COMPAGNIA BACCALÀ AT LUMINATO FESTIVAL 2017
Inspired by Chaplin, Keaton, and the stars of silent films, Compagnia Baccalà’s timeless performance of enthralling physicality and exquisite expression has been delighting audiences around the world since 2010. Duo Camilla Pessi and Simone Fassari met at the Teatro Dimitri School in Switzerland and then parted ways, performing in many circuses and cabarets in faraway […]
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TWO DYNAMIC PATHS ON A SHARED ROAD: CANADIAN-ITALIAN COOPERATION AT 150 AND 156
The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) is organizing an interdisciplinary conference “Two Dynamic Paths on a Shared Road: Canadian-Italian cooperation at 150 and 156”. in Toronto, June 17-18, 2017. The conference is organized on the occasion of Canada’s sesquicentennial by the Research Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA), with the support of the Consulate General […]
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CHRISTIAN DE SICA at the ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA – TORONTO
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura will host a press conference with ICFF guest of honour Christian De Sica. Italian box office celebrity Christian De Sica, son of iconic director Vittorio De Sica, will be receiving the ICFF’s Lifetime Achievement Award, whose previous recipients include screen legends such as Al Pacino, Academy Award® Winner Roberto Benigni […]
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ICFF LITERATURE: Screening of “IL FIUME HA SEMPRE RAGIONE” di SILVIO SOLDINI
The Italian Contemporary Film Festival, in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Ontario and the Associazione Culturale L’Altra Italia, presents the film Silvio Soldini‘s “Il fiume ha sempre ragione/The river is always right” in the section ICFF Literature. In Attendance: Corrado Paina (Italian-Canadian Poet), Rob Marra (Italian-Canadian Poet), […]
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ROME IN ITALIAN CINEMA: from LA PRESA DI ROMA to LA GRANDE BELLEZZA
Lecture by Dr. Franco Gallippi. On the occasion of the program The European Union: Capitals & Cultures, presented by The European Union Delegation to Canada and the Diplomatic Missions of EU Member States to celebrate Canada’s sesquicentennial festivities on 11 June, the lecture Rome in Italian Cinema: From La presa di Roma to La grande […]
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THE APARTMENT and WAVES: TWO EXPERIMENTS by DLT
The creator of The Stranger (multiple worldwide sold out runs) and Off Limits Zone (Luminato Festival) brings you two initial experiments for a new interactive experience around the theme of immigration. The project is presented by DopoLavoro Teatrale (DLT) in partnership with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Toronto and the Theatre Centre. First Experiment […]
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MEET ACTOR PAOLA CORTELLESI at the ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA – TORONTO
ICFF guests of honour. The Istituto Italiano di Cultura will host a press conference with ICFF guest of honour Paola Cortellesi. Paola Cortellesi stars in ICFF’s opening film Qualcosa di nuovo/Something New, a vibrant comedy directed by Cristina Comencini, Paola Cortellesi is an eclectic Italian actress, singer, voice actress and presenter, who has starred in […]
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ICFF: ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY FILM FESTIVAL 2017
6th edition presented by ICSavings. This is the sixth edition of a Festival that celebrates the best in contemporary Italian cinema from around the world, and will take place June 8th-16th, 2017 in Toronto, Vaughan, Hamilton, Montreal, Québec City and Vancouver. ICFF will bring together film enthusiasts and some of the most influential and prolific […]
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ART INSTALLATIONS by BRUNO BILLIO and FRANCESCA VIVENZA at CASA LOMA
OPENING ON ITALIAN NATIONAL DAY On the occasion of Castello Italia, the Italian National Day celebration held at Casa Loma, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura is presenting two art installations by Italian- Canadian artists Francesca Vivenza and Bruno Billio to pay tribute to Canada 150th anniversary. Opens on Sunday, June 4, 2017 at 10amIt runs […]
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THE PRACTICE OF RESONANCE: EMILIA-AMALIA SESSION X
Presented by Berlin-based artist Alex Martinis-Roe and writer Federica Buetti, this workshop will begin from the resonances between two feminist texts that are from completely different places, contexts and discourses: one about the Milan Women’s Bookstore co-operative, and the other No Selves To Abolish: Afropessimism, anti-Politics, and The End of The World by K. Aarons. […]
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