avaialble online > Francesca da Rimini in American Silent Cinema
Online video presentation by Massimo Ciavolella, Distinguished Professor of Italian Studies, UCLA Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies. Introduction by Silvia Chiave, Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles image:Francesca Bertini in Francesca da Rimini, 1910.
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webinar > ITAL Career Talk Series: Resources for Future Translators
Presenter: Prof. Giulia Togato, The California State University Long Beach Come and explore with us different study and career paths leading to Italy. ITAL Career Talks’ Meeting ID (Zoom): 872 8814 7966In collaboration with Italian clubs at USC, CSULB, UCLA and Chapman University View the PowerPoint presentation HERE
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webinar > Dante’s Others: A Presentation by Teodolinda Barolini
This year, Italy marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, the master poet known as the Father of the Italian language. In this webinar, Prof.Teodolinda Barolini will unveil Dante’s views of “others” in the Divina Commedia and ponder on sexuality issues – his views on women and homosexuality, as well as his […]
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online conference > La Patria di Sciascia
Per Leonardo Sciascia, umanista europeo, la nazionalità non ha a che fare con i confini, l’appartenenza è soprattutto una questione culturale, una scelta di valori. A cent’anni dalla sua nascita, un omaggio alla vera patria di Sciascia, antitesi dell’homo unius libri et unius loci, evocando in questo spirito la memoria dello scrittore, nel nome della […]
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online screening > International Holocaust Remembrance Day: I Only Wanted to Live by Mimmo Calopresti (2006)
This documentary chronicles the Holocaust as experienced in Italy, from the racial laws Mussolini enacted in 1938 through the German invasion in 1943 and the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945. The experiences are made personal through the use of testimony from the archive of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education. Nine […]
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audiobook > From the Dark Wood to Paradise. A Journey through Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy in thirty-three languages
The Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles is pleased to present the audiobook From the dark forest to Paradise. A journey through Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy in thirty-three languages, published by Emons Audiolibri. The audiobook, produced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the occasion of the celebrations of Dante’s centenary in […]
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live online discussion > Fellini of the Spirits
Following the sold out US premiere of Fellini of the Spirits (Fellini degli spiriti | Italy 2020, 100′) a live discussion of the movie and Fellini at large with the Director Anselma dell’Olio and film critics Beth Accomando (KPBS), Miguel Rodriguez (Film Geeks San Diego), and Yazdi Pithavala (Moviewallas). Organized by the San Diego Italian […]
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Online screening > Fellini of the Spirits (Fellini degli spiriti | Italy 2020)
US Premiere – Released in celebration of the centennial of Federico Fellini’s birth the documentary explores for the first time, “the hidden world” of Fellini drawing on unseen materials from pubcaster Rai and state film entity Istituto Luce. Directed by Anselma Dell’Olio (David di Donatello for La lucida follia di Marco Ferreri). Produced by Mad […]
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online screenings > Short Film Day 2020
A selection of recent Italian shorts is presented to celebrate the shortest day of the year, December 21. PROGRAM Il nostro tempo, Veronica Spedicati 2019 – 16′ Roberta is a nine-year-old girl who wants to enjoy the last days of summer on the beach playing with her friends, while her father Donato forces her to […]
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webinar > Raphael and the Ladies: The Prince of Painters and Female Patrons, Collectors, and Viewers
During his all-too-brief career, Raphael of Urbino (1483-1520) frequently benefited from the patronage of women and painted works intended for female viewers ranging from noblewomen to nuns. In Urbino, Città di Castello, and Perugia Raphael created large altarpieces and small, delicate paintings for women and, in what is conventionally called his Florentine period (1504-8), many […]
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