uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things – Liverpool Biennial 2023
ICI London is pleased to support the participation of Senegalese-Italian artist Binta Diaw to the Liverpool Biennial 2023: this year’s 12 edition Biennial ‘uMoya: The sacred Return of Lost Things’ addresses the history and temperament of the city of Liverpool and is a call for ancestral and indigenous forms of knowledge, wisdom and healing. In […]
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The Cephalonia Massacre – eighty years on
ICI London and the Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library present “The Cephalonia Massacre – eighty years on” with Luigi Ballerini (author of Cefalonia 1943-2001, a “poem including history”, quoting Ezra Pound) and Professor Pierpaolo Antonello (Cambridge University). Moderated by Dr Lorenzo Mannelli (Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library). The massacre of the Acqui Division, also known […]
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Tenebre – Roman Nights
To mark the nomination of Rome to Expo 2030 the Italian Cultural Institute in London has curated the series “Roman nights”, showcasing some of the best films shot in Rome. While most of the choices will belong to the Neorealismo – a movement in Italian cinema characterised by stories set among the poor and the […]
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Il Circolo di Lettura 2023: Milioni di milioni di Marco Malvaldi
INCONTRO ONLINE (via ZOOM) Continuano gli incontri de Il Circolo di Lettura 2023, dedicato a sette romanzi molto diversi tra loro per temi, anno di uscita, stile di scrittura e genere letterario. Ma in ognuno di essi si può scorgere una qualche forma di ironia come scelta stilistica per raccontare la vita, anche negli aspetti […]
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Open City Documentary Festival – Montegelato by Davide Rapp
Within the frame of the Open City Documentary Festival, Expanded Realities showcases innovative works of non-fiction made outside of conventional filmmaking technologies. This year’s programme includes formats such as VR, video games, interactive films, and audio. ICI London is pleased to support Montegelato by Davide Rapp. In central Italy, Montegelato waterfalls have been used as […]
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Icons on Screen #3. QUEI DUE by Wilma Labate
Quei Due (Those Two) is a portrait of Galeazzo Ciano and Edda Mussolini by Italian director Wilma Labate. Galeazzo and his wife Edda made history, travelling through it from the vantage point of their privileged position. The couple went from worldliness to political responsibilities, heading finally to a tragic end. Played in a Cinecittà theatre, […]
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Icons on Screen #2. IL MONDO A SCATTI by Cecilia Mangini and Paolo Pisanelli
Il mondo a scatti (The World in Shots) is a film by Cecilia Mangini, a 90-year-old photographer, documentary film director, and screenwriter, and Paolo Pisanelli, photographer, director, and curator, in conversation over things that are visible and invisible to our eyes. Cecilia relied on analogue technology, developing and printing her own films. Suddenly, she decides […]
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The Villains vs. Food Industry. A film by Donpasta at Barbican
Meet four Italian holdouts against commercial farming and the homogenization of food culture – all “villains” in the eyes of corporate agribusiness and EU lawmakers. Salvatore farms his market garden organically and is reviving an ancient local wheat variety. Luigina sells fresh vegetables and preserves at a local farmers’ market. Modesto runs his dairy farm […]
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Igor x Moreno – Karrasekare Dance
ICI London is pleased to support the latest and most ambitious creation by dance company Igor x Moreno: Karrasekare. Karrasekare is a dance inspired by the pagan carnivals from Sardinia and the Basque Country. This dance uses traditional rhythms to create free, fluid, and queer identities. It unroots these pagan centuries-old rituals from their original […]
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Icons on Screen #1. ALIDA by Mimmo Verdesca
The Italian director Mimmo Verdesca tells the story of the legendary Italian movie star Alida Valli, through unpublished letters and diaries that come back to life through Giovanna Mezzogiorno’s voice and other exclusive materials: photographs, home movies in 8mm, new interviews with her sons, relatives, friends and collaborators, including Dario Argento, Roberto Benigni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Charlotte Rampling, Vanessa Redgrave, […]
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