“FARE CINEMA” SERIES 2024 – Screening of film “Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari” by de Stefano/Zanella (2023) ITA SUB ENG
Wednesday 12 June 2024 at 6.30pm – Italian Institute of Culture, Pavilion Hall This documentary (2023, 100’), directed by Giangiacomo de Stefano and Valentina Zanella, tells the story of the extraordinary artist Adelmo “Zucchero” Fornaciari, through his own words and those of his colleagues and friends such as Bono, Sting, Brian May, Paul Young, Andrea […]
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LUNEDÌ AL CINEMA – Screening of the film “Respiro” (2002) by Emanuele Crialese ITA SUB ENG
Monday 10 June 2024 at 6pm – Italian Institute of Culture, Pavilion Hall “Respiro” is a 2002 film directed by Emanuele Crialese and starring Valeria Golino. Synopsis: On Lampedusa, a small island in the Mediterranean Sea, lives a beautiful nymph with hair bleached by the sun and blue-green eyes, like the crystal clear water that surrounds her. She is a […]
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“LLABYELLOV GOES OUTSIDE” BY CARLO CERATO – Performing arts show presented at “Carlow Arts Festival” 2024
Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 June 2024 at 12.30pm and 3pm – Carlow College Grounds – Carlow Also this year, the Institute is pleased to promote and support the participation of an Italian artist at the Carlow Arts Festival, now at its 45th edition. Artist Carlo Cerato will perform a show halfway between circus skills […]
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ITALIAN PIANIST LEONORA ARMELLINI – PIANO SOLO CONCERT
The Italian Institute of Culture and TUDublin Conservatoire are delighted to present an evening of enchanting piano mastery by the internationally acclaimed Italian pianist, Leonora Armellini. Join us on Thursday 6th of June 2024 at 6.30pm, in the fabolous new Concert Hall at TU Dublin East Quad, Dublin for an extraordinary musical performance. Winner of […]
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CONFERENCE “HARUKI MURAKAMI’S TRANSLATORS” – Giorgio Amitrano, Univ. di Napoli L’Orientale, will take part representing the Italian langauge
Thursday 30 May 2024 from 9.00am to 6.30pm – Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation Translators take multiple roles. They do not just produce translations. They are also reliable advocates for the books (Kroft 2021), official representatives of source authors, and active commercial forces that promote the work on social media platforms, in literary […]
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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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