book presentation > Meet the Author: Claudia Durastanti
On the occasion of Women’s History Month and celebrating the release in the United States of her acclaimed novel Strangers I Know (La straniera), writer and translator Claudia Durastanti will be in conversation with Professor Clorinda Donato, Director of the Clorinda Donato Center for Global Romance Languages and Translation Studies at California State University, […]
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film festival > Los Angeles, Italia 2022
The 17th annual Los Angeles Italia Film Festival will premiere the short The Last Supper: the Living Tableau a recreation of Leonardo’s masterpiece, by director Armondo Linus Acosta with Oscar winners cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, production designer Dante Ferretti and set decorator Francesca Lo Schiavo, working together for the first time. The Festival will honor director Sergio […]
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retrospective > Carnal Knowledge: The films of Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Academy Museum honors the centennial of poet, philosopher, and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini with a complete retrospective of his narrative films interspersed with some unique short and documentary works from his prolific career. Though he was a filmmaker for just over a decade, Pasolini’s impact on cinema is profound. An openly gay man and […]
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retrospettiva > Rare Takes: le opere di Cecilia Magini
Rare is perhaps the best word to describe the works of Italian filmmaker Cecilia Mangini. Rare in that despite her distinctive body of work, her collaborations with Pier Paolo Pasolini, and that she was the first woman to make documentaries in post-war Italy, her films are hard to find. They weren’t widely available online until […]
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screening > The den by Beatrice Baldacci at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
The International Competition lineup of the 37th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (March 2 -12) includes the US Premiere of The Den (La tana ITA 2021, 90′ ) by Beatrice Baldacci, presented at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival in the the Biennale College Cinema section. Director in attendance. March 4 | 5:20 PM […]
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livestreaming > Gabriele Muccino presents La vita addosso – an autobiography
On the occasion of Filming Italy Los Angeles, Director and writer Gabriele Muccino, presents LA VITA ADDOSSO Io, il cinema e tutto il resto. Un’autobiografia (UTET 2021). In conversation with Gian Maria Annovi, Associate Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. An autobiographical book written in the form of an interview with […]
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film festival > Filming Italy Los Angeles 2022
The seventh edition of Filming Italy – Los Angeles, created and organized by Tiziana Rocca, Agnus Dei and the Italian Cultural Institute Los Angeles, will be held 50% live and the other half virtually, presenting over 50 titles, including films, TV series, unpublished and unreleased docufilms, short films as well as master classes. The honorary […]
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dance performance > Tulsa Ballet presents Vendetta, A Mafia Story
The Corleone family and their rival mob families will pull you into their captivating world full of drama, passion, and even a little humor for a performance that takes you from Chicago to Las Vegas. Join Rosalia Corleone as she takes her place as the new mob leader in this story full of secrets. […]
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exhibition > Woven Lives: Exploring Women’s Needlework from the Italian Diaspora
Woven Lives: Exploring Women’s Needlework from the Italian Diaspora examines the significance of needlework in the lives of Italian American women, their families, and communities from the mid-19th century to the present. The exhibition reconsiders the role of needlework beyond its aesthetic value and utilitarian purposes and recognizes it as an extraordinary medium for expressing […]
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online concert > International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Gabriele Coen & Pietro Lussu Duo featuring Barbara Eramo
In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, created by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2005 to remember the victims of the Shoah, on the anniversary of the demolition of the Auschwitz gates, the Institute presents a video concert of traditional Jewish music performed by Gabriele Coen (saxophone), Pietro Lussu (piano) and Barbara Eramo (voice) […]
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