IT WILL BE A COUNTRY by Nicola Campiotti
How would you explain Italy to a child? This docu-film describes the hopes for the country that will be, while touching on some of the key themes of today’s Italy. Director Nicola Campiotti will be in conversation with Alex Ago, Director of Programming and Special Projects at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.US premiere.The film […]
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FICTION AND REALITY
A one-day symposium organized by Clorinda Donato and Pasquale Palmieri (California State University, Long Beach) on the emergence of the novel in Italy.
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CALIFORNIA INTERDISCIPLINARY CONSORTIUM OF ITALIAN STUDIES
The Sacred Annual conference of the California Interdisciplinary Consortium of Italian Studies (CICIS) addressing the theme of the Sacred in Italy across time, place and discipline. Key note speaker: Maurizio Viroli, University of Texas, Austin and University of Lugano.More at http://www.italian.ucla.edu/component/content/article/1-home/90-california-interdisciplinary-consortium-of-italian-studies.html
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BLACK SOULS by Francesco Munzi
A former narcotics trafficker now living peacefully in the Calabrian hills is drawn back into his family’s drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son, in this darkly elegant gangster drama based on a novel by Gioacchino Criaco.info and tickets at http://www.landmarktheatres.com/los-angeles/nuart-theatre/Film-Info/black-souls
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ITALY @ THE NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL
The annual Newport Beach Film 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 and educational institutions.ITALIAN SPOTLIGHT – April 28 20157:15 PM SCREENING: Do You Remember Me? A kleptomaniac author of scary fairy tales and a narcoleptic […]
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HERCULES VS VAMPIRES
This offbeat presentation combines opera and midcentury pop culture, synchronizing live music by LA-based composer Patrick Morganelli with the cult fantasy film Hercules in the Haunted World, 1961 sword-and-sandal epic directed by Mario Bava.Info and tickets at http://www.laopera.org/season/1415-Season-at-a-Glance/Hercules-vs-Vampires/
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MENU D’AUTORE
Chefs of yesterday, today and tomorrow On view the work of 12 contemporary Italian artists inspired by menus and recipes, as well as a selection of images from 15th century herbaria, incunables and rare book, with one common theme: the Chef. Curated by Carla Chiaramoni, Accademia Italiana della Cucina – Fermo, in collaboration with City […]
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SLOW FOOD ON FILM: TERRA MADRE (2009) BY ERMANNO OLMI
Film Screening On the occasion of Earth Day, a documentary of the 2008 Terra Madre conference, an international gathering hosted every two years in Turin by Slow Food to bring together a network of food communities committed to preserve taste and biodiversity by producing quality food in a responsible, sustainable way. The film carries this […]
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BETWEEN BELLE EPOQUE AND FASCISM
WWI and the Genesis of Totalitarianism Philospher Remo Bodei, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, in conversation with historian and expert of Roman Law Aldo Schiavone, Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane. Introduced by Efrain Kristal, professor and chair of UCLA’s Department of Comparative Literature.
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THE FLORENTINE CODEX
Visual and Textual Dialogues in Colonial Mexico and Europe This conference examines the unique manuscript where Nahua contributors and their Spanish interpreter used images and texts to represent themselves and their cultures to mixed audiences in Mexico and Europe during the late 16th century. More at http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/events/florentine_codex/index.htmland http://www.c1718cs.ucla.edu/codex14
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