Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Santa Barbara International Film Festival , one of the leading film festivals in the US, attracting 90,000 attendees and offering 11days of films, tributes and symposiums, will host a selection of Italian films. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE VIEW SCHEDULE HERE THE NEST (Il nido) directed by Klaudia Reynicke, 2016, 80’ Cora has returned to Bucco to help […]
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Waiting for… Mostly Mozart
Pre-concert lecture illustrated by Maestro Carlo Ponti for the Los Angeles Virtuosi’s (LAV) performance at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) featuring compositions by Giacomo Puccini, Benjamin Britten and W. A. Mozart. RSVP mandatory. RSVP HERE. Los Angeles Viruosi Orchestra Waiting for… Mozart
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017
In memory of the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, annual public reading of the names of the Italian victims adn commemoration ceremony honoring Al Finci, Holocaust survivor, followed by a screening of Perlasca. The Courage of a Just Man (2002, 124’). On the 25th anniversary of the death of Giorgio Perlasca (1910 – 1992), the […]
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Umberto Eco, the Middle Ages, and The Name of the Rose
A symposium dedicated to the Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, and semiotician, also featuring a screening of J. Jacques Annaud’s The Name of the Rose (1986, 130’). Semiologist Paolo Fabbri will be guest speaker. Organized by University of California Los Angeles Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (UCLA CMRS) in collaboration with the IIC, with the support […]
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“The Name of the Rose” (1986) by J. Jacques Annaud
As part of a symposium organized by UCLA in memory of Umberto Eco, a screening of The Name of the Rose (1986, 130’), a mystery film based on the international bestseller by the Italian author. The film will be introduced by semiologist and Eco’s long time friend Paolo Fabbri. Film in English. RSVP mandatory. RSVP […]
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Land and Sea
The conference will investigate the symbiotic but often troubled relationship between land and sea that is crucial to the formation of the cultural and geopolitical identities of the Italian peninsula and its islands. University of California Los Angeles Graduate Conference: Terra e Mare/Land and Sea
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Burri Prometheia. The Californian Cycles of Burri.
The symposium Burri Prometheia at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) will examine the heritage of the Italian artist Alberto Burri through the largest work he created outside of Italy, the Large Black Crack, on the fortieth anniversary of its gifting to UCLA. On January 10th at 6:30 pm the IIC will host a screening of Alberto […]
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Italian Short Film Day & Social World Film Festival
Italian Short Film Day by CNC in Turin On the occasion of the winter solstice, known as the shortest day of the year, a celebration of Italy’s best and most recent short films selected and presented by the Italian Short Film Center (CNC) in Turin. In Italian with English subtitles. Organized by the CNC with […]
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50th anniversary of the Great Flood in Florence of 1966
A special event at the Phoenix Art Museum celebrating the Basilica of Santa Croce on the 50th anniversary of the Great Flood in Florence of 1966. The event is organzied by Opera di Santa Croce, a non profit organization based in Florence that maintains and restores the art and architecture of Santa Croce. By invitation only.
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Food & Sustainability
A round table discussion on nutrition and diet that supports sustainability. Organized by the IIC in collaboration with Italian American Chamber of Commerce West (IACCW), Slow Food Los Angeles, the Office of Sustainability and the Environment in Santa Monica, Santa Monica Farmers Market, Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition, Los Angeles Food Poilicy Council and Vinomatica.com. Participants […]
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