Lost in Narration @ Belfast Children’s Festival
Lost in Narration by Riccardo Giacconi, Invernomuto & Luca Trevisani Unique new tales for us to step into and discover for ourselves. A major new exhibition curated by Manuela Pacella, bring an exciting group of Italian artists to work in Belfast for the first time. Delving into unknow or overlooked histories to bring forgotten stories […]
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Le Smanie per la Villeggiatura by Carlo Goldoni
The Italian Play Society is proud to present: Le Smanie per la Villeggiatura / Holiday Fever by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Carlo Lenoci Le Smanie is part of Trilogia della Villeggiatura, one of Goldoni’s outstanding late works. Written in 1761, the play takes place in the Tuscan town of Livorno, where two families […]
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Italian Film Festival in Scotland
March 3-17, 2017 The annual celebration of Italian cinema returns to cinemas across Scotland with a programme that mixes established names with promising newcomers, award-winners with documentaries and a few undisputed classics that have recently been restored. The early films confirmed for the 2017 event include Paolo Virzi’s hugely successful La Pazza Gioia (Like Crazy) […]
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Trio dell’Accademia dei Cameristi di Bari
Cecilia Ziano (vn), Francesco Dillon (vco) and Francesco Basanisi (pno) We welcome back another ensemble from Italy, in collaboration with the Accademia dei Cameristi di Bari and Queen’s University, Belfast. The special programme includes trios written by Gabriel Fauré, Alfredo Casella and Maurice Ravel. Free Admission, but to reserve your place rsvp to j.licinic@qub.ac.uk
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Eternally Cinematic: Rome on Film
Edinburgh College of Art and Filmhouse are proud to present Eternally Cinematic: Rome on Film, an exhibition of original poster designs to accompany the 2017 edition of Italian Film Festival in Scotland. Whether through the films of Federico Fellini and Pier Paolo Pasolini or the work of Peter Greenaway and Woody Allen, the city of […]
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“Fai bei sogni” (Sweet Dreams) @ Glasgow Film Festival
Glasgow Film Festival February 15-26, 2017 The Glasgow Film Festival has become one of the biggest events in the annual film calendar, screening a wide selection of UK premieres and bringing star guests to Scotland each year. The 2017 Festival includes a screening of Marco Bellocchio’s acclaimed “Fai bei sogni” (Sweet Dreams), courtesy […]
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Mediterraneo & NEHH Present: Carnevale 2017!
Mediterraneo and Nothing Ever Happens Here present Carnevale 2017 at Summerhall! A wild night of Italian Pizzica, Klezmer, Balkan brass, Brazilian Samba, and masks… lots of masks! It’s that time of the year when the world is upside-down. When Harlequin the Servant is master for the day. When the Fool is wise, the King […]
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‘Producing Living Countenances from Marble’: Rhetoric, Technology and Art in Trecento Italy
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Speaker Dr Luca Palozzi – British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Teaching Fellow, University of Edinburgh This talk explores Italian poet and intellectual Petrarch’s remarkable involvement with, and understanding of, the technical aspects of stone carving and tomb sculpture in particular. While we traditionally conceive of […]
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African Urbanisation and Urbanism: pro-poor instruments and neoliberal reforms in the water sector
Speaker Dr. Maria Rusca (King’s College London) Sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly urbanising and is expected to experience the highest growth globally in the coming decades. This growth mainly occurs in peripheral and unplanned areas, where inhabitants suffer disproportionally from deficits in infrastructures and basic services and the risks associated with poor access to water […]
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INFLUX by Luca Vullo
INFLUX, documentary produced and directed by Luca Vullo. ‘London has never attracted so many Italians as in the last few years. In a period when European immigration is continuously debated in politics, and after the controversial outcome of the Brexit referendum, INFLUX offers an emotional self-analysis that reveals the strengths and weaknesses of Italians, […]
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