LA GRAZIA – in cinemas from March 19
The Italian Cultural institute in Melbourne is pleased to promote the new masterpiece LA GRAZIA from Italy’s most celebrated contemporary filmmaker, Paolo Sorrentino. presented by @madmanfilms and @italianfilmfest Starring Toni Servillo, winner of the Best Actor award at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, alongside Anna Ferzetti and Massimo Venturiello, LA GRAZIA is in cinemas from […]
Read more
Beyond Awareness: Strengthening System Responses to Violence Against Women
The Italian Cultural Institute of Melbourne, in partnership with the Consulate General of Italy in Melbourne and Com.It.Es. Victoria & Tasmania, presents a special evening at the Treasury Theatre to mark International Women’s Day 2026. The program will open with a screening of the short film Invisible Threads, directed by Fabio Schifilliti. The film interweaves […]
Read more
International Womens’ Day 2026 Fili Invisibili
The Italian Cultural Institute of Melbourne, in collaboration with Com.It.Es South Australia and the Consulate of Italy in Adelaide, together with Radio Italiana 531, Australia Donna, the Dante Alighieri Society of SA Inc., and the Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender, presents a special screening of the short documentary Fili Invisibili, in the presence […]
Read more
Europa! Europa 2026!
The Europa! Europa Film Festival returns for a 5th edition in cinemas all across Australia and New Zealand from February 19th, 2026 to March 19th, 2026. The screenings in Melbourne, Sidney, Brisbane, Hobart and Auckland will show the spectators 43 films from 22 different countries, in an extraordinary celebration of European cinema and culture. The […]
Read more
Eco Eco Eco – A Worldwide Talk for Umberto Eco
Il 19 febbraio 2026 ricorrono i dieci anni dalla scomparsa di Umberto Eco. Per celebrarne la memoria, la Fondazione Umberto Eco, in collaborazione con la Fondazione Bottega Finzioni @bottegafinzioni, organizza un evento globale in diretta streaming: una maratona web di 24 ore dal titolo Eco Eco Eco – A world-wide talk for Umberto. L’iniziativa rende […]
Read more
Libriamoci
LIBRIAMOCI returns again this year, the national campaign dedicated to promoting reading aloud, now in its twelfth edition. The initiative, supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture in agreement with the Ministry of Education and Merit and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, is addressed to Italian schools of all levels, including those […]
Read more
FESTA ITALIA 2026 – CIAO HOBART!
The Italian Cultural Institute of Melbourne and the Consulate of Italy in Melbourne are pleased to support Festa Italia, an annual event held in Hobart, Tasmania, celebrating Italian culture and heritage. The event will take place on the 15th of February 2026 at the Italian Club on Federal Street, North Hobart, and will feature a […]
Read more
Michelangelo Antonioni: Modernist Master
Michelangelo Antonioni is one of Italy’s most renowned directors, and his work helped shape Italy’s cinema industry in ways that are still influential today. In his movies, Antonioni explores themes of loneliness, urban life and nostalgia that reveal the 60s bourgeois society to viewers past and present. To honour the work of this cinema master, […]
Read more
Christmas concert – Tribute to Morricone
The Italian Cultural Institute and the Consulate General of Italy in Melbourne, in collaboration with CO.AS.IT., are pleased to present the concert Tribute to Morricone, a homage to the renowned composer Ennio Morricone, celebrating the festive season together with the Italian community. The event will take place on Wednesday, 10 December, at the Brunswick Town […]
Read more
The Week of Italian Cuisine in the World concluded on Saturday, 29 November 2025
On Saturday, 29 November 2025, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Australia (Victoria and Tasmania), in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Melbourne, hosted the Italian Business Awards Gala, the closing event of the 10th Edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World (Settimana della Cucina […]
Read more