Marriage and Other Disasters (Matrimoni e altri disastri)
A lieto fine – Happy ending 2021 marks the 7th consecutive year of the Italian Cultural Institute’s fruitful collaboration with the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, i.e. the cultural hub of the Liverpool City Council. A collaboration that is expressed with the organization of the screening of movies focussing on contemporary Italian productions. This year’s movie […]
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I basilischi (The Lizards)
Seven Beauties: The Movies by Lina Wertmüller The retrospective Seven Beauties, dedicated to acclaimed Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmüller and organized by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Randwick Ritz Cinema and Cinema Reborn, with the support of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, will start with the screening of the 1963 movie I […]
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Seven Beauties: The Movies by Lina Wertmüller
The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with Cinema RITZ – Randwick and Cinema Reborn, with the participation of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, presents Seven Beauties, a retrospective of films directed by acclaimed Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmüller. The Oscar-nominated director’s films take the absurdity of society and transform it into something witty, sometimes shocking […]
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Dante2021
Lecture by Emeritus Professor Nerida Newbigin 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s Death 2021 marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, the great Italian poet and man of letters, author of the Divine Comedy and universally considered the father of the Italian language, who passed away on the night between the 13th and […]
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DANTE day
700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s Death On the occasion of Dante Day, the Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney is pleased to present the first of a rich series of events organized to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri. This is the presentation of two volumes dedicated to the Supreme Poet, both published by […]
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New Italian Cinema
The cultural promotion carried out by the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney continues also outside the State of NSW, this time in collaboration with the Associazione Controluce based in Rome. We are therefore pleased to present a new film festival focused on some of the most recent Italian film productions. The cinema series, entitled New […]
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FAITH by Valentina Pedicini
Antenna Selects 2021 As is known, the 2020 edition of the Antenna Documentary Film Festival, with which the Italian Cultural Institute has been collaborating for years, has suffered a setback due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the Festival has launched a series of screenings under the title Antenna Select, and in March 2021 it will […]
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The European Exchange
Are Australia and Europe more distant than ever? The Goethe Institut is hosting two events, one in Melbourne and one in Sydney, for a timely re-examination of Australia’s longstanding relationship with Europe. Will fresh thinking about the exchange between Australia and Europe enliven our future? How can we stay connected across the tyrannies of COVID-closed […]
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“TUSCAN TEMPTATIONS” by Nafisa Naomi (This event is sold out)
Presentation of the book “TUSCAN TEMPTATIONS” by Nafisa Naomi Born in Mumbai, India, Nafisa became aware of the impact humanity was having on wildlife at a young age.From this awareness, his artistic path developed as a sharing and awareness of the fragility of our ecosystems.After a few Asian interludes, she moved to Australia where one […]
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Cinema Italia 2021
Multi-ethnic Italy: the new Italians The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney is renewing once more in 2021 its collaboration with Palace Cinemas by presenting a cycle of screenings dedicated to some of the most significant contemporary cultural and social aspects of Italian life, as well as representative figures of Italian cinema, including the most recent […]
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