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Nuovo Cinema Italiano

2012 College of Charleston Italian Film Festival In its sixth edition the Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival at the College of Charleston offers a wide range of recent Italian movies. This year four directors will attend the Festival: Edoardo De Angelis, Paola Randi, Tonino Zangardi and Nino Cirasola will engage in conversations and debates with […]

Fare un film è per me vivere

by Enrica Fico NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES AVAILABLE DOCUMENTARY – NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES AVAILABLE In the framework of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Antonioni’s birth, in co-operation with the National Gallery of Art and AFI, the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington presents Fare un film è per me vivere, a documentary by Enrica Fico, […]

ADOPT A BOOK EVENT (at Smithsonian Castle)

Nancy E. Gwinn, Director of the Smithsonian Libraries, the Embassy of Italy, and the Italian Cultural Institute invite you to attend Adopt a Book Event. Enjoy an evening with us celebrating Italian food, wine, and culture while exploring the Smithsonian Libraries Rare Book Collection. LOCATION Smithsonian Castle 1000 Jefferson Drive SW Washington, DC ADMISSION $25 […]

Una Delle Regine: Anna Bolena

Inside Washington National Opera’s Production of Donizetti’s Historical Drama Presented by Washington National Opera and the Embassy of Italy/Italian Cultural Institute. Join conductor Antonello Allemandi and soprano Keri Alkema for a program of discussion and music that explores Donizetti’s fascination with the Tudor period of English history and the opera’s relevance to Italian audiences at […]

La kryptonite nella borsa (Kryptonite!)

MOVIE SCREENING The year is 1973. Swingin’ Naples is the place. Frizzy-haired, bespectacled Peppino (Luigi Catani) is nine years old and watching the world changing through the misadventures of his dysfunctional family. Adapting his own novel for the screen, writer/director Ivan Cotroneo (I Am Love, Loose Cannons) nostalgically depicts the psychedelic era in an ancient […]

Amici Miei (My Friends) – NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Movie Screening CINEFORUM WITH ITALIANS IN DC 2012 The main theme of Amici miei is friendship, seen from a rather bitter point of view. It tells the story of four middle-aged friends who live in Florence and organize together idle pranks (called zingarate, “gypsy shenanigans”) in a continuous attempt to prolong childhood throughout their adult […]

Michelangelo Antonioni Centenary

at the National Gallery of Art September 29 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Italian master filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni (1912–2007), arguably the most influential director of the postwar era. The National Gallery of Art joins the Italian Cultural Institute, Washington, in a retrospective of his most distinguished works. The early Italian films, including […]

Amarcord

MOVIE SCREENING CINEFORUM WITH ITALIANS IN DC 2012 A carnivalesque portrait of provincial Italy during Fascism, Amarcord is maybe the most intimate of all Fellini’s films, turning daily life into a dreamlike show of social rituals, teenager desires, fantasies, and political intricacies. Nina Rota’s music aptly accompanies this magical journey back to a recent, still […]

VINCERE

MOVIE SCREENING The story revolves around Benito Albino Dalser, son of the dictator Benito Mussolini, and Ida Irene Dalsen. The film traces the tormented love between Mussolini and Ida from the day they met each other to the day their son ends up in a madhouse.   Italy, 2009 – color, 124 minutes Directed by […]

Part of DC Jazz Festival For the first time in Washington, DC, and as part of DC Jazz Festival, Italian music legend Pino Daniele will perform live at newly renovated Howard Theatre. Born in Naples, Italy on March 19, 1955, self-taught guitarist Pino Daniele recorded his first album at the age of 22. From the […]