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The Italian director Mimmo Verdesca tells the story of the legendary Italian movie star Alida Valli, through unpublished letters and diaries that come back to life through Giovanna Mezzogiorno’s voice and other exclusive materials: photographs, home movies in 8mm, new interviews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, […]
Leggi di piùThe 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 […]
Leggi di piùPhilharmonia Orchestra with Maestro Alessandro Crudele. A performance with Italian and English music
ICI London is delighted to present a concert by the world-class Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Maestro Alessandro Crudele at the Britten Theatre (London). The programme includes Edward Elgar’s Serenade for Strings, Ottorino Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite III (Antiche danze e arie per liuto Suite III) and Benjamin Britten’s Sinfonietta Op. 1. These great […]
Leggi di piùDesign Dialogues #4. Antonio Citterio in conversation with Deyan Sudjic
A conversation between Antonio Citterio, Italian architect, furniture and industrial designer, and Deyan Sudjic, Director Emeritus of the Design Museum in London. Designers in Italy and Britain have a long history of interaction and learning from each other, from the British designers who went to Milan to work for Olivetti to the impact of Italian […]
Leggi di piùIgor 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 […]
Leggi di piùCall 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 […]
Leggi di piùShorts 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, […]
Leggi di piùRoma – 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 […]
Leggi di piùL’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, […]
Leggi di piùLICAF – The Lakes International Comic Art Festival
LICAF returns to Bowness-on-Windermere (Lake District) for a weekend of events including live draws, interviews, presentations, workshops, book launches, Little LICAF activities, a Comics Marketplace, and the chanche to get up close to the best comic creators in the world! ICI London is pleased to support the Italian guests at LICAF 2023: – Gigi Cavenago, […]
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