The European Union – A Resurgent Power?
Join us on Europe Day for a discussion of the past, present, and future of the European Union featuring a panel of distinguished international experts. Introductory remarks by H.E. Peteris Ustubs, European Union Ambassador to Canada, Participants: Dr. Daniela Schwarzer Director, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), H.E. Theodoros N.Sotiropoulos Former Permanent Representative of Greece […]
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Book presentation: “The Linguistic Space of Global Italian: The case of Ontario” curated by Professors Barbara Turchetta e Massimo Vedovelli
Professors Barbara Turchetta and Massimo Vedovelli will present the results of their latest research, which involved experts from four Universities, between Italy and Canada. The project was conceived by the need to acquire more accurate information on a multilingual reality in the Ontario Region as a result of the majority of concentration of Italian language […]
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Europe Day 2018
On the occasion of Europe Day Celebration 2018, the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration in 1950 marking the beginning of the European Union, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Alliance Française, Goethe–Institut, and Instituto Camões, will offer a presentation about the origin of the European Institutions and the impact on the European citizens. Several talks, in […]
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Screening of “Lybia: the Last Exodous”
Canadian Premiere The Istituto Italiano di Cultura and Toronto Jewish Film Festival are pleased to present the Italian documentary LIBYA: THE LAST EXODUS by Ruggero Gabbai. Libya – The Last Exodus Italy 2017 | 65 minutes | Italian, Hebrew | Hebrew, English subtitles Following past tributes to the Jewish communities of Egypt and Rhodes, […]
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Screening of “Earth Cries Out” at the TJFF
The Toronto Jewish Film Festival and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura co-present the film EARTH CRIES OUT. The Film will be introduced by Carlo Coen. EARTH CRIES OUT (Il grido della terra) DIRECTOR: DUILIO COLETTI ITALY • 1949 • 52 minutes • ITALIAN FRIDAY MAY 4 2018 • 4:00 PM • CINEPLEX CINEMAS YONGE-EGLINTON AND […]
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At the movies with L’Altra Italia: screening of “No Country For Youth”
Every year five hundred thousand young people leave Italy and flee overseas. Among the new emigrants there are a lot of ordinary young people seeking their fortune. Sandro and Luciano are two of them. To start up a new business in Italy is an hopeless dream for young people. Now there’s a place instead where […]
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Radicalia – Piero Martinello Exhibition at Campbell House
Piero Martinello travelled across his home country of Italy in search of “outsider” men and women who embrace radical choices. The resulting project, Radicalia, comprises five sections that each connote a different kind of radical—including nuns, criminals, ravers, saints, and town fools—captured through portraits in a range of photographic formats, including vernacular images and those […]
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“The Call” at Hot Docs – Canadian International Documentary Festival 2018
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura, in collaboration with Hot Docs and the Italian Trade Commission, is pleased to present The Call by Enrico Maisto. The Call (La convocazione) Enrico Maisto | 57 Minutes | 2017 | Italy | Italian | Full Subtitles | North American Premiere | Rating: PG Sun, Apr 29 7:45 PM TIFF […]
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Giorgia Lupi at Digifest – Meet the Media Guru
Giorgia Lupi sees beauty in data. With her practice, she challenges the impersonality that data communicate, designing engaging visual narratives that re-connect numbers to what they stand for: stories, people, ideas. Giorgia Lupi is an award-winning information designer and a cofounder of Accurat, a data-driven design firm with offices in Milan and New York, where […]
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THE RETURN OF ULYSSES BY CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
THE RETURN OF ULYSSES BY C. MONTEVERDI (APR. 19-28, 2018 AT THE ELGIN THEATRE) “a masterpiece … visually stunning and profoundly moving” – Stage Door Monteverdi’s deeply moving opera recounts the return of the Greek king Ulysses to his family after a twenty-year absence fighting in the Trojan War. This production abounds with gods, goddesses, […]
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