Filmfest DC 2022 – Italian selection at Landmark’s E Street Cinema
Now in its 36th year, Filmfest DC brings the finest in contemporary world cinema to the nation’s capital. Over the years, the festival has introduced over 1,000 feature and short films from over 55 countries to an ever-growing audience. Filmfest DC is an 11-day annual festival presenting more than 60 feature premieres, restored classics, and special […]
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in-person > The Bad Poet (Il cattivo poeta)
Streaming Available April 19-23 The year is 1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to monitor aging national poet Gabriele D’Annunzio, whose increasingly restless behavior Mussolini fears could damage his alliance with Nazi Germany. However, after spending time with D’Annunzio, Comini finds himself torn […]
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streaming > The Bad Poet (Il cattivo poeta)
The year is 1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to monitor aging national poet Gabriele D’Annunzio, whose increasingly restless behavior Mussolini fears could damage his alliance with Nazi Germany. However, after spending time with D’Annunzio, Comini finds himself torn between loyalty to the Party […]
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available online > Goldschmied & Chiari & MAGNIFICA: A Screendance Performance
The Embassy of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington, DC, and International Arts & Artists, in collaboration with Cody Gallery at Marymount University, organized the closing of “Magnifica”, Goldschmied & Chiari’s first solo show in Washington DC. On Friday, December 3rd, artist duo and Mimmo Miccolis, Choreographer of the Washington Ballet, were at Cody […]
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streaming > The Inner Cage (Ariaferma)
A dilapidated prison is about to shut down. However, a counter-order arrives: 12 prisoners and some prison police officers will have to stay there a little longer than the others because the new location that should accommodate the prisoners is not available at the moment. It therefore becomes necessary to manage the relationship in […]
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streaming > Alessandro Vena: Piano Recital
Watch it live on April 11, 2022 at 6:20 PM ET The Italian Cultural Institutes of Washington, DC and New York are pleased to present, in live streaming, a piano recital by Italian pianist Alessandro Vena, featuring the Etudes by Phillip Glass, alongside recent music by Italian and Italian-American composers (Piana, Zannoni, […]
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available online > Roma ‘600: A Baroque Concert
Let us take you on a musical journey through 17th-century Rome, the rowdy and glorious city where Caravaggio and Stradella lived. From the marvelous setting of the theatre at the National Roman Museum – Palazzo Altemps (Rome), the baroque “power” trio I Bassifondi amused us with pieces by Kapsberger, Foscarini and Marchetti, together with light […]
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available online > Italiche: Women’s Perspective on Urban Regeneration (Italian Design Day)
Streamed live on March 23, 2022 On the occasion of the 6th edition of Italian Design Day in the United States, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington DC, in cooperation with the Italy Center of Jefferson University, presented a webinar dedicated to Women’s Perspective on Urban Regeneration. In architecture, like […]
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available online > One of Us – The Embassy of Italy in the U.S. dedicates International Women’s Day to Ukraine
“The current tragic situation in Ukraine makes this year’s International Women’s Day even more meaningful” said Italian Ambassador to the U.S. Mariangela Zappia at the March 8 premiere of the documentary film One of Us – East Coast, with special guest the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Hon. Nancy Pelosi. “We honor […]
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streaming > Volevo nascondermi (Hidden Away)
Toni (Antonio Ligabue) è figlio di un emigrante italiano. Dopo la morte della madre, viene adottato da una coppia della Svizzera tedesca. Ma i suoi disturbi fisici e mentali portano alla sua espulsione dal Paese. Contro la sua volontà viene rimandato in Italia, dove vive per anni in condizioni di estrema povertà sulle sponde […]
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