Storia Culturale della Canzone Italiana
A talk in English by Jacopo Tomatis, author of the volume “Storia Culturale della Canzone Italiana” (Il Saggiatore). Adjunt Professor at the University of Torino, Tomatis will be in Australia as a guest speaker at the XX International Conference of the Iaspm, “Turns and Revolutions in Popular Music”, at the Anu School Of Music from […]
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Short Film Day
During the week of the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with Italian Short Film Center, presents for the first time an evening entirely dedicated to the short film: the Italian short films scheduled have been selected by the Italian Short Film Center and they will offer […]
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Bud Spencer & Terence Hill tribute night
The IIC is pleased to present a Tribute night to the most loved Italian cinema duo, Bud Spencer and Terence Hill! Presented by Edoardo Campanale, renowned Italian cinema professional, we will celebrate the iconic duo with the screening of the masterpiece: “…Altrimenti ci arrabbiamo!” (Watch Out, We’re Mad!) followed by an exclusive interview segment with […]
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DiVino in Vino
The IIC is pleased to present “DiVino in Vino” a 3-session course about Italian wine led by Italian winemaker-sommelier Francesca Romagno. The course will take you on a short journey through Italian wine’s landscapes: Prosecco, Pinot Grigio and Pinot Noir will play the lead of each session. The course is addressed to wine lovers, those […]
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JazzItaly: Accordi Disaccordi Trio in concert
JazzItaly: Accordi Disaccordi Trio in concert Alessandro DI VIRGILIO, lead guitarDario BERLUCCHI, rhythm guitarElia LASORSA, doublebass Accordi Disaccordi is an Italian band with an active presence on the international music scene.The trio, founded in early 2012, consists of founding members Alessandro Di Virgilio and Dario Berlucchi on guitar, with Elia Lasorsa on double bass. The […]
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Sick Sad Blue – Photo Exhibition
Last days to visit Federica Sasso’s exhibition! Open until Friday 19th July 2019. The Italian Cultural Institute presents Sick Sad Blue, an exhibition based on the creative research of young Italian photographer Federica Sasso and her friendship with clairenough, a woman in her early twenties with a five-year history of anorexia. The opening speech will […]
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Pleasure Body by Giorgia Nardin – rest as a tool for resistance
Pleasure Body – a lecture Pleasure Body is a space I have regularly been holding for almost two years that is dedicated to the celebration of womxn, femmes, queer, trans, non-binary, intersex, (gender) non-conforming, marginalized people (++) and their accomplices.Pleasure Body wants to be a space in which rest and pleasure are acknowledged as tools […]
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Italian Cultural Institute Book Club 2019
Each year American, Australian and British publishers choose just a handful of Italian novels for translation. The majority of those novels are written by men. This year the Italian Cultural Institute has chosen to make Italian women writers the theme of the 2019 bookclub. Many people, whether they are Italian enthusiasts or not, will have […]
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Italian Cine-scapes: The Widover by Dino Risi
Italian Cine-scapes #2: Urban Space and Architecture Portrayed in 9 Movies Palace Cinemas and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Melbourne, in collaboration with Istituto Luce Cinecittà, present the second edition of the successful series Italian Cine-scapes with a new exciting selection of movies that reveal the internal and external landscapes of a bygone and contemporary […]
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Articulating Gender and Questioning Global Sisterhood in Contemporary Italy
In this talk, Caterina Romeo will examine the cultural production of migrant and second-generation women authors in contemporary Italy and analyze the complex ways in which they disturb traditional patriarchal narratives but also question the very notion of a global sisterhood, central in the development of feminism in Italy and in Italian gender studies. Moderator […]
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