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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exhibition > EXPERIENCE ETRURIA – A LAZIO IMMERSIVE DIGITAL EXHIBITION
EXPERIENCE ETRURIA A LAZIO IMMERSIVE DIGITAL EXHIBITION Italian Cultural Institute @INNOVIT 710 Sansome Street, San Francisco Digital exhibition open to the public from May 2-29 (excluding weekends), from 10 AM-4 PM, by appointment. Email contact.sanfrancisco@esteri.it The Experience Etruria digital exhibition offers an immersive, technology-driven experience in the heart of downtown San Francisco, at the Italian […]
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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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Festival della letteratura italiana “La Piazza” | L’inverno più nero (Club Fugazi)
THE DARKEST WINTER L’inverno più nero Monday, April 13, 2026 | 18:30 PM Club Fugazi Experiences, 678 Green St, San Francisco, CA 94133 On the occasion of La Piazza – San Francisco Italian Literary Festival, the Italian Cultural Institute San Francisco, in collaboration with the cultural association Librai in corso, presents: The Darkest Winter (L’inverno […]
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La Piazza San Francisco Italian Literary Festival | The Darkest Winter (UC Davis)
THE DARKEST WINTER L’inverno più nero Monday, April 13, 2026 | 10:30 AM -12:00 PM UC DAVIS SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES (SSH) BUILDING 50 N Quad, Room 1246 – Davis, CA 95616 On the occasion of La Piazza – San Francisco Italian Literary Festival, the Italian Cultural Institute San Francisco, in collaboration with the cultural […]
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