A conversation with Antonia Arslan
Introduction by Siobhan Nash-MarshallModerated by Enrica Maria FerraraAntonia Arslan is an Italian writer and academic of Armenian origins. Her first novel, La masseria delle allodole, was published in 2004 by Rizzoli, and it appeared in English as Skylark Farm, translated by Geoffrey Brock. Drawing on the history of her own recent ancestors it tells of […]
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Monday at the Cinema – The lark farm
Film in Italian with English SubtitlesAs adapted from the book by Antonia Arslan and co-directed by Italian brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, The Lark Farm marks one of the few international features to tackle the Armenian genocide head-on. The story (with its thematic parallels, in the early scenes, to De Sica’s 1970 Garden of the […]
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Thursdays at the Opera – Macbeth
Introduction by Deirdre O’ Grady, Emeritus Professor of Italian at University College DublinScreening of Macbeth, Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor Riccardo Chailly with Leo Nucci, Shirley Verrett, Anna Antonacci, Veriano Luchetti, Antonio Barasorda, Nicolas Sansier, Sergio Fontana, 132’Lady Macbeth: ‘Pien di misfatti è il calle della potenza’‘Full of misdeeds is the Path of Power’ Shakespeare’s Macbeth has […]
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Monday at the Cinema – Italian Movies
a series of screenings dedicated to contemporary Italian cinema Film in Italian with English subtitlesCleaners, emigrants from all over the world, work in night shift at studio sound stages where Italian soap operas are filmed. Once they find unlocked one of the doors to rooms where cameras and shooting equipment is stored. And Hindu Dilip […]
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ADIFF – Sworn Virgin
Sun 28th FebruaryLight House 1 / 16:30 / 90 minsSworn Virgin Director: Laura Bispuri / 2015 / ItalyWinner: Jury Award for Best Feature Film, Ortigia Film Festival, New Director’s Prize, San Francisco International Film FestivalAs a young woman living within the confines of a Northern Albanian village, Hana longs to escape the shackles of womanhood, […]
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Thursdays at the Opera – Tosca
A series of screenings dedicated to Italian Opera Introduced by Deirdre O’ Grady, Emeritus Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies University College Dublin. Tosca, Giacomo PucciniConductor Daniel Oren with Fiorenza Cedolins, Marcelo Alvarez, Ruggero Raimondi, Marco Spotti, Fabio Previati, Enrico Facini, Giuliano Pelizon, 119’Puccini’s fifth opera, Tosca, was an immediate success with the public at […]
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ADIFF – Ultima Fermata, Volta & public interview
public interview with Caludia Cardinale Tue 23rd FebruaryLight House 1 / 18:10 / 77 minsUltima Fermata Volta & Public InterviewDirector: Giambattista AssantiCast: Claudia Cardinale, Sergio AssisiWith Special Guest Claudia CardinaleThe latest production starring the Muse of Italian Film, Claudia Cardinale, Ultima Fermata is the exceptional story of several generations of men and women whose lives […]
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ADIFF – Sandra
Tue 23rd February Light House 1 / 16:00 / 105 minsSandraDirector: Luchino Visconti / 1965 / ItalyCast: Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, Michael Craig“The power of the film comes not from its mystery but from its drama, from Cardinale’s incredible screen presence and Visconti’s vivid visual ideas” – Eye for FilmA heady slice of Sixties Italian […]
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ADIFF – Once Upon a Time in the West
Mon 22nd February 2016Light House 1 / 14:00 / 165 minsOnce Upon a Time in the WestDirector: Sergio Leone / 1968 / Italy-USACast: Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Henry FondaCharles Bronson, Henry Fonda and Claudia Cardinale star in Sergio Leone’s epic masterpiece set on the western frontier during the race to build the first […]
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Tra una vita e l’altra
un’antologia italo-irlandese Lost between – an Irish-Italian anthology Irish Book launch of Tra una vita e l’altra, Guanda, 2015.The anthology is the Italian version of Lost Betweenpublished by New Island in 2015.Welcoming remarks by Renata Sperandio,ValerieBistany and Catherine Dunne.Readings in English and Italian by Sean Hardie, AfricMcGlinchey, Liz McManus, Nuala Ní Chonchúir andFederica Sgaggio.Musical performance […]
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