26th Edition | Fantasia Film Festival
As part of the 2022 Fantasia Festival, the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal is pleased to announce that this year too, thanks also to its support, six Italian-produced films will participate in the 2022 edition of the Festival. Sunday July 24 2022 | 4:00pm “Identikit” by Giuseppe Patroni GriffiItaly | 1974 | 105 min | […]
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“Vertigine di Giulietta” – Compagnia blucinQue
As part of the 13th edition of Montréal Complètament Cirque (July 7 – July 17 2022), the Italian Cultural Institute of Montréal is pleased to present the show Vertigine di Giulietta by the Italian company blucinQue. Oscillation, flight, loss of balance, tension, for a work of research on the movement and composition between theater, live […]
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”Retour en Italie” – Welcome Venice by Andrea Segre
Pietro and Alvise come from a long line of fishing families from Giudecca, the most popular island of Venice. Pietro despite fatigue and loneliness, would like to continue to do his job as a fisherman, in the lagoon; Alvise, on the other hand, believes their home on the Giudecca itself is the ticket to joining […]
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Marcus Miller / Paolo Angeli in concert
Thanks to the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal, the Italian guitarist-composer Paolo Angeli will participate in the 42nd edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival. Paolo Angeli will share the scene with the American bassist, composer and record producer Marcus Miller. Friday July 1st 2022 – 8pmThéâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts175 Ste. […]
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Book club “Lisez la littérature italienne!” dedicated to “J’avais une île”, by Lorenza Pieri
On the occasion of the “Lisez la littérature italienne!“, Samuele Ellena will present and host, in French, the book dedicated to “J’avais une île“, by Lorenza Pieri. Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022, 6:30pm HNE (Montréal)Online event – Registration required A small island off the Tuscan coast. It is there, in the 70’s, that two sisters were […]
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Federico Milone and Giancarlo Pirro in concert | 2022 Artists in Residence (Toronto & Montreal)
The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal and the Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto are pleased to present their 2022 resident artists, Giancarlo Pirro e Federico Milone, in a concert. Thursday June 16 – 7:30pmItalian Cultural Institute of Montreal1200 Av. du Dr Penfield The Artist in Residence Project is devised by MIDJ – Associazione Musicisti Italiani di Jazz (Association of Italian […]
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”Retour en Italie” – Qui rido io by Mario Martone
The great actor and comedian Eduardo Scarpetta, star of the film and played by Toni Servillo, is the hit of the box office. Of humble origins, he established himself thanks to his comedies and his characters and became very rich and very famous. At the peak of his success, Scarpetta took a dangerous venture: parodying […]
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“Archipelago” – Exhibition
A repertoire of images and stories lead to the discovery of the forms of living of some small islands scattered in the Italian seas: landing on the island presupposes the availability of a new form of knowledge and a new dimension of travel. It means dealing with small communities and with a certain sense of […]
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Screening of mAPs – European collection of films on social dance
This first collection of mAPs focuses on the theme POWER in Europe (76min): EMERSION French film directed by Aline-Sitoé N’Diaye, produced by DAN.CIN.LAB; CIRCOLOGY Finnish film directed by Tero Peltoniemi, produced by MALAKTA; 36 Months, FIGHT FOR ZAK Greek film directed by Konstantina Bousmpoura and Ariadne Mikou, produced by MØZ; DANSOMATION Italian film directed by […]
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Francesco Rosi centenary cycle
On November 15th 2022 the director Francesco Rosi (1922-2022) would have turned 100 years old. The Cinémathèque Québécoise, with tthe support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal, celebrates it with a series of films not to be missed. Although his name is less famous than those of some of his contemporaries such as Fellini […]
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