Journey to Italy Series – Basilicata/ I basilischi (The Lizards)
Thursday 6 June 2024 at 6.30pm In Italian with English subtitles I Basilischi (the Lizards) Director: Lina Wermuller Screenplay: Lina Wertmuller Cast: Antonio Prtruzzi, Stefano Satta Flores, Sergio Ferrarino Music: Ennio Morricone Comedy/Drama/1963/1h 25min/B&W Lina Wertmüller’s brilliant first feature chronicles the suffocating structures of small-town life in the south of Italy (Minervino Murge, located between […]
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Fashion Dialogues. The Costume Series with Paola Galassi
The Italian director and author Paola Galassi is the special guest of the second FASHION DIALOGUE dedicated to costume at the Italian Cultural Institute in London. In conversation with Matteo Augello, Paola Galassi will tell stories from her career and discuss the importance of costume in theatre and television. After debuting with Giorgio Strehler in The […]
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The Book Club 2024: Il paese dove non si muore mai
The Book Club 2024. I romanzi e i luoghi. Il paese dove non si muore mai di Ornela Vorpsi Mercoledì 29 maggio, ore 18 presso la Biblioteca E. Montale In italiano. In presenza Nuova serie di appuntamenti con The Book Club per il 2024, in presenza, nella bellissima biblioteca dell’istituto, dedicata a Eugenio Montale. Il tema […]
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The Italian Library # 9: Premio Strega
Giovedi’ 23 maggio, ore 18.30 The Italian Library #9: Premio Strega. Con Ornella Tarantola 12 candidati al premio Strega. Ornella li racconta ed insieme a Marco Gambino ne legge degli estratti. Quale di questi voi vorreste leggere per primo? Un po’ come tornare ai tempi della libreria quando tra una chiacchiera e l’altra si consigliavano […]
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Antonio Morabito – piano concert
Antonio Morabito Piano concert Wednesday 22 May, 6.30pm at ICI London Pianist Antonio Morabito will perform pieces by Chopin, after a short introduction by musicologist Federica Nardacci to explain the relationship between the composers and the Italian cultural landscape of their time. Book your place HERE
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European Writers Festival
EUNIC London presents EUROPEAN WRITERS’ FESTIVAL “Transformation” 18-19 May 2024 at the British Library, London Booking is now open for this year’s European Writers’ Festival at the British Library. Join us for a weekend of prose, poetry and discussion with 30 emerging and established authors from across Europe. As we in Europe are once again […]
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What We Already Think We Know | Young Italian Photography | ARTISTS AND CURATORS-LED TOUR
Join us for a late breakfast at the artists and curators-led tour of What We Already Think We Know at the Italian Cultural Institute in London The Photography Exhibition “What We Already Think We Know” showcases the works of past winners of the Giovane Fotografia Italiana | Luigi Ghirri Award, offering a glimpse into the […]
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Beauty as a soft power lever – The Italian model turning heritage into value
Wednesday 15 May, 5.30pm at ICI London Beauty as a soft power lever – the Italian model turning heritage into value ICI London and Banca Ifis present a talk (with simultaneous translation in English) on the “Economia della bellezza”, a research study by Banca Ifis which highlights the impact of Beauty on Italy’s economy. Introduction […]
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What We Already Think We Know | Young Italian Photography in London
What We Already Think We Know Young Italian Photography | Luigi Ghirri Award Marina Caneve, Giulia Mangione, Giulia Parlato, Iacopo Pasqui, Vaste Programme Curated by Ilaria Campioli and Daniele De Luigi Opening Party | Tuesday 14th of May 2024, at 6.30 pm, at the Italian Cultural Institute in London (39 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8NX). […]
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THE ITALIAN LIBRARY #8. Little Italy. A Talk with Tudor Allen
ICI London presents the next event of The Italian Library, a collaboration with Italian books unquestioned authority Ornella Tarantola, formerly manager of the Italian Bookshop. In our beautiful Montale Library, Ornella talks about books and writers, music and Sanremo, star signs and podcasts, Gadda, and Virginia Woolf. The eighth event is on Monday 13 May […]
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