HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
11th Annual Edition The 11th annual HollyShorts Film Festival (HSFF) showcases the best and brightest short films from around the globe, including a selection of works from Italy. HollyShorts is devoted to the advancement filmmakers through screenings, Q&A sessions and networking events. For information and tickets: hollyshorts.com
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THE VOICE OF THE BODY (2011, 60′) BY LUCA VULLO
Luca Vullo’s docudrama offers a joyful and instructive perspective on the peculiar code of non-verbal communication that distinguishes Sicilians (and Italians at large) throughout the world. Artist in residence at Middlebury College Italian School at Mills College, in Oakland, Luca Vullo has worked on commercials, music videos, documentaries and educational material. Currently living in London, […]
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ARTFUL FEASTING IN RENAISSANCE ITALY
WITH NANCY REAL This vibrant culinary course begins with a virtual visit to a 16th Century artist’s studio. Art historian and chef Nancy Real, will lead a tour of the exhibition Andrea Del Sarto: The Renaissance Workshop in Action at the Getty Center(on view June 23-September 12, 2015). The course continues at the IIC where […]
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I BUILD THE TOWER
Screening and Discussion Los Angeles’ recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Watts Uprising gives us a unique opportunity to better understand the recent violence underscoring the continuing practices of inequality in our country. Screening of I BUILD THE TOWER, Edward Landler and Brad Byer’s definitive feature documentary on the Watts Towers and their creator, Sabato […]
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ROBERT DAVI aND GABRIELE TINTI: THE BOXER
As a tribute to the iconic Seated Boxer currently on view at th Getty Center in the exhibition Power and Pathos, actor Robert Davi will read some poems on boxing by Gabriele Tinti. Gabriele will also present his “poetry films,” a series of shorts on his work read by actors such as Franco Nero, Burt […]
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ROBERT DAVI READS THE BOXER BY GABRIELE TINTI
Actor, singer, writer, and director Robert Davi will read two poems by Gabriele Tinti inspired by the dramatic and lonely boxer, in front of the ancient statue on loan from Rome for the Getty’s exhibit Power and Phatos. By special invitation only
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THE AGE OF BRONZE
On the occasion of the J. Paul Getty Museum’s exhibition Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World, the IIC will host a special talk by Dr. Barbara Arbeid, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence, one of the exhibition’s lending institutions. On view in the IIC gallery panels with the reproduction casts made by the Fonderia […]
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POWER AND PATHOS: BRONZE SCULPTURE OF THE HELLENISTIC WORLD
During the three centuries between the reigns of Alexander the Great and Augustus, artists around the Mediterranean created innovative, realistic sculptures of physical power and emotional intensity. Bronze—with its tensile strength, reflective effects, and ability to hold the finest detail—was employed for dynamic compositions, dazzling displays of the nude body, and graphic expressions of age […]
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SPECIAL OLYMPICS WORLD GAMES LA 2015
THE IIC WELCOMES THE ITALIAN DELEGATION The IIC proudly welcomes the Italian participants to the 2015 Special Olympics World Games (July 25 – August 2), the largest sports and humanitarian event anywhere in the world in 2015, and the single biggest event in Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympic Games, The games will features 7,000 athletes […]
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BOXING ON FILM SERIES
THE CHAMP (1973) BY FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI On the occasion of the exhibition Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World at the Getty Center (July 28 – November 1, 2015) and the loan of the bronze Boxer at Rest coming to Los Angeles from Rome, the IIC organizes a special summer film series dedicated to […]
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