Through the female gaze: women and work in Italy since the 1950s
Through the female gaze: women and work in Italy since the 1950s Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh 8 March-20 May 2022 Monday to Friday, 9:30am–1:30pm, 2:30–4:30 pm Exhibition curated by Maria Chiara Di Trapani and coordinated by historians Ilaria Favretto (Kingston University), Nico Pizzolato (Middlesex University) and Eloisa Betti (Università di Bologna and UDI). […]
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Futura by Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, Alice Rohrwacher | Glasgow Film Festival
Futura by Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, Alice Rohrwacher March 4th, GFT, 20.00 March 5th, GFT, 18:15 UK Premiere Quo vadis, Italia? In 2020 Italian directors Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi and Alice Rohrwacher united to explore their beautiful country and capture a snapshot of what might lie ahead for Italy. They travelled from Venice to […]
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Three Floors (Tre Piani) by Nanni Moretti | Glasgow Film Festival
Three Floors (Tre Piani) by Nanni Moretti March 3rd, GFT, 17:30 March 4th, GFT, 15:15 UK Premiere Adapted from Eshkol Nevo’s bestseller Three Floors Up, Nanni Moretti’s beautifully crafted melodrama charts the interconnected lives of the residents in an elegant apartment block in Rome. Capturing their emotional travails at five-year intervals, Moretti weaves together […]
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“Fear in the World” by Corrado Alvaro | Book presentation with translator Allan Cameron
Eleven years before the publication of Orwell’s 1984, a very similar work was published in Italy under the constraints imposed by the Fascist censor. That book was Fear in the World or L’uomo è forte (Man Is Strong) to give it the name imposed on the author. The title is important, because the dominant theme […]
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Raphael Gualazzi Piano Solo, with special guest Emma Morton
On the occasion of the visit to Scotland of the Italian Ambassador to the UK, H.E. Raffaele Trombetta, the Consulate General of Italy for Scotland and Northern Ireland, with the support of the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh, are pleased to invite the Italian community to a reception on Monday 21st February 2022 at […]
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Inch and Grub by Alastair Chisholm | Trilingual book event for kids
Reading and discussion on the book “Inch and Grub” with author Alastair Chisholm Come and join author Alastair Chisholm for one-hour reading and discussion on the book Inch and Grub. You will also get the chance to discover the Italian and French versions of the book. A fun and immersive event for your wee ones! […]
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Concerto di Natale with Afton Strings
The Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh are pleased to invite you to Concerto di Natale with Afton Strings on Tuesday, 21st December at 6.30 pm at St Vincent’s Chapel, St Vincent Street, Edinburgh EH3 6SW. Programme Excerpts from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons Gabriel’s Oboe (The Mission), Ennio Morricone […]
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Sciascia in the Anglophone World
Thursday 9 December, 4pm Sciascia in the Anglophone World Part of International Lecture Series on Leonardo Sciascia, an homage to Leonardo Sciascia on the centenary of his birth. Introduced by Katia Pizzi (Director, ICI London) and Joseph Farrell (University of Strathclyde). Liz Wren-Owens (Cardiff University) will analyse the way the English translation of La zia […]
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“Family Lexicon” by Germano Ovani – EXTENDED UNTIL 25/02/2022
Germano Ovano explains the ideas behind “Family Lexicon”exhibition. The main subject of the work presented is the relationship between reality and fiction. This is a subject that I have developed over several years due to two main factors: Firstly, my long-term work as a free-lance illustrator of children’s literature (a profession that has led me […]
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On Grazia Deledda’s footsteps
Third appointment of #DonnediSardegna (Women of Sardinia), a series of events dedicated to yesterday and today’s strong female figures from this enchanting island, organised as part of the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sardinian writer Grazia Deledda (Nuoro, 27 September 1871 – Rome, 15 August 1936), Nobel Prize for Literature in […]
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