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The Italian director Mimmo Verdesca tells the story of the legendary Italian movie star Alida Valli, through unpublished letters and diaries that come back to life through Giovanna Mezzogiorno’s voice and other exclusive materials: photographs, home movies in 8mm, new interviews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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Roma – 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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In Cammino – A Journey Through European Abbeys
We are pleased to share the news of a special initiative conceived by Livia Pomodoro and promoted by the “GIUBILEO 2025 – No’hma in cammino” Association. A pilgrimage to 14 of Europe’s most significant and prestigious abbeys, which over a period of three years, from July 2023 until the Jubilee year of 2025, will make […]
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Call Me by Your Name
Call Me by Your Name is a coming-of-age romantic drama based on the novel of the same title by André Aciman. Set in 1983 in northern Italy, Call Me by Your Name chronicles the romantic relationship between a 17-year-old and 24-year-old graduate-student assistant to Elio’s father Samuel, an archaeology professor. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of […]
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Bamboozle Summer School
24 – 28 July Bamboozle Summer School At the Curve Theatre, Leicester ICI London is delighted to support the Summer School by Bamboozle Theatre Company, which create immersive theatre for disabled children and young people. Tutors Christopher Davies and Nicole Arkless will share their methodology with theatre practitioners – directors, actors, musicians, designers, facilitators, producers […]
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Shorts Around The World 2023
ICI London in collaboration with the Italian Short Film Center (Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation presents a selection of short films selected among the most significant and representative of last’s year production. In Italian with English subtitles. – LA CONFESSIONE di Giuseppe D’Angella e Simone D’Alessandro – 2022, […]
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L’atomo inquieto by Mimmo Gangemi in conversation with Federico Varese
ICI London and AISUK present L’atomo inquieto by Mimmo Gangemi, in conversation with Federico Varese. The disappearance of Italian physicist Ettore Majorana in 1938 is a mystery still unsolved today: on the day of his disappearance he withdrew all his money from his bank account, booked a trip to travel by boat from Palermo to Naples, […]
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You, Bleeding Childhood by Michele Mari
ICI London is pleased to announce a new collaboration with the publishing house And Other Stories, to help promoting the work of Italian authors that are new to the English-speaking public. We start with You, Bleeding Childhood (Tu, sanguinosa infanzia) by multi-award-winning Italian author Michele Mari, in the English version by renowned translator Brian […]
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Dandelions by Thea Lenarduzzi in conversation with Marina Warner
Thea Lenarduzzi belongs in two worlds and two languages, and in her unusual, wide-ranging and beautiful memoir Dandelions, she meditates on the divisions and the gifts of her doubled identity. The flower that gives her her title is an emblem of diaspora, as over four generations her family has commuted between Friuli and England (Manchester, […]
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Guitar Duo. Alessio Menconi and Nigel Price
Alessio Menconi and Nigel Price have been collaborating both as members of a quartet and in duo since 2022. As a duo, they play songs that include jazz standards, along with Brazilian, Italian, and international pop songs, rearranged to create intimate and poetic atmospheres and to offer a performance of musical virtuosity. At the Institute, […]
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