streaming > The Shortest Day 2021
On December 21st, the shortest day of the year, join us for an entertaining program of quirky, amusing, and insightful short films representing some of the best emerging talents in Italian cinema. The topics in this year’s selection are mothers and daughters, change, family matters, Italian fashion and more. The lineup includes winners and […]
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streaming > Il giorno della civetta (Mafia) by Damiano Damiani
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leonardo Sciascia, the Italian Cultural Institutes of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, DC have the pleasure to offer a screening of Il giorno della civetta (Mafia), a film directed by Damiano Damiani, featuring Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero, Lee J. Cobb and Serge Reggiani. The film will […]
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webinar > Sciascia Lectures in the World – America as a Metaphor: Leonardo Sciascia’s Future Legacy
This event is organized by the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institutes of Washington, DC and Los Angeles. The Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco presents LEONARDO SCIASCIA IN NORTH AMERICA – America as Metaphor: Leonardo Sciascia’s Future Legacy, a virtual panel with Giulia Pellizzato (Harvard University) and Eloisa […]
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in person > AFI European Union Film Showcase
Now in its 34th year, the AFI European Union Film Showcase continues its tradition of bringing the best in European cinema to our audiences. This year’s Showcase returns in person with a selection of 53 films from all 27 EU Member States, 11 of the top contenders for this year’s Academy Award® for Best International Feature […]
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streaming > Food Markets
For this year’s Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World, the annual initiative promoting Italian culinary heritage, we are taking you on a tour of some of Italy’s most famous and beloved markets. We are all fascinated by local market when we visit a new city! They attract us for their colors, liveliness, […]
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in person > Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples: Politics, Patronage, and Artistic Culture. Book Presentation and Concert
Join us to meet Prof. Anthony R. DelDonna, author of Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples: Politics, Patronage, and Artistic Culture (Cambridge University Press, 2021), in conversation with Prof. Guido Olivieri (University of Texas at Austin) as they discuss the monograph and ongoing research into the instrumental music traditions of Naples. In his book, […]
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webinar > Meet the Author: Gianrico Carofiglio in Conversation with Nicoletta Pireddu
To celebrate the release of Three O’ Clock in the Morning, join us for a talk with international bestselling writer Gianrico Carofiglio, in conversation with Nicoletta Pireddu. The discussion will focus on Carofiglio’s novels, his career path from an anti-Mafia prosecutor to a full-time writer, his inspiration, his thoughts about the passing of time, and […]
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streaming > Molecules (Molecole) by Andrea Segre
As part of Films Across Borders 2021, a series of critically acclaimed films, documentaries, and shorts from around the world co-presented by American University, we are pleased to announce the screening of Molecules (Molecole), a documentary by Andrea Segre. Stuck in his hometown, Venice, during the pandemic, director Andrea Segre turns the camera on the […]
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In person > Dante, l’Italiano – A lecture by Dr. Virginia Jewiss
As part of the 21st Annual Week of Italian Language in the World, we are pleased to present “Dante, l’Italiano”, an in-person event organized by our friends at the Italian Cultural Society in Washington DC, taking place at the Chevy Chase Village Hall in Chevy Chase, MD. Often considered the “Father of the Italian Language”, […]
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webinar > Dante’s American Afterlife: A Presentation by Guy P. Raffa
Presented in collaboration with our colleagues at the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco Dante’s American fame has grown unabated since his arrival in the 19th century. The poet’s presence has been felt in books, music, and classrooms, on canvases, pedestals, and stages, and, increasingly of late, on movie, television, and gaming screens. This […]
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