Sydney, Documentary “Syndrome K” featured at the Jewish Film Festival
The Sydney Italian Cultural Institute is taking part in the Jewish International Film Festival by screening the film “Syndrome K”, a 2019 Italy/USA co-production by American director Stephen Edwards. This moving documentary tells a true, little-known story that took place in Rome during the Nazi occupation in 1943-44. Three courageous Italian doctors saved the lives […]
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Brasilia: Candido Portinari, an artist for peace
An exhibition and a conference to celebrate the work of Candido Portinari. The initiative was organized by the Italian Embassy in Brasilia. The exhibition displays 28 etchings by the artist of Italian descent, whose parents emigrated from the Veneto Region at the end of the 19th century, and who has become one of Brazil’s greatest 20th century […]
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Tokyo, examples of urban regeneration on display
The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo, as part of the initiatives for the 6th edition of the Italian Design Day, present the exhibition “Welcome, feeling at work’’, dedicated to the great urban regeneration project of the ‘’Kengo Kuma and Associates’ studio to revive the former Rizzoli area in Milan. The […]
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Prague: glass takes centre stage at Italian Design Day
On 23 March, for the 6th edition of the Italian Design Day, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague, together with CAMIC (the Italian-Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry) will present “COMMON GLASS”, a project dedicated to the new language of contemporary glass, which gathers the most interesting realities of the […]
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Tehran, 2002 sees sixth edition of “Domus Design”
The international exhibition “Domus Design – Tehran 2022” has been presented at the residence of the Ambassador of Italy in Iran. The exhibition, now in its sixth edition, consists of two sections. The first is an in-depth look at key moments in the history of Italian and Iranian design through a series of iconic objects. […]
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Amsterdam, literary recital on the Shoah
The Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam is presenting “Questo è stato’’, a literary recital with Sabrina Modenini. The recital is based on the book of the same name by Piera Sonnino, with adaptation and direction by Andrea de Manincor. In her novel, Piera Sonnino tells the tragic story of the deportation and extermination of her […]
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Two concerts of the singer Tosca in Algeria
The Italian singer Tosca lands in Algeria with her “Morabeza World Tour”. Thanks to the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Algiers, together with the Ministry of Culture and Arts, Tosca will take the stage on Saturday, 19 March, at the Théâtre National Algérien Mahieddine Bachtarzi, and on Monday, 21 March, at the Theâtre Régional […]
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Seoul: female Italian Studies student is Ambassador for a day
Kim Chaewon, a student at the Italian Studies Department of the Busan University of Foreign Studies, is the winner of the first edition of “Ambassador for a Day”. The project, launched by the Italian Embassy in Seoul together with the Italian Cultural Institute, is targeted to female students interested in pursuing a diplomatic carrier. The […]
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Bratislava: on show the photos of the set of “Mamma Roma”
The Italian Cultural Institute in Bratislava, in partnership with the Centro Cinema of Cesena and the Kino Lumière of Bratislava, organized an exhibition displaying the photos of the set of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s film ‘’Mamma Roma’’, filmed in 1962 and starring Anna Magnani. The film is the crux of the “Roman Trilogy” (Accattone, Mamma Roma, […]
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Tanzania, Ambassador Lombardi visiting Iringa
At the invitation of the Ruaha Catholic University (RUCU), the Ambassador of Italy in Tanzania, Marco Lombardi, visited Iringa, a region in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, to discuss opportunities for collaboration between the RUCU and Italian universities, and in particular with the Catholic University of Brescia and those of Palermo and Turin. During his […]
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