Screening of the film “Interdit aux chiens et aux italiens” at the Cinéma Public
At the beginning of the 20th century, in the north of Italy, in Ughettera, the cradle of the Ughetto family. Life in this region having become very difficult, the Ughetto dream of starting over abroad. According to legend, Luigi Ughetto crossed the Alps and began a new life in France, changing forever the destiny of […]
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”Mezzotono” in concert a Montréal
Sunday May 28th at 7pm at Le Ministère, 4521 Boul. St. Laurent, the vocal group that perfectly mixes humor and a capella music will perform. TICKETOFFICE A small orchestra without musical instruments, a show performed with only the voices imitating the sound of the instruments. From jazz to Italian pop, from bossa nova to folklore […]
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12th edition of BD Montréal Festival
The Montréal BD Festival presents a packed program for its 12th edition with more than 60 free activities offered around its theme “Creation: From Imagination to Reality”. For the second consecutive year, the FBDM will take place on the territory of the SDC Rue Saint-Denis from Friday May 26 to Sunday May 28 2023. Rue […]
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Screening of the documentary film “Gramsci 44” by Emiliano Barbucci
At the beginning of the 1900s in Ustica, a marginalized island north of Palermo, the arrival of the vaporetto was an event that attracted the islanders to the pier, intrigued by the news arriving from the “continent”. From 1926, however, the steamboat also began to carry men in chains. The island of Ustica was destined […]
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“Rethinking Gramsci – Hegemonic Trajectories, Subalternity, Emergent Political Agencies and the Decline of the Intellectual” Cycle of conferences and screenings
Few thinkers enjoy as much posthumous notoriety as Antonio Gramsci. Thanks to their originality and versatility, his concepts have had an extraordinary afterlife, exerting a profound influence in fields as diverse as late critical theory, post-Marxism, subaltern studies, cultural studies, postcolonialism, and intellectual history. The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures of McGill University, Université de […]
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Screening of “Dans la ville blanche” by Alain Tanner
Paul, a mechanic on board a freighter, arrives in Lisbon for no particular reason. Installed in a hotel room, he experiences this stay as a parenthesis in his life, an interlude during which he experiences a great existential void. He strolls for days in the city, filming with his Super-8 camera images that he sends […]
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MTL Night Summit
The 4th edition of MTL Night Summit will be held next May 17th and 18th at the PHI Center and will focus on the theme NOX ✦ SPATIUM, to reflect on the possibilities of the infinite space of the night! This annual event features talks, workshops and panel discussions led by local and international nightlife experts. […]
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“1ère Visions de Sardaigne” Event
The Sardegna Film Commission Foundation invites industry professionals to a networking event dedicated to the project NAS – New Animation in Sardinia, permanent laboratory for the realization of animation projects for cinema. Event in English. The event will be held on Tuesday, May 9th, at 9 am, at the Italian Cultural Institute.
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“1ère Visions de Sardaigne” Projections
Five films could never fully encapsulate an entire culture, especially one as rich and ancient as that of Sardinia. But through the eyes of five of the island’s greatest storytellers, you will get a glimpse of the Sardinian soul. The Sardinia Film Commission and the Italian Institute of Culture here in Montreal are delighted to […]
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”The eight mountains” by Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen
The Eight Mountains is the story of a friendship. Of children becoming men who try to erase the footprints of their fathers, but who, through the twists and turns they take, always end up returning home. Pietro is a boy from the city, Bruno is the last child of a forgotten mountain village. Over the […]
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