Virtual screening of the film “SACRO GRA” (dir. Gianfranco Rosi, 2013, Italy)
In celebration of the Chicago premiere of director Gianfranco Rosi’s newest film, NOTTURNO, and his Career Achievement Award at the 56th Chicago International Film Festival, October 14-25, the Festival, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, and Cinecitta Luce present free virtual screenings of two of director Rosi’s earlier documentaries: BELOW SEA LEVEL and SACRO GRA. […]
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Virtual screening of the film BELOW SEA LEVEL (dir. Gianfranco Rosi, 2008, Italy)
In celebration of the Chicago premiere of director Gianfranco Rosi’s newest film, NOTTURNO, and his Career Achievement Award at the 56th Chicago International Film Festival, October 14-25, the Festival, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, and Cinecitta Luce present free virtual screenings of two of director Rosi’s earlier documentaries: BELOW SEA LEVEL and SACRO GRA. […]
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Virtual Screening: Viva la Libertà (Long Live Freedom), directed by Roberto Andò, 2013, 93 minutes
Virtual Screening: Viva la Libertà (Long Live Freedom), directed by Roberto Andò, 2013, 93 minutes Saturday, October 3rd at 6pm Central Time In this elegant and chilling story about world politics, the great Toni Servillo defies expectations playing two roles, imbuing each character with brilliant nuance and astonishing attention to detail. In the first, he […]
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An international celebration of Elena Ferrante’s new novel, “The Lying Life of Adults.”
The Lying Life of AdultsA Global Event for ReadersConversation – Reading – Q&ACo-hosted by the Italian Cultural Institutes in New York, Washington, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, London, Sydney, Madrid, Barcelona, and by Europa Editions Tuesday, September 29th at 2PM (CT) Join Elena Ferrante’s “star translator” Ann Goldstein, authors Nicola Lagioia (Italy, Strega […]
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Virtual Screenings: Ten Shorts Around the World: Part Two
Virtual Screening: Ten Shorts Around the World: Part 2Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of ChicagoTuesday, September 29th, at 6pm (Central Time) through Sunday, October 4th at 6pm (Central Time) Click here to view the virtual screeningsPassword: nSzkPm A colloquio con Rossella (An Interview with Rossella), by Andrea Andolina, 2019, 11 minutesBased on a story […]
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Virtual Screenings: Ten Shorts Around the World: Part One
Virtual Screenings: Ten Shorts Around the World: Part OnePresented by the Italian Cultural Institute of ChicagoTuesday, September 15th, beginning at 6pm Central Time Go to this webpage: https://vimeo.com/showcase/7484713 Password: inkY4D For the fifth year in a row, the Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio (National Short Film Center), in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign […]
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Raphael’s Music: From Urbino to Rome, a Webinar by Dr. Robert Kendrick
Raphael’s Music: From Urbino to Rome, a Webinar by Dr. Robert Kendrick, William Colvin Professor in Music, Romance Languages and Literatures, and the College at the University of Chicago Wednesday, July 29th at 6pm (CT) Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institutes of Montreal, Los Angeles, […]
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Beautiful Symmetries: the Platonic Solids, a Webinar by Dr. Daniele Rosso
Beautiful Symmetries: the Platonic Solids, a Webinar by Dr. Daniele Rosso Wednesday, July 15 at 6pm (CT) Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, in collaboration with AIRIcerca What is symmetry? We all intuitively recognize it when we admire beautiful regular patterns in nature, but symmetry can actually be studied with mathematics! It turns out that, among […]
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Raphael: the Making of a Master, a Webinar by Davide Gasparotto
Raphael: the Making of a Master, a Webinar by Davide Gasparotto, Senior Curator of Paintings at The J. Paul Getty Museum – Los Angeles Wednesday, July 8 at 8pm (CT) Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institutes of Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Montreal, Toronto & Washington D.C. […]
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Arte Povera: Ecologies
Arte Povera: Ecologies Wednesday, July 1st at 6pm (CT) a webinar presented by Giovanni Aloi Over the past few years, artists have become increasingly concerned with environmentalism and climate change. But at the end of the 1960s, Arte Povera artists were already thinking about trees, water, and indiscriminate urbanization. They were deeply concerned […]
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