PLACE TO BE – Italian Music Festivals
PLACE TO BE is an IMF (Italian Music Festivals) project promoted by The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation within the ESTATE ALL’ITALIANA FESTIVAL, a series of original productions that will showcase exceptional locations and host some of the best Italian artists from the contemporary and cutting-edge music scene. During the month of September it […]
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Ten Shorts around the world – 2020 #3
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. Il muro bianco, by Andrea Brusa e Marco Scotuzzi – 2019, 13′ A principal and teacher conspire to protect their students from an […]
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The Audio Telephone Tales by Gianni Rodari
Fifteen audio stories from Telephone Tales, first appeared in Italian in 1962 and now published in English by Enchanted Lion Books, translated by Antony Shugaar. Listen to Gianni Rodari’s Telephone Tales for free on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Acast or Libsyn (until 31st December 2020). A project by the Italian Cultural Institute in London, on the […]
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Dante Alighieri: the city of Ravenna marks the 700th anniversary of the Sommo Poeta’s death
On the 5th and 13th September, the city of Ravenna will host a series of events to mark the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri. On the 5th, in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic, there will be the solemn re-opening of the Poet’s tomb, accompanied by musical performances inspired […]
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Ten Shorts around the world – 2020 #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. Il fagotto, by Giulia Giapponesi – 2019, 15′ Due to declining birthrate, a country is disappearing. The Government is applying harsh measures, and […]
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Ten Shorts around the world – 2020 #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. Lella, by Michele Capuano – 2019, 15′ On New Year’s Eve 1978, Edward receives an unexpected visit. He is one of his […]
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On our Vimeo channel, two documentaries by Italian director Piero Cannizzaro
Ossigeno (Italy, 2012, 60′): the story of Agrippino Costa, an art thief and bank robber, who spent 20 years in 50 different French, Swiss and Italian prisons. After many escape attempts, he spent time in the maximum security prisons and even in a criminal asylum, and only an appeal by Dario Fo and Franca Rame […]
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HEROES: live Italian music in streaming from the Arena di Verona, 6 September 2020, 6pm UK Time
ICI London has 100 tickets to give away for HEROES: the first live concert especially conceived for streaming, on 6 September from 6pm (7 pm Italian time) at the Arena di Verona. 34 artists will perform to offer us 5 hours of great live music. Thanks to the involvement of the Italian Ministry of Foreign […]
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Three Lectures on Leonardo by Aby Warburg. A publication supported by ICI London. Read the review by Salvatore Settis
ICI London is very proud to the contribution it made to the publication of “Three Lectures on Leonardo” by Aby Warburg, in December 2019. Salvatore Settis, one of the most distinguished archaeologists and art historians in Italy, has reviewed this important book for the week end supplement of the Sole 24 Ore. In 1899 the […]
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Vivere all’italiana sul palcoscenico e in musica
Enjoy an Italian lifestyle – on stage and in music. The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has announced a call for new projects of theatre, dance and circus acts, and of classical, contemporary and jazz music. Apply by 6 September 2020. Find out more HERE
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