EVENT CANCELLED – Italian Noir Series – A conversation with Carlo Lucarelli
**The event has been postponed to a later date. Futher information will be posted on this website and on our Facebook page.** Following the event with Massimo Carlotto, our Italian Noir series continues with Carlo Lucarelli. Carlo Lucarelli is an Italian crime-writer, TV presenter and journalist. He was the presenter of a popular Italian crime […]
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Calvino, Sciascia and Giufà – Lecture by Prof. Joseph Francese
The careers of Italo Calvino and Leonardo Sciascia intertwined almost from their debuts as writers. Calvino, in his capacity of editor at Einaudi, was one of the first readers of Sciascia’s works, from Gli zii di Sicilia through the late 1970s. An important point of intersection was their divergent readings of the trickster Giufà, a […]
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Monday at the Cinema: Terra di Transito
Monday at the Cinema is a series of screenings dedicated to Italian contemporary cinema promoted in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Terra di Transito – Director: Paolo Martino. After a dangerous journey from the Middle East, Rahell arrives in Italy. From there he plans to reach Sweden, the country where […]
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Monday at the Cinema: Padroni di casa
Monday at the Cinema is a series of screenings dedicated to Italian contemporary cinema promoted in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Padroni di casa – Director: Edoardo Gabbriellini. Cosimo and Elia are brothers and work as tilers in Rome. They accept a job for the terrace of famous singer Fausto […]
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Aspettate, adesso canto!
Aspettate, adesso canto! The sweetest Italian vocal duets of the 17th century presented by Chant 21. The singers and players of Chant 21 are delighted to present you with a blooming bouquet of musical performance. Among the 17th centurt Italian music genres, the secular chamber cantata is the least well known. The typical cantata begins […]
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Italian Noir: A conversation with Massimo Carlotto
For more than twenty years a number of Italian writers have been digging deep into the dirt of society. In their crime novels, authors such as Massimo Carlotto, Carlo Lucarelli and Giancarlo De Cataldo do not hesitate to paint a dark portrait of the Belpaese, one in which the conventional divisions between good and evil, […]
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Monday at the Cinema: L’accabadora
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with lead actor Barry Ward and director of photography Piers McGrail. Monday at the Cinema is a series of screenings dedicated to Italian contemporary cinema promoted in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. L’accabadora – Director: Enrico Pau. An Italian-Irish co-production set in […]
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Cinema dei Piccoli: Iqbal – Bambini senza paura
Il Cinema dei Piccoli is a series of screenings of contemporary Italian animation. A treat for the little ones, whether they want to polish up their Italian or just lose themselves in a great story on the big screen. From the magic of Pinocchio to children’s rights to the playful world of Gianni Rodari, children […]
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Performance by Nino Racco in occasion of the book launch “Staged Narratives/Narrative Stages – Essays on Italian Prose, Narrative and Theatre”. Introduced by Prof. Joe Farrell
Join us for the launch of a volume of essays, edited by Enrica Maria Ferrara and Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin, exploring the dynamic intersection of storytelling and theatre. Eleven lively chapters engage with the theory and practice of drama and prose fiction, touching on modern masters such as Brecht, Churchill, Fo, Sciascia, Gadda, Consolo, Manzoni, Campanile, […]
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Monday at the Cinema: 9×10 novanta
Monday at the Cinema is a series of screenings dedicated to Italian contemporary cinema promoted in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. 9×10 novanta – Director: 9 young filmmakers. For the 90th anniversary of the Istituto Luce, nine up-and-coming directors were given access to archival footage from WW1 to the late […]
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