International Music Day – “Bambini, matti e solitari. Chasing Faber in Dublin”
Make Music is a free celebration of music around the world on June 21st. Launched in 1982 in France as the Fête de la Musique, it is now held on the same day in more than 800 cities in 120 countries. On this occasion, the IIC will host the musicians selected as part of the […]
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An Italian Bloomsday at the National Library of Ireland – part II
In the second part of the Bloomsday event dedicated to the presence of James Joyce in Italian culture and hosted by the National Library of Ireland, writer Barry McCrea and singer Simon Morgan will present a selection of Joycean songs in English, Irish, and Italian, with some short explanations on the meaning of these songs […]
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An Italian Bloomsday at the National Library of Ireland
The “untranslatable” Finnegans Wake finds plenty of Italian voices: from translators to actors, from passionate readers to singers and performers. Translators Fabio Pedone and Enrico Terrinoni will talk with journalist Edoardo Camurri about the joys and sorrows of translating Finnegans Wake into Italian – and having plenty of fun in the process. Following this, Edoardo […]
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“Genoa-Mediterranean and back: a comics journey through Crêuza de mä” – Exhibition on Fabrizio De André
The exhibition “Genoa-Mediterranean and back: a comics journey through Crêuza de mä”, is the outcome of an educational project promoted in 2014 by Coop Liguria and designed by film-maker Matteo Valenti, who, together with six art institutes and one artist, has turned the album’s songs into animated illustrations. Among panels and silhouettes depicting De André, […]
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Scienza o fantascienza? Filming the infinitely small – with Massimo Altarelli
What do atoms actually look like? Is there a way to see them? What sort of light, microscopes, and physical conditions do we need to explore the smallest conceivable structures of matter? And is there a way to observe, as in a “molecular movie”, chemical reactions, and biochemical processes and transformations? The answers to these […]
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Settimana del Cinema Italiano – L’intervallo
Salvatore, a seventeen-year-old orphan, lives in a grey suburb in Naples. Because of an offense to a Camorra chief’s neighbourhood, the fifteen-year-old Veronica becomes hostage inside an abandoned building on the far outskirts of Naples, pending punishment. Salvatore has to watch over her. During the waiting, Veronica and Salvatore, initially diffident and hostile towards each […]
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Settimana del Cinema Italiano – Noi credevamo
The film, articulated in four chapters (Le scelte, Domenico, Angelo and L’alba della Nazione), tells the story of three boys of the Cilento valley: Salvatore, a patriotic spirit, Domenico, who believes in friendship, and Angelo, who opts for the armed struggle. In 1828 they choose to participate in Giuseppe Mazzini’s Republican political movement “Giovine Italia“. […]
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Don’t tell me you’re aftraid – A conversation with Giuseppe Catozzella
Don’t Tell Me You’re Afraid, Catozzella’s third novel, won the Premio Strega Giovani 2014, and was published in over a dozen countries. Based on a remarkable true story, the book is a moving, inspiring novel whose protagonist, Samia Omar, grows up in war-torn Somalia, dreaming of being a world-class sprinter. She sets her sights on […]
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Settimana del Cinema Italiano – Like the grave of a stone, like the cradle of a star: cinematic connections between Italy and Ireland
This event includes a screening and discussion of the film, “Like the grave of a stone, like the cradle of a star” (Nell’insonnia di avere in sorte la luce) which is a journey between Italy and Ireland, an interdisciplinary atlas of different languages and places that display the possibilities of contemporary cinema as a place […]
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Words on the Street – A European literature trail
Crossing political and literary boundaries – Words on the Street will take you on a journey across the cultural landscape in an evening of celebrity readings of translated works by contemporary European authors – in stunning and unusual locations around Dublin. The event will include readings of Don’t Tell Me You’re Afraid by Giuseppe Catozzella, […]
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