The American Backyard | Glasgow Film Festival 2025
The American Backyard by Pupi Avati 08.03.2025 | 18:00 | GFT 1 Cult horror director Pupi Avati’s true crime adaptation is set during the Italian 1945 Liberation, following a troubled young man and the focus of his unreciprocated affections. Pupi Avati, director of the cult shockers The House with Laughing Windows, Zeder and The […]
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Gloria! | Glasgow Film Festival 2025
Gloria! by Margherita Vicario 08.03.2025 | 20:15 | Cineworld 09.03.2025 | 15:45 | Cineworld A mute maid at an institute for orphaned girls discovers a talent for the piano, inspiring others to embrace their own gifts in this costume drama with a contemporary twist. Italian actress and singer-songwriter Margherita Vicario celebrates women’s voices erased from […]
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LETIZIA BATTAGLIA. Chronicle, Life, Love.
In collaboration with Archivio Letizia Battaglia, the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh is delighted to host in the new spaces of the Italian Institute of Culture at Italy House (20-22 East London Street, EH7 4BQ) from Friday, 21st February to Thursday 17th April 2025 (by appointment only), the exhibition LETIZIA BATTAGLIA Chronicle, Life, Love […]
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Strikers & Stickers – Football stories between Italy and Scotland
The Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh, in collaboration with Mo’ Better Football, the Scottish Football Museum, Panini and the Consulate General of Italy for Scotland and Northern Ireland, is delighted to present the exhibition Strikers & Stickers – Football stories between Italy and Scotland. On at the Scottish Football Museum at Hampden Park, home of Scotland’s national team, from Thursday 6th […]
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Opening event | Strikers & Stickers – Football stories between Italy and Scotland
The Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh, in collaboration with Mo’ Better Football, the Scottish Football Museum, Panini and the Consulate General of Italy for Scotland and Northern Ireland are delighted to invite you to the opening event of the exhibition Strikers & Stickers – Football stories between Italy and Scotland on Thursday, 6th […]
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IV International Symposium on Cultural Heritage
The Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh and the Consulate General of Italy for Scotland and Northern Ireland are delighted to promote the IV International Symposium on Cultural Heritage organised by the Heritage International Institute (HII) and the University of Strathclyde. Experts coming from all around the world gather in Glasgow to find innovative approaches […]
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Soundhouse: McCreadie/ Stumbras/ Scandroglio/ Galeotti
From Scotland to Italy to Lithuania, Fergus McCreadie (piano), Mindaugas Stumbras (guitar), Michelangelo Scandroglio (doublebass) and Mattia Galeotti (drums) have forged a special connection over many years of playing together. Generated initially from a friendship between Mindaugas and Michelangelo, they met in 2018 for the first time in Florence and have since made music many […]
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Il racconto fantastico in Italia con Dario Tonani
La parola “fantascienza” sta per compiere 100 anni, ma le sue origini affondano le radici in tempi antichi, in quella che per lungo tempo veniva definita “letteratura fantastica” o “dell’immaginario” e che proprio in Italia ebbe la sua culla, ma anche i suoi più straordinari interpreti ed esempi con il poema allegorico di Dante e […]
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90 years of Valvona & Crolla | #SCIM2024
On the occasion of the 9th Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World, an initiative of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cultural Cooperation aimed at promoting the uniqueness of Italian identity and culture through the promotion of Italian culinary traditions, this year dedicated to “Mediterranean Diet and Roots Cuisine: Health and Tradition”, […]
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The Neapolitan language and its first novels
Massimiliano Canzanella and Lady Rita Rae will discuss the currently vulnerable state of the Neapolitan language and present the first two novels written entirely in Neapolitan. Despite the frequent and widespread use by artists over the world , Neapolitan remains vulnerable to extinction due to a fast-declining intergenerational transmission. It has been estimated that less […]
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