Fare Cinema 2018 – Italian Film Festival
On the occasion of “Fare Cinema – Italian Film Festival” the Italian Institute of Culture is proud the present Scotland’s annual showcase of the best in Italian cinema with an exciting, wide-ranging selection from the past twelve months. Italian Film Festival includes new work from several generations of filmmakers, including established auteurs such as Paolo […]
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Divas, Despots and Dancing: Assunta Spina (1915)
Following Glasgow Film Festival’s premiere of this silent Italian drama with a new score by Southern Italian folk band The Badwills, this special roundtable discussion with film clips explores the film’s revival at a key moment when there is worldwide focus on gender politics and social justice. ASSUNTA SPINA stars Francesca Bertini, one of Italian […]
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Heritage as Citizenship: Challenges of the New Urban Agenda
A lecture by Dr Francesco Bandarin to mark the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage. From 2000 to 2010 Dr Bandarin was Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Secretary of the World Heritage Convention. From 2010 to 2014 he served as Assistant Director-General of UNESCO for Culture. He was re-appointed to this position […]
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Sessantotto: ’68 Italian Style
The Italian Institute of Culture is pleased to support Sessantotto: ’68 Italian Style presented by Edinburgh College of Art and Filmhouse. The exhibition is a collection of original poster designs to tie-in with Fare Cinema 2018 – Italian Film Festival. Sessantotto: ’68 Italian Style marks the 50th anniversary of a tumultuous twelve months of social and […]
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From Mask to Character
The Italian Cultural Institute and the Charioteer Theatre present “The Academy of Commedia dell’Arte” which will bring you closer to the fine art of the 16th Century Italian craft, which involves skills such as physical theatre, mime and improvisation. The second event will see the partecipation of Venetian mask maker Renzo Antonello. Lecture – From […]
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Divas, Despots and Dancing: Assunta Spina with Live Score by The Badwills
Passion. Jealousy. Revenge. Join us for the world premiere of this silent Italian drama beautifully restored by Cineteca di Bologna with a new live Southern Italian score by seven-piece band The Badwills. Filmed on the streets of Napoli in 1915, ASSUNTA SPINA stars Francesca Bertini, one of Italian cinema’s greatest ‘silent diva’ actresses, smouldering on-screen […]
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Canti e musiche di Sardegna – I Tenores di Neoneli
Cantu a tenòre (or canto a tenore in Italian) is a style of polyphonic folk singing characteristic of Sardinia. The word tenore, refers in this case to the actual style of folk singing, and not to the tenor as a singer. It is traditionally practised by groups of four male singers standing in a close […]
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Europe Day
The Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Chamber UK will take part in the celebration of the European Day in George Square in Glasgow on 9 May 2018, event organized by The European Commission Representation in Scotland in collaboration with European Countries. Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Poland, […]
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Lectura Dantis Andreapolitana
A Lectura Dantis (‘reading of Dante’) is a public reading and explanation of all 100 cantos of Dante’s Divine Comedy canto by canto. Each canto of the Commedia is discussed by a different scholar, and we have a wide range of expert speakers coming to St Andrews for each meeting of the Lectura Dantis Andreapolitana […]
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The Character Study: Voice & Physicality
The Italian Cultural Institute and the Charioteer Theatre present “The Academy of Commedia dell’Arte”. This event will bring you closer to the fine art of the 16th Century Italian craft, which involves skills such as physical theatre, mime and improvisation. The first event will see the partecipation of actor and teacher Enrico Bonavera with […]
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