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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THE PRACTICE OF RESONANCE: AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS
Writer Federica Bueti and artist Alex Martinis Roe will be in conversation to discuss their common interest in feminist practices of sexual difference, in particular the practices of affidamento and resonance, and the place of writing in the (de)construction, or hacking, of the modern Western subject. In the form of a public exchange of letters, […]
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EU Talks: CLEAN ENERGY – SMART ECONOMY
EU Talks panel discussion series brings European perspective to Toronto. The program is covering issues of mutual interest and generate discussion for better understanding. The topic discussed in this panel is Clean Energy and the related policies, legislative and company views. Speakers: Patrick Child, Deputy Director-General, Directorate- General Research and Innovation, European Commission Rafael Gonzalez, […]
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DISCOVERING ELENA FERRANTE
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to present two lectures on the works by internationally known Italian writer and best seller Elena Ferrante. The lectures will be held by Dr. Franco Gallippi who will analyze Ferrante’s works through two different perspectives. Lecture 1May 26 from 10:00 to 12:00The City of Naples in the Works […]
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EUROPEAN BOOK CLUB 2017: PINOCCHIO (1883) by Carlo Collodi
CELEBRATING 150TH YEARS OF STORIES. It is said that once Italy was a unified country, Massimo D’Azeglio stated: “We have made Italy, now we have to make Italians”. Not too long after, Carlo Collodi has his Geppetto make Pinocchio. Franco Gallippi’s reading of Pinocchio explores the question of what goes into making Italians yesterday, today, […]
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