film > L’ACCABADORA
L’Accabadora Dir: Enrico Pau Italy/Ireland, 2016, 94 min Cast: Donatella Finocchiaro, Barry Ward, Carolina Crescentini, Sara Serraiocco, Anita Kravos, Piero Marcialis, Camilla Soru, Federico Noli REGISTER HERE SYNOPSIS Annetta (Donatella Finocchiaro) lives in a small village in rural Sardinia at the end of the 1930s. She is in her mid-30s, always wears black, is a […]
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Pinocchio’s Truth | A new translation, with Anna Kraczyna
Join Anna Kraczyna for a presentation of her new translation of The Adventures of Pinocchio and find out why Pinocchio has been growing in popularity since he first came to life over 140 years ago—and why he has actually become an icon of the twenty-first century. Kraczyna explores the different levels of meaning of The […]
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film > The Stuff of Dreams (La stoffa dei sogni)
The Stuff of Dreams (La stoffa dei sogni) is the second film in the series Sardina in the Movies, presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco. In his film, director Gianfranco Cabiddu creates an intriguing fabric where theater and poetry are interwoven with reality, and transports the audience in a magic, out-of-the-world space. […]
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food > SARDINIAN CUISINE TRADITION, IDENTITY AND FLAVORS OF AN ISLAND
SARDINIAN CUISINE TRADITION, IDENTITY AND FLAVORS OF AN ISLAND Join us for a conversation with Italian chef and author Viola Buitoni, food writer Viviana Devoto and chef Massimiliano Conti, former owner of La Ciccia restaurant. Wednesday, March 20, 2024 | 6:30 PM Italian Cultural Institute @INNOVIT, 710 Sansome St, San Francisco EVENT FULLY BOOKED UP
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film > YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW
YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW Tuesday, March 19 | 7 PM (doors open at 6:30 PM) Club Fugazi, 678 Green St, San Francisco REGISTER HERE Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco in collaboration with the Leonardo da Vinci Society San Francisco, Italian Community Services and Club Fugazi Experiences. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Dir: Vittorio De […]
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design > IDD \ Carissimo Pinocchio,
Carissimo Pinocchio, Italian designers and graphic designers reinvent the most famous puppet in the world An exhibition curated by Giulio Iacchetti. On view March 15 – May 15 | M-F 10am-16:30pm By appointment and during IIC events. Email: contact.sanfrancisco@esteri.it. Organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ADI Design Museum, in collaboration […]
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dance > PUCCINI’S OPERA. WOMEN’S VOICES
PUCCINI’S OPERA. WOMEN’S VOICES March 12, 2024 | 7 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm) Club Fugazi, 678 Green Str., San Francisco REGISTER HERE Artemis Danza Company dedicates Monica Casadei‘s new artistic project to the representation, investigation and contemporary interpretation of four fascinating heroines immortalized by the composer from Lucca: Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Mimì and […]
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design > MANUFACTURING VALUE IN CONTEMPORARY DESIGN
Italian Design Day Thursday, March 14, 2024 | 6:30 PM Italian Cultural Institute @INNOVIT, 710 Sansome St, San Francisco To mark the opening of the exhibition Carissimo Pinocchio, the Consulate General of San Francisco with the Italian Cultural Insitute present a panel discussion on the subject Manufacturing Value in Contemporary Design moderated by Arch. Simone […]
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film > Ten Minutes (Dieci minuti)
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Celebrate with us International Womens’ Day with the exclusive US premier screening of Ten Minutes (Dieci minuti), Maria Sole Tognazzi’s latest film, written with Francesca Archibugi, based on Chiara Gamberale’s novel, Per dieci minuti. Ten minutes a day can change the course of the day. Ten minutes of doing something completely new […]
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GEN AI MOVIE NIGHT @INNOVIT
GEN AI MOVIE NIGHT @INNOVIT March 5, 2024 | 6 PM Italian Cultural Institute @INNOVIT 710 Sansome St, San Francisco Join us for a special Generative AI Movie Night at INNOVIT to address how this technology is already changing the art of movie making and the entertainment industry. REGISTER HERE As Midjourney and text-to-image AIs […]
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