Children’s International Film Festival
The Children’s International Film Festival returns to cinemas from June 7 – July 20, 2025 with an exciting line-up of 19 hand-picked films catering to children aged 3+ and their families. Two stories about cyclists – one set in WWII and one more recent – Bartali’s Bicycle is a story about friendship, moral courage, challenging prejudices and overcoming […]
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Conference Reggio Emilia Australia Information Exchange (REAIE) 2025
The Italian Cultural Institute of Melbourne supported the Italian participation in the international conference Reggio Emilia Australia Information Exchange (REAIE) 2025, held in Adelaide from 3 to 5 July at the Adelaide Convention Centre. The 2025 edition, titled Landscapes of Collaboration: New possibilities for education in complex times, brought together educators, researchers and institutional representatives […]
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Celebrating Festa della Repubblica in Melbourne
On 2 June, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Consulate of Italy in Melbourne celebrated the 79th Anniversary of the Italian Republic with an event held the LUME Melbourne, immersing guests in some of Italy’s most iconic cities. The evening honoured Italy’s rich heritage and its enduring bonds with Australia. A sincere thank you to […]
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Cinema Reborn 2025
The Italian Cultural Institute proudly supports the Cinema Reborn 2025 edition with the screening of PAISAN. Cinema Reborn Film Festival, an annual event dedicated to preserving screen heritage, is curated by a passionate community of filmmakers, historians, and critics who highlight the artistry of cinema and treasures held in film archives worldwide. PAISAN (1946), directed […]
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MELBOURNE CINEMATEQUE BARBARA STEELE: THE QUEEN OF SCREAM
Continuing until 21 May at ACMI, the Melbourne Cinémathèque’s season ‘Barbara Steele: The Queen of Screen‘ pays tribute to a gothic horror royalty who worked across Europe and the United States and whose name became synonymous with haunted castles, the aura of dry ice, candelabra-clutching women returned from the dead and occult ceremonies. Steele starred […]
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Seminar 28 April: “Inequalities: Design for a Better Life”
The Italian Cultural Institute proudly presents the Seminar “Inequalities: Design for a Better Life”. In the year of the XXIV International Exhibition of Triennale Milano, the Italian Design Day 2025 embraces its theme to highlight a defining feature of Italian design: working to create a better life, reduce inequalities, value differences, and improve access to […]
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LIBRIAMOCI
LIBRIAMOCI, now at its eleventh edition, is an initiative supported by Ministero della Cultura and by Ministero dell’Istruzione e del Merito addressed to italian schools, including Italian schools abroad and to Italian sections in foreign, international and European schools. The mission is to invite schools to devise and organize, within the regular school schedule between […]
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Roundtable Discussion “Women’s Emancipation: Where Do We Stand?”
Roundtable Discussion “Women’s Emancipation: Where Do We Stand?” at the Treasury Theatre in Melbourne, organized by ComItEs in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Melbourne, in celebration of the International Women’s Day. The event will focus on the topic of women’s emancipation and will feature prominent women from […]
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Melbourne Cinemateque 2025 – Retrospective on Roberto Rossellini
THE PAST IS ALWAYS PRESENT: THE EVOLUTIONARY CAREER OF ROBERTO ROSSELLINI The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with Melbourne Cinémathèque and ACMI, presents a retrospective dedicated to the work of Roberto Rossellini, one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Recognized as the “father” of Italian neorealism, Rossellini (1906–1977) was a key […]
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Carlo Forlivesi live
The Italian Cultural Institute of Melbourne, in collaboration with Universite’ cote d’Azur, promotes a special concert featuring organist Carlo Forlivesi and contralto Emma Warburton. Carlo Forlivesi, an award-winning composer, organist, researcher, and educator, will perform a selection of celebrated works alongside rarely heard pieces, including the remarkable Prelude in C minor by a young J.S. […]
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