Mare chiuso (closed Sea)
GRAMNet, Film Series 2012/2013 Since March 2011, after the outbreak of the Libyan War, many African migrants and refugees escaped from the country. While a part of this flow has found shelter in refugee camps at the border with Tunisia, others managed to reach Italian coasts by boat. Many of them had been previously pushed […]
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Commedia dell’arte
Physical Theatre, Improvisation, Ancestor of Pantomime COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE is the most representative form of theatre in Italian history. Conceived and developed within the arenas of market-place performers, noblemen’s courts and universities, its long life cycle spanned for 250 years from the 16th to the 18th centuries, influencing all other forms of theatre to come. As […]
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An Evening to celebrate Giuseppe Verdi
Music, discussion and a traditional Emilian dinner In homage to the bicentenary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth, VinCaffè Ristorante and the Italian Institute host an evening of music, discussion and a traditional Emilian dinner. After dinner there will be a short talk by Prof. Ilaria Dioli entitled: “Variations on Taste: Giuseppe Verdi Culinary Compositions”. The talk […]
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Antonio Forcione – Sketches of Africa
Antonio Forcione is an award-winning acoustic guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and artist of great talent. He breaks the mould of most conventional guitar sounds, in the fields of jazz, Spanish, African, Brazilian or improvised music. His albums have consistently topped UK and international jazz charts and worldwide he has shared the stage with some of the […]
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Journey to Italy – (Viaggio in Italia)
Roberto Rossellini Roberto Rossellini Italy/France 1954 DCP 86 minutes Rated PG – Contains mild sex references Cast: Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Maria Mauban, Anna Proclemer, Paul Muller. English and Italian with English subtitlesJourney to Italy has been hailed as one of the finest films ever made and is recognised as one of Rossellini’s most masterful […]
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Second Sight – Series of Events
Second Sight – Series of Events A celebration of Europe Day Europa, our First Migrant Thursday 9 May, 5.30pm Italian Cultural Institute, 82 Nicolson Street, Playwright Maggie Rose and author Salvatore Cabras will explore the original meaning of the term ‘Europa/Europe’. Along this path they revisit the Greek myth of ‘The Rape of Europa’ and […]
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Long Exposures by Lorenzo Dalberto (seconda lingua)
Fine Art Library is delighted to host an exhibition of photographs by Lorenzo Dalberto.
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Second Sight
Second Sight Saturday 27 April – Sunday 21 July 2013 Stills, Scotland Centre of Photography 23 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh Developed in partnership with The Italian Cultural Institute and Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Second Sight is part of a three-year cycle of projects entitled Image/Identity, focusing on the phenomenon of human migration. Conceived to reflect the growing […]
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Italian Film Festival in Scotland
The Italian Film Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary edition in 2013. For two decades, the Festival, with the dedicated support of the Italian Cultural Institute, has brought the best of Italian cinema to Scottish venues and welcomed some of the most beloved and iconic figures in the Italian industry to present their films and discuss […]
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Spring Party with Verdi
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to invite you at the Spring Party with Verdi. The party will be followed by the screening of Othello in streaming from Teatro Regio di Parma. Free event but booking essential
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