Suono Italiano 2017 – Friuli in Musica: Pierluigi Clemente (guitar)
This concert is realized in the context of the project Suono Italiano 2017 – Friuli in musica which promotes outstanding young musicians from Friuli. The IIC is delighted to join the Fondazione Friuli and CIDIM, as well as the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, to support the exceptional musicians from the Jacopo […]
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XVII SETTIMANA DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA NEL MONDO: Autobiografia e teoria nel cinema di Pasolini: il caso dei personaggi trans-testuali. Con Walter Siti
Cinema theory in Pasolini is strictly linked to his poetry. To Pier Paolo Pasolini, cinema is poetry created through different means. This concept leads to a utopian system of codification, where the filmic “phoneme” is nothing but the body of the actors and acting consists in their mere presence. The result is a short circuit […]
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XVII WEEK OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD: Film “Walking on water” by Gianmarco D’Agostino
Camminando sull’acqua (Walking On Water) The flood of 1966 in Florence through the eyes, the camera and the creativity of Beppe Fantacci, who helped the famous artisans of Florence to survive the devastation of the city. A forgotten story of desperation, creativity and recovery, the film features unreleased, amazing 16 mm colour footage, and exclusive […]
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XVII WEEK OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD – Teatro Emigrato: “The Doctor’s Duty” by Luigi Pirandello
The TEATRO EMIGRATO (Dublin 2012) is a theatre group of “immigrants” in the Irish soil and was created to preserve its members’ cultural roots and language. They mainly organise mises en scène of Italian plays. For the 150th anniversary of Luigi Pirandello‘s birth, they will perform “The Doctor’s Duty”, a tragedy taken from the short […]
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XVII WEEK OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD: Language in contemporary Italian Cinema. A lecture by Ettore Marchetti
Language has always had an important role in cinema, although the interest of both public and critics is usually focused on other aspects. Italian contemporary cinema acquires an added value through its language, which is a fundamental vehicle of knowledge of a lively society, even outside the national borders. A look at the language in […]
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Wexford Festival Opera
Join us at the Wexford Festival Opera to enjoy a series of classic Italian masterpieces. With a unique vision, outstanding production values and spectacular setting in a beautiful small town, Wexford Festival Opera is a remarkable success story that looks set to continue for many years to come. Thu 19th October – Sun 5th NovemberO’Reilly […]
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XVII WEEK OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE : Storia d’Italia in 15 film – Con Alberto Crespi (CONFIRMED)
Alberto Crespi is the author of “Storia d’Italia in 15 film” (A History of Italy in 15 films), published by Laterza in 2016. He is a cinema critic, a journalist and one of the presenters of the very popular national radio3 programme Hollywood Party . In his talk Alberto Crespi will explore the history of […]
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XVII SETTIMANA DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA NEL MONDO: Il cinema nelle espressioni degli italiani: “Riflessioni sulla supercazzola”. A talk with Maurizio Ferraris – CANCELLED
Maurizio Ferraris is full Professor of Philosophy at the University of Turin, where he is the President of the LabOnt – Laboratory for Ontology. He was Fellow of Käte-Hamburger Kolleg “Recht als Kultur” (Bonn) and Honorary Fellow of the Center for Advanced Studies of South East Europe (Rijeka) and of the Internationales Zentrum Für Philosophie […]
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XVII Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo – 17th Week of the Italian Language in the World
L’edizione 2017 della Settimana della Lingua italiana nel mondo sarà dedicata al tema “L’italiano al cinema, l’italiano nel cinema”. Nei prossimi mesi l’Istituto proporrà vari eventi dedicati alla lingua e alla cultura italiana e al cinema. The XVII edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World is dedicated to Italian language […]
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XVII WEEK OF ITALIAN LANGUAG EIN THE WORLD: Annual Society for Pirandello Studies Conference 2017 – Exploring Pirandello’s Islands of the Map and Mind
Annual Society for Pirandello Studies Conference, 2017Exploring Pirandello’s Islands of the Map and the Mind13-14 October 2017VENUE: Italian Cultural Institute, Dublin (11 Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin 2)In English and Italian The annual conference of the Society for Pirandello Studies aims to embrace a wide variety of methods and approaches to Pirandello’s œuvre, and to bring […]
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