festival > Filming Italy Los Angeles 2021
The sixth edition of the Festival will take place in a digital format, with a very rich selection of both US film premieres and TV series focusing on important issues such as human rights, the enhancement of women in the work place, especially in cinema, and the environment. Many masterclasses with numerous Italian and international […]
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available online > Francesca da Rimini nelle arti
Ferruccio Farina, Director of the International Study Center Francesca da Rimini, presents his book Francesca Da Rimini Storia di un mito. Letteratura, arti visive e musica tra XIV E XXI secolo (Francesca Da Rimini History of a Myth. Literature, Visual Arts and Music between the 14th and the 21st centuries Maggioli Editore, 2019). Through literary […]
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meeting > IICLA BOOKCLUB Online
Readers of the IICLA bookclub will discuss the novel Un’altra giro di giosta. Viaggio nel male e nel bene del nostro tempo ((Longanesi, 2004) by Tiziano Terzani. If you are interested in participating, please read here first.
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special event > Worldwide Kisses | Baci dal Mondo
Francesca da Rimini’s ecumenical flash mob: a tribute to Dante Alighieri in the 7th Centenary of his death and to Francesca, worldwide heroine of the passion of love A truly global event will open the celebrations in Rimini and Gradara for the 700th Anniversary of Dante in 2021 with 21 universities from all over the […]
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webinar > ITAL CAREER TALKS Luxottica: An Italian Story Told in Many Languages
Presenter: Luigi Ocone, VP of Retail & HR Luxottica – Luxury House BrandZoom Meeting ID: 925 1086 9159 Part of a series of conversations between professional in various fields and university students of Italian.
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webinar > “The Enemy in Italian Renaissance Epic. Images of Hostility from Dante to Tasso” by Andrea Moudarres
Professor Andrea Moudarres, UCLA Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies, discusses his recent book, The Enemy in Italian Renaissance Epic. Images of Hostility from Dante to Tasso, with Professor Gerry Milligan (Director of College Honors Programs, CUNY College of Staten Island). The book follows the same narrative of internal strife, exploring enmity within the […]
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webinar > Dante’s Ulysses Today: A Presentation by Lino Pertile
Ulysses personifies the fundamental moral issue of the use and abuse of human intelligence: What can we do with our intelligence? How far may we go with it? Are we allowed to pursue any intellectual quest regardless of its consequences? Should we resist the temptation to let our intelligence run freely without any moral restraint? […]
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online screening + webinar > The Truth about La dolce vita (2020) by G. Pedersoli
West Coast Premiere Around the end of 1958 Federico Fellini was going through a complicated period in his career. He had already won two Oscars for La Strada and Le notti di Cabiria but nobody wanted to produce his latest project: a story called La dolce vita. It was only Giuseppe Amato, who had already […]
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webinar > DANTE (Laterza, 2020) by Alessandro Barbero
Author and historian Alessandro Barbero a recipient of the prestigious Strega Prize, will presents his latest book in a conversation with Michael Subialka, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Italian at UC Davis. In his groundbreaking book, Dante, Alessandro Barbero examines the life, times and world of the medieval creator of the masterpiece The Divine Comedy. […]
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online screening + webinar > Thou Shalt Not Hate (2020) directed by M. Mancini
Virtual LA Premiere of the award-winning drama THOU SHALT NOT HATE (Non odiare Italy, Poland | 2020, 96′) directed by Mauro Mancini ONLINE SCREENING February 18- 21, 2021 PLUS exclusive LIVE VIRTUAL CONVERSATION February 21, 2021 11:00 am PST / 2:00 pm EST / 8:00 pm CET with special guests director Mauro MANCINI and lead actor […]
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