IICinema – Three Encounters with Contemporary Italian Cinema
The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal is pleased to present IICinema – Three Meetings with Contemporary Italian Cinema, a series of three screenings dedicated to new voices and different perspectives in contemporary Italian cinema. Organized as part of Fare Cinema 2026, an initiative promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to […]
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”PINK. Women in Italian Graphic Design. From Its Origins to the Present” – Exhibition
A tribute to women’s contribution to graphic design and Italian visual culture The history of the arts and professions has been predominantly written from a male perspective. PINK is a project that reconstructs and displays the figures and contributions of women graphic designers who have been active in Italy between the 1940s until the present […]
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IICinema – Three Encounters with Contemporary Italian Cinema – Screening of the film “Tienimi presente” by Alberto Palmiero
Within the cycle of movies “Fare Cinema” 2026, the Italian Cultural Institute is eager to announce the screening of the film “Tienimi presente” by Alberto Palmiero Italy / 2026 / 80 min. / Italian, english subtitles Monday, October 5th, 6pm Istituto Italiano di Cultura (1200, Dr. Penfield ave., Montréal) Disillusioned young director Alberto is convinced […]
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“Jin, Jiyan, Azadî – Woman, Life, Freedom ” by Matteo Trevisan at the 17th edition of the Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay
Thanks to the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, the Zoom Photo Festival presents an extraordinary photographic exhibition “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî – Woman, Life, Freedom ” by Matteo Trevisan. In Rojava, northeastern Syria, women are at the heart of a major social and ecological transformation, often rendered invisible by dominant narratives about the region. This photographic project […]
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“Beyond the Big Screen” – Joint project presentation LABA (Libera Accademia di Belle Arti di Florence) and the Université de Sherbrooke
This event is part of the outcomes of a joint project between the École de musique de l’Université de Sherbrooke and the Libera Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (LABA). Between October 2025 and May 2026, four LABA students — Maria Chiara Aguti, Alessandro Arese Visconti, Marianna Calabria, and Sarah Ottaiano — and four students […]
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Reading club “Lisez la littérature italienne!” dedicated to “The Art of Joy”, by Goliarda Sapienza
Our next reading circle will have a novel from Italian literature as its theme and will take place on Thursday October 28th at 6pm at the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal. It will be a nice opportunity to socialize and discuss “The Art of Joy”, a novel by Goliarda Sapienza. The reading circle will be moderated […]
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Ciné-Histoire – Film Screening “The Tree of Wooden Clogs” by Ermanno Olmi
Between the autumn of 1897 and the summer of 1898, four families live together on a farm in the Bergamo plain, sharing joys, hardships, and everyday life. A deep bond of solidarity develops among them, rooted in work, traditions, and faith. When Batistì uses the landowner’s tree without permission to make a wooden clog for […]
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