ONLINE GUIDED TOUR “ANTONIO CANOVA, THE ETERNAL BEAUTY” – with “The Grand Tour” – in English
Tuesday 28 May 2024 at 6.30pm – Online on ZOOM Antonio Canova was considered the greatest sculptor of his time and worked for Popes, Queens, and even for Napoleon and Thomas Jefferson, who commissioned him George Washington’s statue in which he is portrayed as an ancient Roman statesman. Canova embodied the ideal of classicism and […]
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LUNEDÌ AL CINEMA LIVE – Screening of “Riso amaro” (1949) by Giuseppe De Santis ITA SUB ENG
Monday 27 May 2024 at 6pm – Italian Institute of Culture, Pavilion Hall “Riso amaro” is a 1949 movie by Giuseppe De Santis. It was presented to the 3º Film Festival Cannes and it was a nominee for the 1951 Academy award for Best Script. This is the first movie in 2024 which diverges from the […]
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ITALIAN SURNAMES – A history lasting 1000 years. Seminar with Prof. Roberto Bizzocchi. In Italian
Thursday 23 May 2024 at 6.30pm – Italian Institute of Culture, Pavilion Hall Come and explore what’s happening behind the scene of Italian surnames, from the Middle Ages to the present days, for some always interesting and occasionally funny discoveries. You’ll learn how and when the use of surnames took hold in Italy, what were […]
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THE DRESS OF MEMORIES – Theatre and dance show in Italian
Thursday 16 May 2024 at 8 pm – Smock Alley Theatre – Boys’ School Exchange St Lower – Dublin The Institute is pleased to present the Italian show “The dress of memories” written and directed by Alice Capitanio and brought to the stage by Company B, a theatrical association from Sardinia. And the Emerald Isle […]
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EUNIC BOOK CLUB WITH ENRICA FERRARA – Book launch “Mia madre aveva una cinquecento gialla” (Fazi, 2024). In English
Wednesday 15 May 2024 at 6.30 – Italian Institute of Culture, Pavilion Hall For the new 2024 edition of the Reading Club sponsored by the participating members of EUNIC in Ireland, the Italian Institute will host the author and lecturer Enrica Ferrara, long-standing curator of the IIC Book Club as well as the newly established […]
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ONLINE GUIDED TOUR – “ALLA CORTE DEI BORBONE: LA REGGIA DI CASERTA” with “The Grand Tour” – in Italian
Tuesday 14 May 2024 at 6.30 ONLINE – Free registration on ZOOM Build to rival Versailles the Royal Palace of Caserta is the most beautiful Palace in Europe, originally to rival Versailles, which was its model, it definitely surpassed it in elegance and style. Designed by Luigi Vanvitelli for the King Charles the Bourbon of […]
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LUNEDÌ AL CINEMA LIVE – Screening of the film “I predatori” (2020) by Pietro Castellitto ITA SUB ENG
Monday 13 May 2024 at 6pm – Italian Institute of Culture, Pavilion Hall “I predatori” (2020) (109’) is the first movie by young Director Pietro Castellitto Presented at the 77th Venice International Film Festival in the series Orizzonti. It won several accolades and prizes amongst which Nastro d’Argento and David di Donatello. Synopsis: The film […]
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THE HISTORY OF ITALIAN TELEVISION – Meeting about 70 years of Italian television with TV journalist Piero Dorfles. In Italian
Thursday 9 May 2024 at 6.30 pm – Italian Institute of Culture, Pavilion Hall The year 1954 was momentous in that both the Fitzwilliam Square site of the Italian institute of Culture, and the Italian television, saw the light. To celebrate this joint anniversary, on Thursday 9th of May at 6.30pm, we are delighted to […]
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AMI HEWITT & ANDREW GAVIN – RECITAL DI ARIE D’OPERA – WITH WEXFORD FESTIVAL OPERA AT RIAM WHYTE HALL
On the will concluded the acclaimed cycle of three opera concerts realized by our Institute featuring as protagonists performers from the eminent Wexford Festival Opera. After an exciting concert held last 12h April, the Italian Institute of Culture is pleased to present, on the 8th of May 2024 at 6.30pm, the third and last concert […]
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EUNIC EUROPEAN FILM CLUB – Screening of the Bulgarian movie “One more dream” (2012) by Nikolay Mutafchiev – in Bulgarian with English subtitles
Thursday 2 May 2024 at 6pm – Italian Institute of Culture – Pavilion Hall This year the EUNIC European Film Club project, launched last year in 6 locations of the Dublin City Libraries network, is returning to 4 public libraries and 4 Cultural Institutes belonging to the EUNIC cluster, screening a total of 10 movies […]
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