Istituto Di Cultura - Londra

“Maradona” by Sergio Siano On the occasion of Photo London Exhibition Opening Curated by Yvonne de Rosa for Magazzini Fotografici Sergio Siano was a photo reporter in the 80s, in the San Paolo stadium in Naples. His reportage depicts the Argentinian champion for what he really was: a great athlete, a funny...

"Molti" by Antonio Biasiucci On the occasion of Photo London Exhibition Opening  Antonio Biasiucci was born in Dragoni (Caserta) in 1961. In 1980 he moved to Naples starting a project focused on urban suburbs together with a research on personal memory, taking photos of rituals and settings of his native village...

Salon Italia In Italian with English Subtitles Introduction and post screening discussion with Nick Walker Director: Elio PetriCast: Ugo Tognazzi, Flavio Bucci, Daria Nicolodi, Orazio Orlando, Salvo RandoneMusic: Ennio MorriconeDrama/Comedy I 2h 6’ I 1973 I 18 A bank cashier, who's allergic to banknotes, quits...

RAI Journalist Marco Varvello and academic Donal Sassoon present their respective books:  Brexit Blues, by Marco Varvello, published by Mondadori, is a collection of short stories about Great Britain at the time of Brexit, but also Europe and Italy at the time of the "Third Republic": a former Minister who organises te...

The Italian Cultural Institute, the Devolution Club and the UK Constitutional Law Association invite you to the 14th Italian-British Constitutional Conversation:‘The Rise of Populism in Europe’ Monday, 3rd June 2019, 4:30pmItalian Cultural Institute39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX Foreword: Alessandro Torre, De...

ISLG Italian Studies Library Group 2019 Annual Lecture By Professor John Foot, University of Bristol On 12th December 1969, a bomb exploded in the Banca Nazionale dell’Agricoltura headquarters building in Piazza Fontana, central Milan. It was a massacre. Sixteen people eventually lost their lives and more than ni...

THE SERIES The Italian Art of the Bow is an opportunity to wander in the opulent and various repertoire for the string family created by Italian composers since the sixteenth century, to be dazzled by the acrobatic virtuosity of their fast-paced pieces, to be charmed by the enchanting, delicate sweetness of their immortal...

Screening of L'ordine delle Cose, a movie by Andrea Segre, with Giuseppe Battiston, Paolo Pierobon, Fabrizio Ferracane, Roberto Citran Screenplay by Marco Pettenello In Italian with English subtitles Corrado, a policeman for the European task force in charge of immigration control on a field assignment in Libya. During...

After a sell-out success in 2018, the Italian Theatre Festival returns to The Coronet Theatre to celebrate some of Italy’s most distinguished writers and performers. The Festival will run on the 7th and 8th of June, taking place in the heart of London, at the Coronet Theatre in Notting Hill.   PROGRAMME F...

With Raul Pantaleo (Studio TAMassociati) On the occasion of the London Festival of Architecture The talk will examine the reasons, contexts and processes behind the completion of architectural projects in areas of civilisation, military and geographical boundaries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Senegal, Uganda.TAMa...

“Crepapelle” is a tale about falling in love with two cities, Paris and her home city. The relationship with the places, with the people, with the smells and colours and with the little and great follies of the everyday life of their inhabitants. The character is a mask that fits different roles, from old be...

Salon Italia In Italian with English Subtitles Introduction and post screening discussion with Nick Walker       Director: Michelangelo AntonioniWriters: Michelangelo Antonioni e Tonino GuerraCast: Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco RabalDrama | 2 h 6min | b&w | 1962 On the surface ...

Love in Ancient India. A Comparison with Dante, Cavalcanti and Andrew the Chaplain The theme of love in the literary works of Ancient India: from the holy texts to epic poems, dramas and satires. Fabrizia Baldissera gives a lecture on Kama, the god of desire and eroticism who, like Cupid, carries lethal bow and arrows...

On the occasion of the Insiders Outsiders Festival With Phil Baines, Rick Poynor and Chiara Barbieri Presented by Chiara Barbieri, the event will open with a screening of the documentary “The Yellow Box: Short History of Hate” (27’) directed by Anthony West. In this, Facetti recalls his experienc...