Balkan Blues by Lucio de Candia @SEEfest
Balkan Blues (2016, 35′), by the Italian director Lucio de Candia, is a collection of uplifting conversations with musicians and artists, examining the social and cultural tensions in Mostar, a city caught between a difficult past and an uncertain future. Featuring the Mostar Sevdah Reunion multiethnic band, founded after the end of the war in the former Yugoslavia. […]
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TCM Classic Film Festival: A Special Tribute to Gina Lollobrigida
Held over four days in the heart of Hollywood, the TCM Classic Film Festival is a place where movie lovers from around the world can gather to experience classic movies. A special tribute to Gina Lollobrigida, the festival will screen two of her films. Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968) which showcases her comedic skill (and […]
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West Coast Premiere: Emergency Exit by Brunella Fili’
Six stories of ordinary separation, one question: What happened to Italy? Emergency Exit (2014, 66 min, in Italian with English subtitles) is a road movie from Vienna to London, from Paris to Tenerife, from Belgium to New York. After many trips, meetings, and interviews, the documentary director Brunella Filì discovers a motley fresco of young Italians […]
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Italy at the Newport Beach Film Festival
The Italian spotlight at the annual Newport Beach Film Festival will feature Me, Myself and Her (lo e lei, 2015, 97 min.) by Maria Sole Tognazzi. The festival brings to Orange County the best of classic and contemporary cinema from around the world from both emerging and seasoned filmmakers in collaboration with the local community […]
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World Premiere: Goodbye Darling I’m Off to Fight @Newport Beach Film Festival
After a painful break-up with her boyfriend, actress Chantal Ughi moves to Thailand to train in Thai Boxing. After five hard years fighting her anger, and her childhood ghosts, she attempts to become world champion. Directed by Simone Manetti and produced by Alfredo Covelli. For more info and tickets please visit the Newport Beach Film Festival […]
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Italian Film Festival USA : Dallas – Denton
The Italian Film Festival USA is held in 12 cities throughout the US featuring the most recent Italian films in locations where Italian cinema is not often shown. The 2016 edition brings you the best line-up of contemporary Italian cinema with films from award-winning directors, as well as debut films from exciting new talent. Enjoy […]
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Meet the Curator: Victoria Surliuga, The White Magic of Ezio Gribaudo
Surliuga currently serves as an Associate Professor of Italian at Texas Tech University. She is a scholar of contemporary Italian poetry, modern and contemporary Italian art, Italian cinema as well as a poet and translator. She will briefly discuss the exhibition that she curated currently on view at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts in […]
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Respighi: John Adams and Leila Josefowicz in concert
Ottorino Respighi was, after opera master Giacomo Puccini, Italy’s most famous composer of the 20th century. He used the modern orchestra to evoke the world around him with cinematic sweep and Technicolor vividness. Creative Chair John Adams will conduct violinist Leila Josefowicz and the Los Angeles Philharmonic playing The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome by […]
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Opera in the Park
The 18th annual event is a free concert of opera arias, in a celebration of great opera music with a professional orchestra conducted by Valery Ryvkin. The talented cast will perform arias and ensembles by Bellini, Donizetti, Puccini, Rossini, and Verdi. www.palmspringsoperaguild.org
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WorldFest Houston Panorama Italia
WorldFest features over 60 film premieres, with an emphasis on the American and International Independent feature films including the 11th Annual Panorama Italia. The section this year presents: The Invisible Player (2015, 94 min.) by Stefano AlpiniElementary Loves (2014, 94 min)by Sergio Basso, Second Spring (2015, 108 min.) by Francesco CalogeroWAX: We are the X […]
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