Mario Biondi in Edinburgh
On the occasion of his upcoming UK tour, we are delighted to welcome Italian pop, jazz and soul singer Mario Biondi to the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh on Wednesday, 30th March 2022 at 11.30 am for a live interview with experienced Scottish music journalist John Dingwall. Mario Biondi will discuss his new album Romantic […]
Read moreRainbow – A private affair by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
Beppe Fenoglio and Luigi Meneghello are rightly considered two of Italy’s greatest writers. They both participated in the Resistance movement in the Second World War and wrote of their experiences in works such as Il partigiano Johnny and I piccoli maestri. To mark the centenary of their birth the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh will […]
Read moreFenoglio, Meneghello and Great Britain
Beppe Fenoglio and Luigi Meneghello are rightly considered two of Italy’s greatest writers. They both participated in the Resistance movement in the Second World War and wrote of their experiences in works such as Il partigiano Johnny and I piccoli maestri. To mark the centenary of their birth the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh will […]
Read moreThe Decameron | Pasolini 100 at Edinburgh Filmhouse
Two special screenings mark the centenary of the birth of Italian film director, poet, writer and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini, in association with Edinburgh Filmhouse. The Decameron (Il Decameron) Friday, 18th March 2022 at 8.25 pm Filmhouse, Cinema 2 A richly textured epic based on eight varied and colourful tales by 14th-century Italian writer […]
Read moreHawks and Sparrows | Pasolini 100 at Edinburgh Filmhouse
Two special screenings mark the centenary of the birth of Italian film director, poet, writer and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini, in association with Edinburgh Filmhouse. Hawks and Sparrows (Uccellacci e Uccellini) Thursday, 17th March 2022 at 8.25 pm Filmhouse, Cinema 2 What holds this exasperating, playful, intellectual, faux-naif and overwhelmingly Italian fable together is simply […]
Read moreA Pa’… Ninetto Davoli on Pier Paolo Pasolini | Pasolini 100
Ohi, Ninarieddo, ti ricordi di quel sogno… di cui abbiamo parlato tante volte… Io ero in macchina, e partivo solo, col sedile vuoto accanto a me,e tu mi correvi dietro; all’altezza dello sportello ancora semiaperto, correndo ansioso e ostinato, mi gridavi con un po’ di pianto infantile nella voce: “A Pa’, mi porti con te? […]
Read morePasolini 100
The Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh is delighted to bring you the series of events ‘Pasolini 100’ to celebrate one of the key figures of Italian culture, Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), on the occasion of his 100th anniversary. Thursday 17th March 2022 A Pa’… Ninetto Davoli on Pier Paolo Pasolini in conversation with Prof. Davide Messina […]
Read moreGëzim Hajdari at StAnza Poetry Festival 2022
Albanian-born poet Gëzim Hajdari – exiled in Italy since 1992 and honorary citizen of Frosinone – will take part in 2 events at this year’s StAnza Poetry Festival. POETRY CAFE FOR BREAKFAST: POETRY IN EXILE with Marjorie Lotfi, Gezim Hadjari, Yousif M. Qasmiyeh and Hannah Lowe in conversation Fri 11 March 10:00am – 11:00am This event will feature […]
Read moreGender, Writing, Spectatorships: Katharine Mitchell
The Italian Institute of Culture is very pleased to be partnering with Blackwell’s Bookshop in order to bring you this facinating event with Katharine Mitchell, Senior Lecturer in Italian Culture and Gender Studies at the University of Strathclyde, where she will be talking about her new book Gender, Writing, Spectatorships Evenings at the Theatre, Opera, and Silent […]
Read moreTigers by Ronnie Sandahl | Glasgow Film Festival
Tigers by Ronnie Sandahl March 10th, GFT, 20:15 March 11th, GFT, 17:45 UK Premiere Based on the true story of 16-year-old Swedish soccer sensation Martin Bengtsson, Tigers holds up a mirror to the ruthless world of professional football. A relentlessly focused Martin (a brilliant Erik Enge) has pushed his teenage body and mind to the […]
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