The Venice Syndrome
Andreas Pichler 2013 | 80 minutes | Germany, Italy – New York Premiere | Director in Attendance The well-documented reality that Venice is sinking into the sea has an equally unsettling parallel: it is drowning in tourists—21 million of them per year at last count. Twenty years ago 125,000 people lived there, but the permanent […]
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Italian International Dance Festival in New York
Following the great success in 2013, the Italian International Dance Festival in New York is ready for a new edition filled with surprises for all.Join us on October 24th 2014 at 7:30pm at the Julia Richman Theatre. Artistic Director Antonio Fini & Creative Director Tabata Caldironi Announcing, the second annual Italian International Dance Festival, which […]
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Just To Let You Know That I’m Alive
Emanuela Zuccalà and Simona Ghizzoni – 2013 | 64 min | Italy, Algeria, Saharwi Arab Democratic Republic- US Premiere | Director in Attendance Just to Let You Know That I’m Alive gives a voice to the women of the Saharawi people, who have been subjected to some of the most severe and under-reported human rights […]
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THE JEWS OF ETHIOPIA UNDER FASCIST RULE
This day focuses on the figure of Taamrat Emmanuel (1888 – 1963) a member of the Beta Israel Community in Ethiopia who, as a young man, was sent to study in France by the Polish Zionist and Orientalist Jacques Faitlovitch. He continued his education at the Collegio Rabbinico Italiano in Florence and went on to […]
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ITALIAN WOMEN WRITERS
BETWEEN JOURNALISM AND LITERATURE Week of Italian language The feminine condition (both contemporary and historical), autobiography, female psychology, and family history and relationships are among the insistent themes of the remarkable number of accomplished women writers active in journalism and literary writing in Italy throughout the 19th and the 20th century. Despite the range and […]
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CRISTIANA PEGORARO IN CONCERT
Week of the Italian Language Acclaimed as one of the most gifted musicians of her generation, Italian-born pianist Cristiana Pegoraro has consistently entertained and enlightened audiences with her inspired performances and original programming. Her skills display great technical and interpretative abilities. Her numerous awards and prizes include the Prague Best of the Year for Classical […]
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ARNOLDO MONDADORI: A PUBLISHER’S MARK ACROSS THE HISTORY OF ITALY
Week Of Italian Language The Mondadori, Italy’s largest publishing group, has a history, as is the case for almost all large industries, closely linked to the life of one man, in this case the “boy printer” Arnoldo Mondadori who in 1907, when he was still very young, began his career as a publisher in Ostiglia, […]
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THE FOUR CORNERS OF PALERMO
Giuseppe di Piazza Week of Italian Language In THE FOUR CORNERS OF PALERMO, Giuseppe Di Piazza uses his real-life experience as a crime reporter to bring to life the second mob war of Palermo. In his newspaper career, Di Piazza covered the murders of over 300 people, many of whom he knew personally: officers, judges, […]
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MEDARDO ROSSO
Medardo Rosso at the Center for Italian Modern Art (October 17, 2014 – June 27, 2015) Medardo Rosso, Ecce Puer in Rosso’s studio on the Boulevard des Batignolles in Paris, 1906. Private Collection. The Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) launches its second season October 17, 2014, with a major installation of sculpture, drawing, and […]
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