Primo Levi. Transnational Perspectives
Online Summer School, 23-26 July 2021 Friday 23 July 4:30-6:30 pm (BST) Vanadio e il grigio dottor Müller Simona Forti and Marco Belpoliti in dialogue. Saturday 24 July 7.30-9:00 pm (BST) Primo Levi and the Graphic Novel Dialogue between Ian Thomson & Pietro Scarnera, Matteo Mastragostino, Alessandro Ranghiasci. Monday, 26 July4:30 – 6:30 pm (BST)Che cosa resta da dire e da […]
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Iqbal. A tale of a Fearless Child. (Iqbal. I bambini senza paura)
The The Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with Cartoons on the Bay(RAI), MAECI, International Crossmedia and Children’s Television Festival present a selection of the best animated films of the last few years. Directors: Michel Fuzellier, Babak PayamiCharacters: Ashanta, Iqbal, Malikian, BadaudAnimation/ 2015/ 1h27mins In Italian with English subtitles This animated film – set in Pandar, an […]
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The Hummingbird by Sandro Veronesi
Presentation of the English edition of the international bestseller and winner of the Premio Strega The Hummingbird by Sandro Veronesi translated by Elena Pala, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson on 24 June 2021. The Author will be in conversation with Elena Pala, Giorgia Tolfo. Chaired by Katia Pizzi. The Hummingbird has been a perennial bestseller in Italy since its original publication […]
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Italy. Land of Wonders
From 19 July 2021 Italy. Land of Wonders An innovative video game available for free for iOS and Android to discover the treasures of Italy. The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces the launch of ‘ITALY. Land of Wonders’, a video game aimed at bringing the cultural heritage and wonders of Italy to a worldwide […]
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Ten Shorts around the world – 2021 #2
The Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio presents 10 short films selected among the most significant and representative of last’s year production. In Italian with English subtitles Cracolice, by Fabio Serpa, 2020, 12′ Cracolice, a seaside village in the Tyrrhenian Sea, is sadly known in the news for an event […]
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Pistols for Two, Coffee for One: Duelling in History and Fiction
Profs Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin and Martin McLaughlin will discuss with Joe Farrell his recent book, Honour and the Sword: The Culture of Duelling (Signal Books). No study of western history can be complete without some account of the duel and the code of honour. What made two men arrange an encounter on the ‘field of […]
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Martin Eden by Pietro Marcello
New Wave Films are proud to announce the release of Pietro Marcello’s award-winning MARTIN EDEN in both UK cinemas and on digital platforms (Curzon Home Cinema, BFI Player) on Friday 9 July. Charismatic lead actor Luca Marinelli won Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival (2019) for his role as Martin. 129 min Italy/France/2019/Certificate […]
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Tessiture. Rintracciare Grazia Deledda.
Thursday 8 July, 6pm Readings by Antonella Anedda and discussion with Adele Bardazzi and Roberto Binetti. Please note this event will be in Italian. The Sardinian writer Grazia Deledda (1871 -1936) is the only Italian female writer to have ever been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. During this online event, the poet Antonella Anedda […]
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Ten Shorts around the world – 2021 #1
The Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio presents 10 short films selected among the most significant and representative of last’s year production. In Italian with English subtitles Come un uovo nel radiatore, by Davide Maria Valsecchi, 2020, 10′ Valentino, an aspiring actor, can’t wait to leave with his girlfriend Anna […]
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Il Circolo di Lettura – Serie “In Prima Persona”, 2021: Una donna di Sibilla Aleramo
ATTENZIONE! Date le circostanze eccezionali che stiamo attraversando a causa della pandemia dovuta al COVID 19, per motivi di sicurezza, l’incontro non avrà luogo presso la Biblioteca del nostro Istituto, ma sarà gestito online, tramite il programma per videoconferenze ZOOM. Per la serie di quest’anno leggeremo romanzi tutti scritti in prima persona. L’io narrante in […]
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