Rosario, a festival dedicated to Italian cinema
As it does every year, during the Fare Cinema Festival, the Consulate General of Italy in Rosario, in collaboration with “El Cairo, Cine Publico“, organises a series of meetings dedicated to contemporary Italian cinema. The Festival features free admission every Sunday in July and August. Contemporary Italian cinema speaks to us through a shared emotional […]
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Athens, Nicola Piovani in concert
Federico Fellini, Roberto Benigni, the Taviani Brothers: four masters of Italian cinema who conquered the international scene thanks to the mastery of their movies, giving popular culture some of the most beloved soundtracks. Maestro Nicola Piovani, the composer of those soundtracks, celebrated them in a symphonic concert at the Odeon Herodes Atticus in Athens. The […]
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Doha, Artist Quayola’s Exhibition “Nuovo Paesaggio”
The exhibition “Nuovo Paesaggio – New Landscape” by contemporary artist Quayola opened on 5 May in Doha and will run until 19 July Organized by the Italian Embassy in Doha and Studio Quayola, in collaboration with Fondazione AGO – Modena Fabbriche Culturali and co-financed by the Ministry of Culture, the project—curated by Claudio Composti – […]
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Traditional Italian puppets and marionettes in Prague
Over 250 puppets and marionettes will be on display in the Baroque Chapel and the halls of the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague until 26 August. They come from one of the world’s leading collections of marionettes and puppets: the Zanella/Pasqualini Collection – Budrio Museum (Bologna), which houses more than 35,000 unique pieces from around […]
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Vienna, Conference on Gravitational Waves and the “Einstein Telescope”
Metternich Palace, home of the Italian Embassy in Vienna, hosted a prestigious science diplomacy event dedicated to the topic of gravitational waves and the European “Einstein Telescope” project, a future research infrastructure for observing the universe. The meeting, organized as a side event of the International School of Astroparticle Physics (ISAPP2025), featured Prof. Marco Pallavicini, […]
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“Funerary Traditions in Prehistoric Sardinia: the Domus de Janas” inscribed on the World Heritage List
With the inscription of the site “Funerary Traditions in Prehistoric Sardinia: the Domus de Janas,” the number of UNESCO-certified World Heritage Sites in Italy rises to 61. The long-awaited decision came today following the UNESCO World Heritage Committee’s 47th session in Paris. The site enhances the cultural specificities of Sardinian prehistory. For the Domus de Janas (House […]
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Library: 80 years since the end of the Second World War
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the Library of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has taken part in the cartographic census of leaflets, pamphlets and other ephemeral publications (Ephemera) relating to the Second World War. The project was coordinated and conducted by the Department for […]
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Prague – A tribute to Fellini: the genius who speaks to new generations
The Italian Cultural Institute of Prague organised two special events dedicated to Federico Fellini, the unforgettable master of Italian cinema and one of the most visionary and influential directors in the history of the seventh art. More than thirty years after his passing, Fellini’s creative genius and his extraordinary ability to blend reality and imagination […]
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Hanoi: “Corti e Sorsi” returns for Fare Cinema
A new edition of “Corti e Sorsi”, supported and organised by the Embassy of Italy in Hanoi, will take place on Thursday 10 July at the “Casa Italia” venue (18 Le Phung Hieu, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi). The event forms part of “Fare Cinema”, the initiative launched by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International […]
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Lyon, “Ciao Italia” exhibition: a century of Italian immigration
Two years after its initial presentation in Lyon, the exhibition Ciao Italia! Un siècle d’immigration et de culture italiennes en France (1860–1960) returns to the local Italian Cultural Institute. The opening was held in the presence of Stéphane Mourlane, curator of the exhibition and researcher at Aix-Marseille University, and Isabelle Renard, Deputy Director of the […]
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