cinema > FARE CINEMA 2021
The fourth edition of Fare Cinema, the festival dedicated to the promotion of Italian cinema and its film industry, with a focus on all those workers who make up the complex machine of film production and who, in front of or behind the camera, and contribute to the success of our cinema in Italy and abroad. […]
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film > MOMO ALLA CONQUISTA DEL TEMPO (Momo – The Conquest of Time)
The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco is pleased to launch CINEDAY for Kids, a new series of films dedicated to our youngest audience. The links for each film will be released for free weekely on our newsletter to the first 300 to register. The. link is valid for 72 hours! JUN 13 […]
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film series > CINEDAY for Kids
The Italian Cultiral Institute of San Francisco is pleased to launch CINEDAY for Kids, a new series of films dedicated to our youngest audience. The links for each film will be released for free weekely on our newsletter to the first 300 to register. PROGRAM JUN 13 | 5 PM Momo alla conquista del tempo […]
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new program > IIC Kids
The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco is pleased to launch IIC Kids, a new program for Children and Youth. The line up will open on June 5th with the film TRASH, accompanied by a virtual exhibit, and it will be followed by more films, theater, video-games, Italian classes–all geared to our young audience. The Italian […]
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Geronimo Stilton | A Thousand Wonders
Mille Meraviglie (A Thousand Wonders) is a project created by Edizioni Piemme-Mondadori Children’s Books for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, with the aim of bringing girls and boys from all over the world closer to the many artistic and cultural treasures of Italy. Published in four languages (Italian, French, Spanish, English) in collaboration […]
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Dantedì (DanteDay) | At the Gates of a New World: Dante in North America
Dante nel mondo (Dante in the World) To mark the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri in Ravenna in 1321, activities and celebrations are being organized all over the world, confirming the universality of the message and the familiarity of The Divine Comedy, a work that not only contributed to the consolidation of […]
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CAFFÈ LETTERARIO Book Club
CAFFÈ LETTERARIO, our new virtual book club, gives you the opportunity to meet new friends who share your interest in the Italian language and literature. The second book we’ll read and discuss is Donatella Di Pietrantonio’s L’Arminuta. Once you sign up and become a member of the book club, you’ll be entitled to a 15% […]
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Dante | Book presentation with author Alessandro Barbero
On the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death, Italian historian and author Alessandro Barbero is presenting his new work, Dante. In his groundbreaking book, Dante, Alessandro Barbero examines the life, times and world of the medieval creator of the masterpiece The Divine Comedy. Barbero follows Dante through his adolescence as the son […]
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Holocaust Memorial Day :: Witnesses of Witnesses
The Italian Cultural Institute and the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January, remembering the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during World War II with the screening of the video Witnesses of Witnesses (Testimoni dei testimoni), created by Studio Azzurro to document the exhibition created at Palazzo […]
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#Raffaello500 | Raphael: The Lord of the Arts
Ille hic est Raphael timuit quo sospite vinci, rerum magna parens et moriente mori.“Here lies that famous Raphael by whom Nature feared to be conquered while he lived, and when he was dying, feared herself to die.”Pietro Bembo, inscription on Raphael’s sarcophagus. Pantheon, Rome Raphael: The Lord of the Arts (Italy 2017, 91′) is […]
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