PASOLINI retrospective – Randwick Ritz Cinema
2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet, film director, screenwriter, writer, actor and playwright. Pasolini was a multifaceted and versatile intellectual and distinguished himself in numerous fields – literature and cinema among those best known to the general public – also leaving contributions as a painter, linguist, translator […]
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Antenna Documentary Film Festival 2022
The well-established collaboration between the Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney and the Antenna Documentary Film Festival is renewed this year as well. The ten-year partnership with the Festival directed by David Rokach, has seen over the years the inclusion in the program of one or more Italian feature films among the most popular both in […]
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Giornata del contemporaneo
The 18th Giornata del Contemporaneo will be held on Saturday, 8 October. The event is promoted by AMACI and involves contemporary art museums, foundations, public and private institutions, galleries, studios and artist spaces located in Italy and beyond. In fact, as already from the 2019 edition, with the collaboration of the General Directorate for Public […]
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Un giorno speciale (The special day)
Another Italy: Stories, relationships and emotions in Italian cinema at the beginning of the millennium 2022 marks the eighth consecutive year of fruitful collaboration between the Italian Cultural Institute and the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, the cultural hub of Liverpool City Council. A collaboration that is expressed with the organization of film series that have […]
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Duo Spina-Benignetti Australian Tour
THE TOUR HAS BEEN CANCELLED As everyone knows, one of the objectives of the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney is to provide young Italian artists with a space that allows them to increase their international fame, thus facilitating the creation of contacts with local cultural bodies that can implement future collaborations. This is undoubtedly the […]
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Australian Tour of Italian-Slovenian pianist Alexander Gadjiev
The Sydney International Piano Competition on the occasion of 45 years of activity announced the debut on a national tour of the Italian-Slovenian pianist Alexander Gadjiev, winner of the 2021 competition. 26-year-old Gadjiev stole the show in last year’s contest, collecting half of all available prizes. Praised by critics around the world, he is now […]
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What is Pasolini for me
Symposium organized on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pier Paolo Pasolini 2022 marks the centenary of the birth of the great Italian intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini, and to celebrate this important anniversary all the main Italian cultural bodies present in NSW decided to join forces to organize an event designed […]
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Pier Paolo Pasolini’s ‘Trilogy of Life’
ST. ALi Italian Film Festival 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the foremost Italian intellectuals of the 20th century: Pier Paolo Pasolini. To celebrate this occasion, the St. ALi Italian Film Festival organized every year by Palace Cinemas will present, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, a retrospective dedicated […]
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Trio Pacassoni Australian Tour
The Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney is pleased to announce the Australian tour of percussionist Marco Pacassoni. In the Italian and international jazz scene, Pacassoni is a name of absolute importance and Australian lovers of the genre have already enthusiastically commented on the news of the tour down under of the whimsical vibraphonist from the […]
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La Bas – Educazione criminale (Down There: A Criminal Education)
Cinema Italia 2021 – Multi-ethnic Italy: the new Italians The Multi-ethnic Italy: the new Italians film series, which represents a continuation of the fruitful collaboration of the Italian Cultural Institute with Palace Cinemas, and which includes a series of movies whose central topic is the phenomenon of migration to Italy, continues with the screening of […]
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