Fashioning Italian Youth: young people’s identity and style in Italian popular culture, 1958 – 75
Join us on Thursday, 7th March 2024 at 6:00 pm at the Italian Institute for the presentation of the volume Fashioning Italian Youth: young people’s identity and style in Italian popular culture, 1958 – 75 with the author Cecilia Brioni (University of Aberdeen), in conversation with Prof Derek Duncan (University of St Andrews). Fashioning Italian […]
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Disco Boy | Glasgow Film Festival 2024
Disco Boy di Giacomo Abbruzzese 02.03.2024 | 18:30 | Cineworld Screen 2 03.03.2024 | 15:30 | Cineworld Screen 2 Disco Boy è un film drammatico del 2023 diretto da Giacomo Abbruzzese, al suo esordio cinematografico. È stato presentato al Festival di Berlino 2023, come unico film italiano in concorso, vincendo l’Orso d’argento per il Miglior Contributo Artistico. Dopo un lungo viaggio attraverso […]
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La Chimera | Glasgow Film Festival 2024
La Chimera by Alice Rohrwacher 01.03.2024 |20:00 |GFT 1 02.03.2024 |12:45 |GFT 1 The Crown’s Josh O’Connor stars as an adrift Englishman with an unusual talent in this playful drama centring on a gang of grave robbers on the hunt for ancient Etruscan relics. The Crown’s Josh O’Connor proves he’s just as good in Italian […]
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Io Capitano | Glasgow Film Festival 2024
Io Capitano by Matteo Garrone 29.02.2024 |17:55 | GFT 1 01.03.2024 |13:10 | GFT 1 Two cousins leave Senegal to pursue their dream of a new life in Europe in Matteo Garrone’s vibrant and powerful drama about the hopefulness, resilience and brutality of the migrant experience. Official Entry: Italy – Best International Feature – 96th […]
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“U Scantu”: A Disorderly Tale by Elisa Giardina Papa
Elisa Giardina Papa: U Scantu: A Disorderly Tale (2022) Friday 1 March – Sunday 19 May 2024. Preview: Thursday 29 February, 5.30-7.30pm Collective is pleased to announce the first exhibition of its 40th anniversary year: “U Scantu”: A Disorderly Tale (2022) by Sicilian artist Elisa Giardina Papa, supported by the Italian Institute of […]
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The Archives of Black Italy: Re-presenting Alessandro de’ Medici
As a tribute to Black History Month Florence, on Thursday, 22 February 2024 at 5:30 pm the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh and the University of St Andrews are delighted to present the talk The Archives of Black Italy: Re-presenting Alessandro de’ Medici by Dr Shelleen Greene (Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies, […]
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To Inclusivity and Beyond: the Quest For a Broad Language. A Talk By Vera Gheno.
The Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh and the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with SIS – Society for Italian Studies, are delighted to welcome Vera Gheno to the University of Edinburgh on Friday, 26th January 2024 at 5:00 pm. Vera Gheno is a “social-linguista” with over […]
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Safe Piano Duo: Once Upon A Time…
Safe Piano Duo, Federica Cassisi & Salvatore Vaccarella, will be performing Once Upon a Time… at the Edinburgh Society of Musicians (3 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3BL) on Saturday, 9th December at 7:30 pm, under the patronage of the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh. Once Upon a Time… is a selection of piano works […]
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Dante by Maestro Pupi Avati
Dante Alighieri, unanimously recognized as the father of the Italian language, is one of the figures who has most influenced the history and culture of our country, the European continent and the entire western world. The Italian Institute of Culture is pleased to present the film “Dante” by Maestro Pupi Avati, which celebrates the work […]
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Calvino Qui e Altrove | #Calvino100
As part of the “Calvino 100” celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of Italo Calvino’s birth, the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh presents the exhibition “Calvino qui e altrove” (Calvino here and elsewhere), opening on Tuesday, 5th December 2023. Through a series of panels, the exhibition allows the visitor to follow a guided visual journey […]
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