screenings >EUROPEAN SHORT FILM NIGHT
An evening of contemporary European cinema, celebrating Europe Day and the launch of the EUNIC Cluster Los Angeles. This special program brings together a curated selection of short films from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Spain, offering a snapshot of today’s European storytelling. Each film engages with the theme of truth, moving across […]
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opera > The Barber of Seville in Houston
Outrageous disguises, intercepted love letters, and comic misunderstandings—Rossini’s uproarious masterpiece, The Barber of Seville, has them all. This fan favorite receives a delightful staging from director Joan Font, returning to Houston following the triumph of his acclaimed Cinderella. The opera follows the dashing Count Almaviva, who’s in love with the mysterious beauty Rosina—but her pompous old guardian, […]
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design > Italian Design Day in the World
This year’s Italian Design Day theme, Re-Design. Regenerating spaces, objects, ideas, relations, focuses on how design and architecture can help renew living environments to address global challenges. The program will feature a presentation by Damiano Gullì, Curator of Contemporary Art and Public Programs at Triennale Milano, in conversation with journalist and author Frances Anderton. The 2026 […]
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special event > Italian Research Day in the World
On 15 April – Leonardo da Vinci’s birth date – Italy celebrates the Day of Italian Research in the world, to give visibility to all Italian researchers abroad, to make their work known, a reason for profound pride for the whole country. This year’s program at Chapman University explores how Italy remembers and re-imagines its […]
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screenings > Elvira Notari: Beyond the Silence
US tour with screenings in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange for Elvira Notari: Beyond Silence, a documentary by Valerio Ciriaci that revisits the extraordinary yet overlooked story of Italy’s first woman film director. A pioneer of Neapolitan silent cinema, between 1906 and 1930 Notari created more than sixty features with her family-run Dora Film, […]
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film festival> ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL USA – PHOENIX
Embark on an italian cinematic tour. The nation wide program of the Italian Film Festival – USA will make a stop in Phoenix for the local premiere of five recent Italian films, and a program of short films at the Scottsdale Public Library. Sponsored Arizona State University’s School of International Letters and Cultures, the festival […]
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theater performance > R.OSA_ 10 Exercises for New Virtuosities by Silvia Gribaudi
Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz and the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles Co-Present R.OSA – 10 Exercises for New Virtuosities by Silvia Gribaudi with Claudia A. Marsicano R.OSA_ 10 Exercises for New Virtuosities is a powerful and humorous solo work performed by Claudia A. Marsicano that challenges conventions surrounding the female body, beauty, and performance. Through irony, vulnerability, and […]
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lecture > The Architecture of Contemporary Utopias – with Carlo Ratti
Carlo Ratti (MIT, Politecnico di Milano, and curator of the 19th Venice Biennale’s International Architecture Exhibition), introduced and in conversation with Elena Manferdini (SCI-Arc). This event opens the two-day symposium “Chimera: The Architecture of Contemporary Utopias,” celebrating the launch of Architectural Design Magazine (AD) Vol. 96.2, co-edited by Elena Manferdini and Damjan Jovanovic, with conversations […]
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screening and conversation > ANNA – The Untold Story. A film by and with Monica Guerritore
On the occasion of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, the Consulate General of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, and the 21st annual Los Angeles, Italia – Film, Fashion and Art Festival invite you to a special screening of ANNA – The Untold Story (Italy, 2025, 110’) followed by a conversation […]
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festival > Los Angeles, Italia – Film, Fashion and Art Festival 2026
The 21st edition of Los Angeles Italia – Film, Fashion and Art Festival is back in Hollywood, on the eve of the 2026 Oscars, to promote Italy’s long cinematic and artistic heritage and to present the latest Italian productions in the United States. The Festival pays tribute, among others, to Anna Magnani with the movie […]
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