Screening of the film “Il Gattopardo” (1963), on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the passing of director Luchino Visconti – ITA SUB ENG
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of director Luchino Visconti, the Italian Cultural Institute has organized a special screening of the film “Il Gattopardo” (“The Leopard”). The film is set in Sicily during the Risorgimento, at the time of Garibaldi’s landing (1860). The protagonist is Prince Fabrizio of Salina, a lucid […]
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10th Edition of the Italian Design Day in the World: “RE-DESIGN. Regenerating Spaces, Objects, Ideas, Relations”
On the occasion of the 10th edition of the Italian Design Day 2026, the Embassy of Italy in Dublin, Italian Institute of Culture, ITA – Italian Trade Agency, and Italian-Irish Chamber of Commerce are pleased to organise a series of events centred on the theme: “RE-DESIGN. Regenerating spaces, objects, ideas, and relations.” The events will […]
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LUNEDÌ AL CINEMA – Screening of “Un boss in salotto” by Luca Miniero (2014) – ITA SUB ENG
The third film scheduled for the spring edition of Lunedì al Cinema will be “Un boss in salotto” (2014), directed by Luca Miniero. Cristina (Paola Cortellesi) is an energetic woman from the South transplanted to a small town in the North, where she has finally managed to build a perfect life and family together with […]
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Dantedì 2026 – Lecture on Dante’s Language in Ireland
Dantedì 2026 | Evening Lecture — 19 March, 5–7pm To celebrate Dantedì 2026, the Italian Institute of Culture is delighted to collaborate with the Department of Italian at Trinity College Dublin and the Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland (University College Cork) to present an evening exploring Dante’s reception in Ireland, on the special occasion […]
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LUNEDÌ AL CINEMA – Screening of “Bicycle Thieves ” by Vittorio De Sica (1948) – ITA SUB ENG
For the second appointment of Lunedì al Cinema, we present the Academy Award-winning masterpiece by Vittorio De Sica, “Bicycle Thieves” (1948). The film, set in postwar Italy, recounts the story of a man belonging to the working class who is robbed of his bicycle and sets himself the goal of finding it, accompanied by his […]
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Dublin International Film Festival: Italian films
The Italian Institute of Culture is proud to announce its collaboration with DIFF – Dublin International Film Festival, with a rich programme of Italian films and short films: On 20/02 at 2.15 PM, the documentary “Roberto Rossellini: Living Without a Script” directed by Ilaria De Laurentis, Andrea Paolo Massara, Raffaele Brunetti will be screened. On […]
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LUNEDÌ AL CINEMA – Screening of “Mio fratello è figlio unico” by Daniele Luchetti (2007) – ITA SUB ENG
Let’s start our new Lunedì al cinema programme on February 16 with Daniele Luchetti’s masterpiece “Mio fratello è figlio unico” (2007). The main characters are Elio Germano (who won the David di Donatello Award for this film) and Riccardo Scamarcio, who play two brothers called Accio and Manrico in Italy in the ’60s and ’70s. […]
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Signing of the Twinning Pact between Pompeii and Dublin
On Thursday, 12 February 2026, the promotional event “Pompeii and the Campania Region: Cultural and Tourist Destination for the Irish Public” took place at the Italian Institute of Culture in Dublin. The initiative was organised by the Embassy of Italy in Ireland, the Italian Institute of Culture, the ENIT, the ITA – Italian Trade Agency and the Italian-Irish Chamber of Commerce, […]
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AUTHOR MONICA PARESCHI in DUBLIN- moderated by Enrica Ferrara
Join us for the upcoming author talk with Monica Pareschi, who will present her novel Inverness (Alessandro Polidoro Publisher, 2024), moderated by Enrica Ferrara. The event will take place on Thursday, February 5th at 6:30 PM at the Institute. In italian and English. With Inverness, book finalist for the 2025 Campiello Prize, Monica Pareschi returns […]
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Visit of the students from Ratoath College and the “Ulivi” High School in Parma as part of the twinning programme
The Institute had the pleasure of welcoming, for a morning dedicated to the promotion of the Italian language and culture, students from Ratoath College and the “Ulivi” High School in Parma, who have for years been actively involved in a fruitful twinning programme. In the presence of the Ambassador of Italy to Ireland, Nicola Faganello, […]
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