Verme on show in Catalonia
Enzo Dal Verme has photographed personalities like Laetitia Casta, Donatella Versace, Marina Abramovic, Bianca Jagger and Wim Wenders, and his photos have featured in publications like Vanity Fair, l’Uomo Vogue and The Times. He will now be speaking at the “On From Fashion” conference at the European Institute of Design (IED), on 4 March 2015. […]
Read moreLos Angeles – Film: world premiere of “Calibro 10” at the Los Angeles Film Fest
“Calibro 10. Il decalogo del crimine”, a film produced by Raffaele Alberto and directed by Massimo Ivan Falsetta, will see its world premiere in Los Angeles on Thursday 19 February 2015. The film, which sees the return of actor Franco Nero, will be screened at Hollywood’s Chinese Theatre during the Los Angeles Film Fest, which […]
Read moreLibya – Gentiloni tells the Chamber: the only solution is political
The only solution to the Libya crisis is a political one. Italy is not looking for adventures or crusades but a change of pace is needed because time is not infinite. These were some of the points made by Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni in a briefing at the Chamber of Deputies. “After the two sessions […]
Read moreZagreb – Venice in Zagreb film season – 2nd edition
The second “Venice in Zagreb” film season, featuring Italian films presented at the 2014 Venice Film Festival, is under way in Croatia. The initiative, which runs until 21 February 2015, was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Zagreb in collaboration with the Cinema Biennale and the Zagreb Film Festival. The event will include a […]
Read moreBrussels – Italy and women’s voices at the Book Fair
Five writers, one translator and a publishing specialist. The Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels has organised a “women’s voices” event to coincide with the 45th Book Fair in the Belgian capital. “Je vous écris d’Italie: cinq voix de femmes” was organised in collaboration with the Italian Publishers Association (AIE) and the Mondadori Foundation. Participants include […]
Read morePrague – Czech tourists on a visit to “undiscovered” Italy, via our Embassy
The Italian Embassy in Praguehas opened its doors for a working meeting between Czech travel agencies andrepresentatives of our regions, towns and cities. The aim of the event is toillustrate regions as yet little known to Czech tourists, such as Campania orPiedmont, and towns and cities like Bologna, Ferrara, Lucca and Bergamo. AsAldo Amato, the […]
Read moreNice – Homage to Italy on the Promenade du Paillon
The city of Nice has paid homage to Italy by naming one of the avenues linked to the “Promenade du Paillon” regeneration project “l’Allee des Italiens”. The initiative was keenly supported by the Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, himself of Italian origin, to underscore the city’s own Italian roots and the important role played by […]
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