“The Caravaggio Syndrome“ by Alessandro Giardino
The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal is pleased to invite you to the international book launch of The Caravaggio Syndrome (Rutgers UP, 2024) by Alessandro Giardino, in conversation with Christopher Di Raddo, author of The Geography of Pluto (Véhicule Press, 2014) Friday, May 10 2024, 5:30pm Free admission Librairie n’était-ce pas l’été 6792 St Laurent […]
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“Rethinking Gramsci: Global Perspectives on Gramsci“
How have Gramscian categories been appropriated in our global context and how do they continue to be relevant for the contemporary moment? With the spread of his ideas throughout the world, the name of Antonio Gramsci has acquired an impressively wide range of uses and meanings. Building on the experience of Rethinking Gramsci 2023, this year’s […]
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”L’Italie à l’écran”
”L’Italie à l’écran” is a new cycle of films, born from the collaboration between the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal and the Cinéma Le Clap, dedicated to the discovery of the new production of Italian cinema by offering the latest films by established directors. The selection aims to highlight different approaches of the 7th art through the cultural, […]
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‘’Sonia et Alfred, une petite place où rester’’ de Teatro Gioco Vita
A simple, sweet and moving story, which proposes the themes of friendship and solidarity with the usual mastery of the Teatro Gioco Vita, for actors and shadows. Alfredo, a funny and strange bird, no longer has a home and is looking for a place to stay. Sonia, on the other hand, lives alone in a […]
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“Visions de Sardaigne” Projections, with the director Paolo Zucca
Director Paolo Zucca will present two films to the other side of the world. Saturday April 27th – 7:30pm Cinéma du Musée 1379-A Rue Sherbrooke W. – Montreal “Il vangelo secondo Maria” by Paolo Zucca Italy / 2023 / 105 Min – Italian – Subtitles French In the presence of the director Sunday April 28th […]
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Paolo Giordano, at the 26th edition of the Metropolis bleu Festival
Paolo Giordano, thanks to the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, will participate in Montreal in events dedicated by the Festival Metropolis bleu to contemporary Italian literature. Below, the program for the week of the Festival: Friday April 26st – 4pm Hotel 10 (Salle Godin) 10 Sherbrooke West Opening ceremony Official opening of the […]
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RanestRane at the Festival Terra Incognita 2024
Terra Incognita is proud to announce that RanestRane will be part of the 17th edition of the Terra Incognita festival. The Italian musicians have seven studio albums on their track record, the most recent of which Apocalypse Now was inspired by the film of the same name by director Francis Ford Coppola. Not a first for […]
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“Un avant-goût de design italien!” – Exhibition
The Department of Architecture of Laval University, with the Italian Cultural Institute of Montréal and the Consulate General of Montréal, organizes the exhibition entitled “Un avant-goût de design italien!” The exhibition presents a selection of emblematic everyday objects that celebrate the Italian passion for tableware: plates, cups, glasses, cutlery, coffee pots, teapots and cocktail objects […]
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Festival cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke 11th edition
The Festival cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke unveiled its 11th edition, which will take place from April 9th to April 14th, 2024. In total, more than 80 films from 35 countries and 15 events will be presented. This year the Italian productions that will participate in the 11th edition of the Festival are: Friday April 12th, […]
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Conference ”Reclaiming Collective Mourning. On recent creations of Romeo Castellucci” by Piersandra Di Matteo
Throughout history and across cultures, the crisis of presence has given rise to rituals, votive offerings, and funeral cults. Since the beginning of Modernity, Western culture has employed strategies to conceal death as a tangible event, operating towards collective repression. Mourning has undergone changes akin to the transformations in conception between the “body” and the […]
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