We are the forest – Our special relationship with trees
Lecture: We are the forest – Our special relationship with trees by Giorgio Vacchiano as part of the The Sustainable Development Festival Synopsis: How to restore a happy and healthy relationship with forests? We will explore trees and the forests of the world, learn what they do for us, and walk among the dangers that […]
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Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) by Luchino Visconti
LUCHINO VISCONTI’S ENDURING ROMANTIC ADVENTURE. Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) by Luchino Visconti (1963, 185’) In the 1860s, a dying aristocracy struggles to maintain itself against a harsh Sicilian landscape. The film traces with a slow and deliberate rhythm the waning of the noble home of Fabrizio Corbero, Prince of Salina (the Leopard) and the corresponding […]
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Play-Back#9 Due passi sono
PLAY-BACK 2021 Teatro contemporaneo italiano / Contemporary Italian Theatre Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Melbourne / Italian Cultural Institute Melbourne Cura di / Curated by Elvira Frosini e Daniele Timpano DUE PASSI SONO by Carullo-Minasi written, directed and performed by Giuseppe Carullo and Cristiana Minasi set and costumes Cinzia Muscolino lights Roberto Bonaventura assistant […]
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FARE CINEMA – Book to screen.
BOOK TO SCREEN. From book to tv series: The cases of Montalbano, Gomorrah and My brilliant friend. Produced in collaboration with the Turin International Book Fair, the three documentaries lasting about 20 minutes illustrate the process of adapting succesfull Italian novels into world-famous tv series: the saga of Commissario Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri, Gomorrah by Roberto […]
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Play-Back#8 T.I.N.A.
PLAY-BACK 2021 Teatro contemporaneo italiano / Contemporary Italian Theatre Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Melbourne / Italian Cultural Institute Melbourne Cura di / Curated by Elvira Frosini e Daniele Timpano T.I.N.A. (THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE) – 2017 concept and performance GISELDA RANIERIartistic collaboration SANDRO MABELLINIproduction ALDESwith the support of MIBAC – MINISTERO per […]
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CANCELLED – “Raccontami una storia… uno scrittore italiano a Melbourne”
DUE TO LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS. “Raccontami una storia… uno scrittore italiano a Melbourne”. Meet Luigi Gussago, author of “La casa, il nido, la prigione”, his first literary work. During the evening there will be a reading of two short stories selected from the collection: “La guerra di Josepp” dedicated to Luigi’s nonna and “Opinioni di un […]
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Playback#7- THE ANARCHIST IS NOT PHOTOGENIC
Teatro contemporaneo italiano / Contemporary Italian Theatre Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Melbourne / Italian Cultural Institute Melbourne Cura di / Curated by Elvira Frosini e Daniele Timpano Date February > November2021 THE ANARCHIST IS NOT PHOTOGENIC (L’ANARCHICO NON Ѐ FOTOGENICO)1° chapter of All is well that ends – three chapters for a good death […]
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ITALIAN JAZZ LADIES#3 – Susanna Stivali
ITALIAN JAZZ LADIES Project – part of the SUONI ITALIANI Digital Series, this original format offers three video-concerts by three of the most representative Italian contemporary jazz singers. In order to enhance the Italian cultural heritage it combines the live perfomances in studio and the amazing images of the respective hometowns of the three artists […]
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Italian Design Day 2021
Italian Design Day 2021. The Italian Design Day is the annual theme-based review launched in 2017 by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in collaboration and with the support of the Ministry of Culture. IDD offers an extensive program of promotional events created by the network of Embassies, Consulates, Italian Cultural Institutes and […]
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ITALIAN JAZZ LADIES#2 – Alice Ricciardi
ITALIAN JAZZ LADIES Project – part of the SUONI ITALIANI Digital Series, this original format offers three video-concerts by three of the most representative Italian contemporary jazz singers. In order to enhance the Italian cultural heritage it combines the live perfomances in studio and the amazing images of the respective hometowns of the three artists […]
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