Europa! Europa Film Festival
This is the 1st edition of the International Film Festival called Europa! Europa whose programming intends to satisfy the growing demand of local audience’s cinema from the Old Continent, witnessed by the various national film festivals in different contexts. The declared purpose of the organizers (Artistic Director T. Caldwell, Executive Festival L. Tamir) is to […]
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Italy’s great (hidden) beauty
History and art in UNESCO World Heritage sites With Dr Kathleen Olive Many of Italy’s World Heritage sites are well known and draw thousands of tourists every year, from the historic centre of Florence to the archaeological site of Pompeii, Leonardo’s Last Supper and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But what of the lesser-known World […]
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Siamo tutti attori!
DUE TO THE ONGOING PANDEMIC SITUATION, THE COURSE IS POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE. Acting course in Italian When we leave Italy we try to take only the essentials with us and the theatre … well, the theatre doesn’t fit in our suitcase! So, with regret, we leave it behind, or we think we do. […]
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022
With the bill n. 211 of the 2000, the Italian government established the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022. Since then and every year, in Italy and abroad, all the actors of the Sistema Paese commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and of the Nazism. The day on which Soviet troops broke down the gates of […]
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1849-1871. Jews of Rome between segregation and emancipation
Virtual exhibition on the channel “Italiana” An exhibition itinerary and a video project recounting the construction of a unified Italy and the role of the Italian Jewish communities. On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of Rome as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, the Jewish Community of Rome and the […]
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Bangalow Film Festival 2022
GIVEN THE ONGOING PANDEMIC SITUATION THE FESTIVAL IS POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE. The Bangalow Film Festival returns for the second edition, including in 2022 also Murwillumbah and Lismore, again with the support of the IIC which has always encouraged this interesting initiative in line with the desire to develop the promotion of Italian culture […]
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“2020” by Valentino Innocente
The Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney informs that the short film (17 ‘) directed by Valentino Innocente entitled 2020 has been published on its YouTube channel. The short was launched last year, but the relevance of its message remains undoubted, both because, unfortunately, the pandemic is not over yet, and because very little has changed […]
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International Composition Competition DANTE700
In the year dedicated to Dante, the Camerata Strumentale “Città di Prato” and the Florence Philharmonic Orchestra “La Filharmonie” has launched the International Composition Competition Dante700. The project aimed to stimulate and promote creative energies in the field of orchestral composition by focusing on the figure and poetry of Dante Alighieri. The end of the […]
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State of Grace / Dreamcode
17th Day of the Contemporary 2021 A conversation with artist Laura Cionci, moderated by Miriam La Rosa “Not metaphorically, but literally, State of Grace was born out of a necessity, my desire to survive” – Laura Cionci The Italian Cultural Institute in the frame of the XVII edition of the Italian Contemporary Art Day promoted […]
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6th Week of Italian Cuisine in the World – AMARI DEGUSTATION
On the occasion of the VI Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, The Italian Cultural Institute Sydney, together with the Italian Trade Agency Sydney and the Italian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Sydney, are pleased to present a degustation of Italian Amari (bitter liqueurs).Amari are the most distinctive product of the Italian liqueurs range, […]
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