AI: The Final Frontier | Edinburgh Science Festival 2026
The Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Institute of Culture are delighted to be joining the Edinburgh Science Festival 2026 as part of this exciting celebration of science and innovation. Join us to explore how robotics and AI are transforming space science, seek out new ideas and new approaches, and to boldly challenge everyday […]
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Marianne Gubri | Edinburgh International Harp Festival
The 45th Edinburgh International Harp Festival will take place from the 10th -14th April for a harptastic celebration of music, community, and friendship. Marianne Gubri, settled in Italy since 2002 and originally from Brittany, takes the audience on an immersive journey through the harmony of the cosmos. Blending ancient scales, celestial imagery, and ethereal soundscapes, her […]
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Incontri: a Scots-Italian photographic archive
Open from 9 April – 15 May 2026 at the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh, Incontri is a curated collection of photographs and images offering a glimpse into the rich and diverse narratives of Italians in Scotland over the past century. The images are of people and places and tell stories about how Italians found […]
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La prodigiosa trasformazione della classe operaia in stranieri | Italian Clapperboard
Thursday 26 March 2026, 17:30 Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh The documentary screening series Italian Clapperboard continues on Thursday, 26 March at 17:30 at the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh with La prodigiosa trasformazione della classe operaia in stranieri (Samir, 98′, 2025). Through archival materials, testimonies, animations, and the narrated voice of Lino […]
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Food and Emotions in Italian Women’s Writing with Patrizia Sambuco
On the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2026, author Patrizia Sambuco presents her latest book, Food and Emotions in Italian Women’s Writing: A Reassessment (Toronto University Press, 2025), winner of the Premio Internazionale Flaiano d’Italianistica “Luca Attanasio” award in June 2025, on Thursday, 12 March 2026 at 17:30 at the Italian Institute of Culture in […]
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A night in Italy | Roma Tre Orchestra & Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra play Donizetti, Mascagni, Respighi
This concert is a proud collaboration between the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh, the Roma Tre Orchestra & Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra. Join us on Saturday, 7 March from 19:30 at the Reid Concert Hall (Bristo Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9AL) for a night of Italian music, and a celebration of the links between Scotland […]
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The Last One for the Road | Glasgow Film Festival 2026
The Last One for the Road by Francesco Sossai 05.03.2026 | 20:30 | Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT 2) 06.03.2026| 15:30 | Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT 2) Hit the road with fifty-something drinking buddies Carlobianchi (Sergio Romano) and Doriano (Pierpaolo Capovilla), whose seize-the-day attitude means they’re always determinedly hunting for that final pint on a drinking […]
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Primavera | Glasgow Film Festival 2026
Primavera by Damiano Michieletto 03.03.2026 | 17:45 | Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT 2) 04.03.2026 | 13:15 | Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT 2) Early 18th century Venice is brought vividly to life in Damiano Michieletto’s period drama about young virtuoso violinist Ceclia (Tecla Insolia). Living in the Ospedale della Pietà orphanage, her talents are put to […]
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The Battle of Algiers | Glasgow Film Festival 2026
The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo 27.02.2026 | 10:30 | Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT 1) Gillo Pontecorvo’s influential antiwar classic charts the protracted struggle by Algerian revolutionaries against Algeria’s French occupiers between 1954 and 1957. Shot on location with a largely non-professional cast, who had lived-in experience of the conflict, it is based on […]
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Come se non ci fosse un domani | Italian Clapperboard
Thursday 26 February 2026, 17:30 Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh The Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh opens the Italian Clapperboard documentary series with Come se non ci fosse un domani (Riccardo Cremona & Matteo Keffer, 90′, 2025), a powerful and thought-provoking film that places audiences at the heart of today’s climate activism. Directed […]
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