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Los Angeles, will be held 50% live and the other half virtually, presenting over 50 titles, including films, TV series, unpublished and unreleased docufilms, short films as well as master classes.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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available online > 1849-1871. The Jews of Rome between Segregation and Emancipation
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 Foundation for the Jewish Museum of Rome inaugurate the exhibition ‘1849-1871. The Jews of Rome between Segregation and Emancipation’, open to the public from November 10, 2021 to […]
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online concert > Suoni italiani. The Digital Festival exclusive for New Year’s Eve
On the occasion of New Year’s Eve, an exclusive video concert recorded live featuring some major Italian artists such as Fabio Concato, Irene Grandi, Roberto Gatto, Chiara Pancaldi, Danilo Rea, Daniele Sepe and many more. Introduction and outgoing remarks by Director Valeria Rumori. The music is accompanied by evocative images of Italy’s landscape and artistic […]
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online concert > Pasquale Esposito celebrates Enrico Caruso – PBS Special
Special PBS docu-concert blending stunning concert footage from the terrace of 13th Century Castello Giusso in Vico Equense with a travel documentary shot in Caruso’s Naples, Sorrento and other places on the Amalfi Coast. Tenor Pasquale Esposito, born and raised in Caruso’s neighborhood, performs some of Caruso’s most famous songs and arias, accompanied by some […]
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online screenings > Short Film Day 2021
On the occasion of the winter solstice (December 21), a celebration of Italy’s best and most recent short films with a selection from Turin’s Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio (CNC) and a selection of shorts from San Diego Italian Film Festival – SDIFF’s short film competition.In Italian with English subtitles. Italian Short Film Day program Las Hadas – Lorenzo […]
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online screening > Il giorno della civetta (Mafia) by Damiano Damiani
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leonardo Sciascia, the Italian Cultural Institutes of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, DC have the pleasure to offer a screening of Il giorno della civetta (Mafia), a film directed by Damiano Damiani, featuring Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero, Lee J. Cobb and Serge Reggiani. The […]
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lecture, panel & screening > Leonardo Sciascia 1921 – 2021
LEONARDO SCIASCIA1921 -2021An online lecture, panel and film screening on celebration of the centenary of the great Sicilian author. LECTUREDoing Sciascia Justice: His Legacy on the Judicial NovelDecember 6 | 2 pm PSTOnline – Zoom Angelo Castagnino (University of Denver) will analyze Sciascia’s idea of justice in some of his most important novels and link […]
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