L’INTREPIDO (A LONELY HERO)
Set in modern day Milan, Intrepido is a Chaplinesque odyssey through the world of work – every type of work, but primarily unskilled manual labour – as seen through the eyes of a kind, middle-aged man who takes on every conceivable temporary job. Beautifully wrought by master Italian director Gianni Amelio, the film is a […]
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Focaccia Blues
Set in the small town of Altamura (Puglia), Focaccia Blues tells the true story of a traditional bakery that puts a recently opened McDonald’s out of business. The mockumentary explores the challenges of preserving local culture and traditions, amidst the crushing tide of globalization. Part of a series of events linked to Milan’s EXPO 2015 […]
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Viaggio Sola (A Five Star Life)
EXPO in DC – Movie screening – at NYU DC Campus Auditorium Irene is a high-class hotel critic in her mid-40s who travels to the most exclusive resorts. She spends her time writing up elaborately detailed reports about the things the staff is doing wrong. Whether timing the room service, taking the temperature of white wine […]
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La Mossa del Pinguino (The Penguin’s Move)
Movie screening CINEFORUM Bruno is a thirty-year-old man from Rome, with a wife and a son, who still hasn’t found his path in life. After his latest failure, which costs him most of his savings, he comes up with a bizarre and bold intuition: he discovers the little-known winter sport of curling and decides […]
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EuroAsia Shorts Festival 2015
EuroAsia Shorts proudly presents an annual week of short films from Europe, Asia, and the United States screened at embassies and cultural centers throughout Washington, DC. This year’s theme is “Food for Thought”, which is also a topic of Expo Milano 2015. The Italian shorts selection for June 3rd at the JICC (Embassy of Japan) […]
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I Bambini Sanno (The Children Know)
Movie Screening The film is a journey into childhood, led by the voices of thirty-nine children who were asked questions by the director about their future plans and dreams, love, passions, religion, crises, family and homosexuality. A Q & A session, with the participation of director Walter Veltroni, will be introduced and moderated […]
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Feed the Planet with Colors
The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute present Massimo Caiazzo in a lecture about the chromatic heritage and the color of Italian lifestyle. Colors in the “built environment” are one of the most fascinating expressions of collective intelligence. Colors evoke emotions and cause unconscious reactions, have subjective and collective meanings therefore they contribute […]
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Milan At the Center of the World: A Report from the Expo
by Fred Plotkin Milan has captured the attention of the world as the site of its Expo from May 1 to October 31. This is the first such fair to have a specific theme — “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life” — that looks to the future of sustainability in the context of taste, health, […]
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The future of fundamental physics:
the search for dark matter and extra dimensions Lecture Renowned theoretical physicists Mariangela Lisanti and Nima Arkani-Hamed will discuss what are the Universe mysteries still to be explained, why the present knowledge of our Universe is incomplete and what to expect in the near future to improve it. RSVP RSVP FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW […]
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Welcoming Expo 2015
The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute present photographs by Andrea Rovatti along with screening of shorts from countries all over the world. Rovatti’s images are concurrently on display at the Malpensa International Airport and at the Expo 2015 Casa Corriere Pavilion. The shorts showcase the unique take each participating country brings to […]
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