Hidden Gems of Italy | Le città di pianura
Hidden Gems of Italy Film Festival Day 1 Winner of the 2026 David di Donatello Awards for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, Francesco Sossai’s Le città di pianura (Cities of the Plain) is a poignant and quietly humorous road movie set in Italy’s Veneto region. Two middle-aged friends, united by their ritual […]
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That day … 25 years later
Conversation with Maria Teresa Cometto and Glauco Maggi, moderated by Claudio Pagliara, Director of IIC NY On the occasion of the release of their latest book “2001 – 2026 – From Giuliani to Mamdani – New York 25 Years After September 11,” Director Claudio Pagliara will be in conversation with journalists Maria Teresa Cometto and […]
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HIGH NOTES I Erica Piccotti (Cello)- Leonardo Pierdomenico (Piano)
HIGH NOTES A New Generation of Italian Musicians Erica Piccotti, cello Leonardo Pierdomenico, piano perform: M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco: I nottambuli, Variazioni fantastiche op. 47 S. Barber: Sonata Op. 6 in C minor for cello and piano I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Adagio III. Allegro appassionato Enrico Scaccaglia (1989): New work for cello and piano (2026), World premiere performance I. Stravinskij: Suite […]
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Award Ceremony | SuperBook Finalists: Mallamo & Marasco
Final event with the announcement of the winner for SuperBook Award Col buio me la vedo io by Anna Mallamo (Einaudi) and Di spalle a questo mondo by Wanda Marasco (Neri Pozza) are the two finalist books of the first edition of the SuperBook literary prize. They were selected from eight competitors by the special 13-member jury, chaired by Maestro Daniele Rustioni, […]
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Italians: A Century of the American Dream
Book presentation of “Between Hospitality, Bans, and Regulation: Immigration Laws and Policies in the United States of America” edited by Giuliano Santangeli Valenzani For more than two centuries, the United States has alternated between welcoming immigrants and restricting their entry, reflecting the enduring tension between its identity as a nation of immigrants and recurring waves […]
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Hidden Gems of Italy | La vita va così
Hidden Gems of Italy Film Festival Day 2 Program: La vita va così (118’) by Riccardo Milani. Q&A following the screening: Riccardo Milani, director, in conversation with Claudio Pagliara, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute. Movie with English subtitles, Q&A in English
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Hidden Gems of Italy | Otto Montagne
Hidden Gems of Italy Film Festival Day 3 Program: Le otto montagne (147’) by Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch. Q&A following the screening: Eleonora Berta, Director del Museo della Montagna CAI di Torino, in conversation with Claudio Pagliara, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute. Movie with English subtitles, Q&A in English
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THE COURAGE TO DREAM | Eleonora Tubaldi: Thinking matter
For the series “The Courage to Dream”, Dr. Eleonora Tubaldi will be in conversation with Director Claudio Pagliara about the “Thinking matter” The “Thinking matter” represents a groundbreaking area of research where materials exhibit intelligent behavior by sensing, adapting, and responding to external stimuli. These materials, often inspired by biological systems, integrate advanced computational capabilities, […]
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BOOK of the MONTH | L’Antidoto, by Claudio Cerasa (Silvio Berlusconi publisher)
As part of the Book of the Month series, Claudio Cerasa, Editor of the newspaper Il Foglio, in conversation with Director Claudio Pagliara, presents his latest book, The Antidote, Silvio Berlusconi publisher Isn’t it time to rebel? In the public debate of recent years, a perverse narrative has emerged that tends to interpret the present […]
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