International Holocaust Remembrance Day
On the occasion of this commemorative day, two films, almost five decades apart, bear witness to the extermination of European Jews during the Second World War. Saturday, January 27th, 5:30pm Kapo by Gillo Pontecorvo, with Susan Strasberg, Laurent Terzieff Italy, France, Yugoslavia/ 1960 / 117 min. / Italian, German, Russian, Polish with English subtitles […]
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Conference by Damiano Garofalo on the ”Spaghetti Westerns” cycle
In the 1960s, the Italian western was the film genre which, more than others, promoted a reproduction of North American cinematographic imagery in Italian cinema: an operation which often took on the contours of recycling, if not of the true and downright plagiarism. This production was primarily aimed at commercial logic, and only secondarily did […]
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”Retour en Italie”
”Retour en Italie” is a new film cycle, born from a collaboration between the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal and Cinéma du Musée, dedicated to the discovery of the new production of Italian cinema. Don’t miss your chance to see the best of Italian cinema in Montreal. The screenings will be presented in the original language, […]
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Arion Baroque – Aci, Galatea e Polifemo
During a brief respite from his busy Roman sojourn, Handel left for Naples from May to July 1708, where he had been commissioned to write the serenata Aci, Galatea e Polifemo for the wedding of the Duke of Alvito and Beatrice di Sanseverino. This short opera, for three voices and orchestra without chorus, is remarkable for the […]
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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 […]
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Screening of the film “The Belgian Wave” by Jérôme Vandewattyne
Karen, with the help of Elzo, investigates a wave of UFO sightings in Belgium between 1989 and 1992. The two protagonists embark on a psychedelic road trip in which exuberant witnesses of the time parade. When they discover the video diary of Marc, a journalist who disappeared at the time of the UFO phenomena, Karen […]
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Screening of the film “Dante” by Pupi Avati
Dante dies in exile in Ravenna in 1321. Almost thirty years later, Giovanni Boccaccio (Sergio Castellitto) is commissioned to bring, as symbolic compensation, ten gold florins to his daughter Sister Beatrice, in a monastery in Ravenna. Retracing part of Dante’s journey from Florence to Ravenna and stopping in his own places, Boccaccio reconstructs the human […]
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Reading club “Lisez la littérature italienne!” dedicated to “Una Minima Infelicità”, by Carmen Verde
Our next reading circle will have a novel from Italian literature as its theme and will take place on Thursday December 6th at 6.30pm at the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal. It will be a nice opportunity to socialize and discuss “Una minima infelicità”, a novel by Carmen Verde. The reading circle will be moderated […]
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Conference”Photography as Project”
On the occasion of the current exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, CCA, The Lives of Documents – Photography as Project, curated by Bas Princen and Stefano Graziani and the exhibition The waste land in the headquarters of the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, where the conference Photography as Project will be held. Francesco Garutti (Associate Director Programs at […]
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“The Revolution is Us – The Change Maker” – Experiential show by Daniele Bartolini
After an international tour in Italy, Romania, Ottawa and Toronto, La Revolution Sia Noi – The Change Maker arrives in Montreal. By crossing Porno Teo Kolossal by Pier Paolo Pasolini with The Revolution is us by Joseph Beuys, this interactive experience leads viewers to take on a co-authorial role. The shows will be held on […]
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