iPalpiti Festival 2016
Among the programs of iPalpiti Artists International, its 19th annual Summer Festival of International Laureates in Los Angeles is emerging as one of the nation’s most significant music festivals and the subject of international accolades. The festival this season will include multiple performances by Italian musicans, Davide de Ascaniis (violin) and Jacopo Giacopuzzi (piano) as well as numerous other […]
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Cinema Little Italy: The Meadows Will Return by Ermanno Olmi
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. Set on the north-eastern front, Torneranno I Prati (The Meadows Will Return) follows the last bloody battles of 1917 on the Altopiano, the story unfolds in […]
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Marquee Movies Series: Cinema Paradiso
Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, 1988, 174 min.), presented here in the original director’s cut, casts its enthralling cinematic spell even as it reveals and revels in the mechanics of its making. A paean to falling in love in the dark, as well as the heartbreak of waking up from the dream, Cinema […]
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Cinema Little Italy: Hello Papa’ 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. Buongiorno Papa’ (Hello Papa’) di Edoardo Leo tells the story of Andrea a handsome ladies man with a successful career in a major product placement agency. His […]
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Marquee Movies Series: Demoni
Berlin moviegoers looking for cheap horror thrills get more than they bargained for at the opening of the Metropol, a mysterious movie palace seemingly sprung up overnight, when the supernatural carnage on screen spills out into the audience. Italian giallo masters Lamberto Bava and Dario Argento deliver with Demons (Dèmoni, 1985, 88 min.) on the […]
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Cinema Little Italy: I, Harlequin by Giorgio Pasotti and Matteo Bini
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. Paolo, the host of a frivolous TV show, returns to his native Bergamo to be with his dying father, Giovanni. His father is a veteran of […]
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Make Music Day: Francesco Taskayali
Born in Rome, Francesco Taskayali, is an emerging composer and pianist. He began composing music for the piano at the age of thirteen. In 2014, he published his third full-length album Flying. Taskayali exhibits an extraordinary capacity towards experimental techniques and musical composition styles. Don’t miss this chance to catch the wonderful pianist, Taskayali, live […]
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Palazzo Strozzi High School Renaissance Award Ceremony
Private event, by invitation only. The Palazzo Strozzi High School Renaissance Award winners will be recognized by the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation USA . The mission of the foundation is to preserve the values of openness and creativity of the Renaissance, one of the foundations of the Enlightenment and of modern Western societies. The winners of the competition travel to […]
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Cinema Little Italy: Mia Madre by Nanni Moretti
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. The first film, on June 18th , is the award winning film Madre Mia (My Mother) directed by Nanni Moretti. A sublime blend of laughter and tears. […]
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US Premiere: Pompeii, Eternal Emotion at New Media Film Festival
This stunning documentary short Pompeii, eternal emotion (2015, 10 min.) by Pappi Corsicato produced by the Campana Region and the Campana Society of Cultural Heritage has shown itself to be a true gem. Its poetic and artistic force transmits the emotions of this moving and highly significant archeological area. It will be presented in the […]
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