Rossini Summer Series: Matilde di Shabran
Matilde di Shabran (Matilde of Shabran, 2012, 220 min) is the fourth opera of this special screening series dedicated to Gioachino Rossini thanks to a new collaboration between the IIC and the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) in Pesaro, Italy. Directed by Mario Martone, Matilde di Shabran (Matilde of Shabran, 2012, 220 min) features some of Rossini’s most outrageously […]
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Ettore Scola: Ugly, Dirty and Bad
Ettore Scola earned a Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival for this tragicomic portrait of a very dysfunctional family. Patriarch/slumlord Giacinto Mazzatella (Nino Manfredi) lives in a Roman ghetto, sharing a tiny shack with a legion of relatives. Giacinto has money from an accident settlement, but doesn’t share it with his family; when […]
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Cinema Little Italy: It May Be Love But It Doesn’t Show by Salvatore Ficarra and Valentino Picone
Every Saturday night, all summer, Italian Films with English subtitles will be screened outdoors in San Diego Little Italy’s Amici Park amphitheater (Date and State streets) through August 27th. Salvo and Valentino, childhood friends, are partners in owning a colorful tourist bus. Salvo is an enterprising bachelor, he has just recruited as an a assitant […]
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12th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival
A showcase of the best and brightest short films from around the globe, including Italy! www.hollyshorts.com
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Rossini Summer Opera Series: La Gazza Ladra
La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie, 2007, 201 min)is the third opera of this special screening series dedicated to Gioachino Rossini thanks to a new collaboration between the IIC and the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) in Pesaro, Italy. With La Gazza Ladra Rossini succeeds in mixing comic, sentimental and dramatic elements, thus achieving a new music style […]
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Cinema Little Italy: We Loved Each Other So Much by Ettore Scola
Every Saturday night, all summer, Italian Films with English subtitles will be screened outdoors in San Diego Little Italy’s Amici Park amphitheater (Date and State streets) through August 27th. Three partisans, inseparable friends while fighting the Nazis, must subsequently deal with disillusionment. This year the great director Scola passed away. Having made close to 40 […]
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Rossini Summer Opera Series: Ciro in Babilonia
Ciro in Babilonia (Cyrus in Babylon, 2012, 165 min) is the second opera of this special screening series dedicated to Gioachino Rossini thanks to a special collaboration between the IIC and the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) in Pesaro, Italy. The Biblical story of Belshazzar’s hubristic arrogance, set against the valor of the young Cyrus, provided the […]
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Cinema Little Italy: The Legendary Giulia by Edoardo Leo
Every Saturday night, all summer, Italian Films with English subtitles will be screened outdoors in San Diego Little Italy’s Amici Park amphitheater (Date and State streets) through August 27th. Claudio, Diego and Fausto decide to purchase a country vacation home together in an area controlled by the Camorra. If they would have stopped to think about why the […]
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Opening Rossini Summer Opera Series: L’Italiana in Algeri
L’Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers, 2013, 153 min) is the first opera of this special screening series dedicated to Gioachino Rossini thanks to a special collaboration between the IIC and the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) in Pesaro, Italy. This exuberant Swinging 60s-based production shows Italian director Davide Livermore alive to all the comic […]
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Amuri: The sacred flavors of Sicily
In anticipation of the 1st Annual Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, the documentary Amuri (2014, 37 min), which celebrates the recipes of Siciliy’s religious festivals, will be shown at 5:00 pm. Fabrizia Tasca Lanza, the film’s writer, chef, and owner of the famous Tasca Lanza cooking school will introduce this free film screening […]
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