”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 […]
Read morePaolo 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 […]
Read more”Retour en Italie”
RETOUR EN ITALIE is a film cycle created in collaboration with the Cinéma du Musée. You’ll discover the Canadian premiere of a wide selection of award-winning feature films and documentaries by young and established Italian directors. Don’t miss your chance to see the best of Italian cinema in Montreal. The screenings will be presented in the […]
Read more”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, […]
Read moreCiné-Histoire
CINÉ-HISTOIRE is where film history and historical film meet. Cinéma du Musée proudly presents its new thematic series: five historical films showcasing one filmmaker, film era or topic. Each screening will be preceded by a brief introductory presentation and followed by a discussion led by an historian. Recreating the past, making history, calls for […]
Read moreScreening of the film “We wanted more“ by John David Seidler
In 1981, Taiwan hosted its first Women’s World Cup, at a time when the German Football Association did not promote women’s soccer but reluctantly tolerated it. In Germany, women’s soccer was officially banned until 1970. Tuesday March 26th at 6:30pm Italian Institute of Culture in Montreal 1200 Av. du Dr Penfield Free admission-RSVP “We wanted […]
Read moreScreening of the film “Disco Boy” by Giacomo Abbruzzese at the Cinéma Public
Ready to do anything to escape Belarus, Aleksei heads for Paris and joins the Foreign Legion. He is sent to fight in the Niger Delta, where Jomo, a young revolutionary, is fighting against the oil companies that have devastated his village. While Aleksei looks for a new family in the Legion, Jomo imagines himself as […]
Read more”Wooden Diamonds: Olive culture and collective resilience” – Exhibition
Wooden Diamonds is a photographic reportage in three acts by Filippo Ferraro. The project explores the ties between the population of Salento to its olive groves: how does this relationship allow them to (re)define themselves collectively? ACT I: THE DISASTER – Since 2013, a killer bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa, has destroyed 700,000 hectares and decimated almost […]
Read moreLaunch / Conference by Francesco Filippi author of: ”But we built roads for them. Lies, Racism and False Memories about Italy’s Colonial Past”
On the occasion of the release of the English translation of his text on the Italian colonial experience, the historian Francesco Filippi will discuss this topic during the conference with the Institute’s public. Francesco Filippi will analyze Italy’s presence in north-eastern Africa, dismantling the myths, lies and stories that have nourished the collective memory of […]
Read moreMusica da cinema : Morricone & Rota
Let yourself be transported by the powerful and expressive musical themes of some of the world’s greatest films, works by Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone, two of the most famous Italian soundtrack composers. Some of their concert works will also be presented, including the Concerto per Trombone by Rota performed by the Italian trombonist Giuliano Rizzotto. Thursday, March 14th […]
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