Istituto Di Cultura - Edimburgo

One of world cinema’s most exuberantly playful filmmakers, Federico Fellini’s career stretches from post-war neorealism to the MTV era. Although best known for his epochal early 60s films La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2, he first came to international prominence as a director in the mid-1950s, thanks to back-to-back...

  Ambitious yet graceless film director Federica (Jasmine Trinca) has only ever had one obsession: cinema. One film in particular has always proved a particular inspiration: Hal Hartley’s ‘Simple Men’, where her obsession with Romanian actor Elina Löwensohn began. So when the opportunity to make...

Pietro Marcello’s vibrant, multilayered adaptation of the classic Jack London novel has echoes of the great Luchino Visconti in its majestic sweep and focus on a man torn between personal ambitions and political ideals. Luca Marinelli was awarded the Best Actor prize at Venice for his towering performance as Marti...

Even those who are well informed about Chilean politics in the 1970s will learn something new from Nanni Moretti’s fascinating documentary. At the height of the military junta, Italy’s embassy in Santiago became a safe haven for dozens of journalists, academics and artists who eventually left the country for a ...

Artist and illustrator Igort (Igor Tuveri) has adapted his own graphic novel into a stylish, guns-blazing neo-noir sets on the rain-sodden mean streets of 1970s Naples. The great Toni Servillo lends weary gravitas to the role of Peppino, an old-school hitman and loyal footsoldier. When a family member is ambushed and killed,...

Doing the right thing carries risks and rewards in Paradise, a wonderfully melancholic fish out of water farce with a soulful performance from rising star Vincenzo Nemolato. Sicilian slushie vendor Calogero is enrolled in a witness protection programme after observing a Mafia killing. Now he is far from home as the sole...

The most exciting, witty, feminist, steampunk, cross-dressing aviatrix thriller you will ever see! Described in the New York Times recently as “the the spryest comic-book movie of the season” this light-hearted silent introduces us to Filibus… aka the Baroness Troixmond, aka the cross-dressing Count...

AIRItalks is back! In 2020 the collaboration between AIRIcerca, the Italian Istitute of Culture and the Consulate General of Italy in Edinburgh will bring you a new series of informal and informative talks, which will focus on the social and ethical impact of scientific research. In this first appointment with AIRItalks,...

Italian Studies, University of Edinburgh, is organising an event celebrating the historical twinning between Edinburgh and Florence: Fresh Renaissance – Florence, Edinburgh, and the Art of Phoebe Traquair. Introducing his new book Rinascere: Storie e maestri di un’idea italiana (2019), Professor Nicola Gardini (Un...