cinema > ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL PORTLAND
Italian Film Festival USA – Portland 22nd Edition May 8 – 16, 2026 Fifth Avenue Cinema, 510 SW Hall Street, Portland (OR) PROGRAM Free Admission / All films are in Italian with English subtitles Enjoy the local premiere of five recent Italian films and a program of short films at the 2026 Italian Film Festival […]
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books > IN CALIFORNIA WITH JOAN DIDION
In California with Joan Didion: Horizons, Fears and Abysses along the West Coast Book presentation with author Benedetta Faedi in conversation with Sara Marinelli Thursday, May 7 | 6:30 PM This presentation is in English Free Admission | Registration required REGISTER HERE On a June morning in 1948, an eighth-grade girl delivers her graduation speech […]
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cinema > CARLO CHATRIAN at the SF Silent Film Festival
San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2026 AMAZING TALES FROM THE ARCHIVES A presentation by Carlo Chatrian, Director of the Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino Thursday, May 7 | 11 AM Castro Theater, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco Free Admission Event sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute San Francisco LEARN MORE The SF Silent Film […]
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THROUGH HER EYES > The Girl from Tomorrow (Primadonna)
THROUGH HER EYES A Five-film Series by Italian Women Directors Wednesday, May 6 | 6:30 PM (doors open at 6 PM) Italian Cultural Institute 710 Sansome Street, San Francisco THE GIRL FROM TOMORROW (Primadonna) Directed by: Marta Savina Italy/France, 2022, 102 min Starring: Claudia Gusmano, Fabrizio Ferracane, Francesco Colella, Manuela Ventura In Italian with English subtitles REGISTER HERE […]
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cinema > ITALIAN CINEMA TODAY: CAROLINA CAVALLI AND BENEDETTA PORCAROLI
Monday, May 4 | 6:30 PM (doors open at 6 PM) Italian Cultural Institute 710 Sansome Street, San Francisco Italian Cinema Today: Carolina Cavalli e Benedetta Porcaroli The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco invites you to a special conversation with director Carolina Cavalli and actor Benedetta Porcaroli, following the screening of their film The […]
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cinema > THE KIDNAPPING OF ARABELLA @SFIFF
Sunday, May 3 | 12:00 PM Premier Theater at One Letterman 1 Letterman Dr #B, San Francisco Now in its 69th edition running from April 24-May 4, 2026, the San Francisco International Film Festival presents the premiere of The Kidnapping of Arabella, an intense drama directed by Carolina Cavalli, skillfully blending humor and melancholy in […]
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symposium > NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ETRUSCANS
OPENING DAY SYMPOSIUM: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ETRUSCANS Gunn theater at Legion of Honor Museum 100 34th Avenue, San Francisco, CA Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 | 10 AM – 4 PM Free and open to the public or live on Youtube LEARN MORE On the occasion of the exhibition The Etruscans: From the Heart […]
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books > AMARA LAKHOUS: THE FERTILITY OF EVIL
Thursday, April 30th | 5 PM THE FERTILITY OF EVIL – Book presentation with Amara Lakhous Townsend Center For the Humanities 220 Stephens Hall, Berkeley From Italy’s Flaiano prize-winner Amara Lakhous, comes THE FERTILITY OF EVIL: A Novel (Other Press Trade Paperback). A heady psychological thriller spanning the history of postcolonial Algeria, Lakhous’s latest […]
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THROUGH HER EYES > Sweetheart (Gioia mia)
THROUGH HER EYES A Five-film Series by Italian Women Directors Wednesday, April 22 | 6:30 PM (doors open at 6 PM) Italian Cultural Institute 710 Sansome Street, San Francisco SWEETHEART (Gioia Mia) Directed by: Margherita Spampinato Italy, 2025, 90 min Starring: Aurora Quattrocchi, Marco Fiore, Camille Dugay, Martina Ziami In Italian with English subtitles REGISTER […]
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opera > ARS MINERVA
Thursday, April 16 | 7:00 PM (doors open at 6:30 PM) Italian Cultural Institute 710 Sansome Street, San Francisco ARS MINERVA Bringing another forgotten opera back to life Join us for an intimate evening as Ars Minerva Artistic Director Céline Ricci unveils our next production, followed by a performance by Ars Minerva artists: Aura Veruni, […]
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