Ten Shorts around the World – 2021
The Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperationthe and Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio presents 10 short films selected among the most significant and representative of last’s year production. In Italian with English subtitles Come un uovo nel radiatore, by Davide Maria Valsecchi, 2020, 10′ Valentino, an aspiring actor, can’t […]
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International Short Film Day
The Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio presents 5 short films selected among the most significant and representative of last’s year production. In Italian with English subtitles Las Hadas by Lorenzo Pallotta 2021 – 13′ Concrete prefabricated structure and bare rooms. Four young girls break the silence. A meeting in […]
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Sciascia in the Anglophone World
Thursday 9 December, 4pm Sciascia in the Anglophone World Part of International Lecture Series on Leonardo Sciascia, an homage to Leonardo Sciascia on the centenary of his birth. Introduced by Katia Pizzi (Director, ICI London) and Joseph Farrell (University of Strathclyde). Liz Wren-Owens (Cardiff University) will analyse the way the English translation of La zia […]
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Dante and Alasdair Gray: A Scottish Journey through The Divine Comedy
The University of Glasgow and the Alasdair Gray Archive, with the support of the University of Verona and the Italian Institute of Culture, invite you to a symposium and reading commemorating 700 years since the death of Dante in 1321 and Alasdair Gray’s translation of The Divine Comedy, his last major work before his death […]
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“Family Lexicon” by Germano Ovani – EXTENDED UNTIL 25/02/2022
Germano Ovano explains the ideas behind “Family Lexicon”exhibition. The main subject of the work presented is the relationship between reality and fiction. This is a subject that I have developed over several years due to two main factors: Firstly, my long-term work as a free-lance illustrator of children’s literature (a profession that has led me […]
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On Grazia Deledda’s footsteps
Third appointment of #DonnediSardegna (Women of Sardinia), a series of events dedicated to yesterday and today’s strong female figures from this enchanting island, organised as part of the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sardinian writer Grazia Deledda (Nuoro, 27 September 1871 – Rome, 15 August 1936), Nobel Prize for Literature in […]
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Fables from the Dictatorship by Leonardo Sciascia (1921-2021)
This year is the 100th anniversary of Leonardo Sciascia‘s birth and we are delighted to be launching shortly the English translation of his volume “Favole della dittatura”, published in 1950 and translated for the first time by Ann Goldstein with the title “Fables from the Dictatorship”. The publication of the volume “Fables from the Dictatorship” is a […]
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VI Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo | Good for you Good for the Earth: the Mediterranean Diet
This year’s World Week of Italian Cuisine (November 22-28) is all about showing how we can enjoy and celebrate Italian food while also respecting the best principles of sustainability, food security and biodiversity. Now in its sixth year, this popular event was originally conceived by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation as a […]
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VI Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo
This year’s World Week of Italian Cuisine (November 22-28) is all about showing how we can enjoy and celebrate Italian food while also respecting the best principles of sustainability, food security and biodiversity. Now in its sixth year, this popular event was originally conceived by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation as a […]
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Edimburgo, la Venezia del Nord | Embrae, the Venice o the North
A Free Walking Tour of Edinburgh’s Venetian Buildings Wikipedia lists Stockholm – and 39 other northern European cities – as claiming to be the Venice of the North. Auld Reekie is not on that list. Change all that with a free guided walking tour, in English, of Edinburgh buildings influenced by the architecture of Venice […]
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