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26th August – 8th september sakshi Gallery, mumbai

1st september, 6:00 p.m.book building, chennai8th september, 6:30 p.m.british council DivisionNew Delhi

5th september, 6:30 p.m.8th september, 2:00 p.m.multimedia Hall

10th - 28th septemberbangalore and Goa


18th – 30th septemberexhibition Hall

19th september, 6:30 p.m.22nd september, 2:00 p.m.multimedia Hall


3rd october, 6:30 p.m.6th october, 2:00 p.m.multimedia Hall

Art eXHIbItIoNmADe IN ItALYAprile – Corni – Frangicurator: caterina corni

booK reLeAse AND Art eXHIbItIoNcHArLes DIcKeNs: pIctUres From ItALYArt by Livia Signorini

LANDscApes IN ItALIAN cINemA (set in turin)A/r ANDAtA e rItorNoRound TripDirector: marco ponti

scIeNce & tecHNoLoGY roADsHoWScreening of the film “l’Italia del Futuro”

LANDscApes IN ItALIAN cINemA (set in the suburbs of milan)FAme cHImIcAChemical Hunger Directors: paolo Vari and Antonio bocola

Art eXHIbItIoNtHe process oF UNKNoWINGby simona bocchi

LANDscApes IN ItALIAN cINemA (set in the Friuli region)LA rAGAZZA DeL LAGoThe Girl by the LakeDirector: Andrea molaioli

(set in Venice)DIecI INVerNITen WintersDirector: Valerio mieli

(set in puglia)mINe VAGANtIDirector: Ferzan ozpetek

index9th october , 7:00 pmNcpA, mumbai26th october , 6:30 pmDIAF, New Delhi

10th october, 6:30 p.m.13th october, 2:00 p.m.multimedia Hall

15th - 21st october 2012

15th october, 6:30 p.m.

15th - 31st october 2012 exhibition Hall

17th - 31st october 2012National Archives of IndiaNew Delhi

18th - 31st october 2012exhibition Hall

19th october 2012multimedia Hall

20th october 2012multimedia Hall

JAZZ coNcertLUcA cIArLA QUArtet

LANDscApes IN ItALIAN cINemA (set in Naples)bAstA UN NIeNteBefore you know itDirector: Ivan polidoro

XII settImANA DeLLA LINGUA NeL moNDoXII ItALIAN LANGUAGe WeeK IN tHe WorLD

LUIGI pIo tessItorI An Italian life devoted to Indiatalk by prof. Furio Honsell, mayor of Udine, and ex Vice chancellor at the University of Udine.

pHoto eXHIbItIoNtINA moDottI: between Art and Revolution “Italy - Mexico - India”

DocUmeNtArY eXHIbItIoN VoYAGe to INDIAby Ludovico De Varthema (1502-1508)

pHoto eXHIbItIoNINNer spAce by patrizia maïmouna Guerresi

coNcert AltempAlpassaA collection of songs by marco Zappa in collaboration with embassy of switzerland

booK reLeAsebUoNGIorNo ItALIA by carlo buldrini and Federica oddera Lanfranchi

proJect KINoteKAsWeek of european Films in collaboration with the eU DelegationbeNVeNUtI AL NorD Welcome to the NorthDirector: Luca miniero

LANDscApes IN ItALIAN cINemA (set in sicily)L’AVVENTURAThe AdventureDirector: michelangelo Antonioni

mUmbAI FILm FestIVAL Focus on Italian cinema

LANDscApes IN ItALIAN cINemA (set in sardinia)bALLo A tre pAssIThree Step DancingDirector: salvatore mereu

LANDscApes IN ItALIAN cINemA (set in emilia romagna)NoN peNsArcIDon’t think about it Director: Gianni Zanasi

15th – 20th octoberUniversity of Delhi

22nd – 27th octoberJamia millia Islamia

29th october – 2nd NovemberJawaharlal Nehru University


18th – 25th octoberNational centre for the performing Arts, mumbai


31st october, 6:30 p.m.3rd November, 2:00 p.m.multimedia Hall

indexAll events take place in the cultural centre unless otherwise mentioned. programmes might be subject to change. please refer to website www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it or contact the reception desk for updated information

5mADe IN ItALYAntonella Aprile Azelio corni Giovanni Frangicurator: caterina corni

Antonella Aprile, received the Premio Arti Visive in Milan for Best Artist (young talent) in 2011. Her work was selected by the Lombardy Region to represent Italy at the ‘Biennial of young artists of Europe and Mediterranean’. Azelio Corni was the first artist to participate at the event Festa Italiana in Mumbai. He has participated in many personal and collective art exhibitions around the world. Giovanni Frangi is amongst the most acclaimed artists of the Italian contemporary art panorama. He has many important personal exhibitions the world over.

Event organized by Sakshi Gallery in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura and with the patronage of Consulate General of Italy.

Art eXHIbItIoN26th August – 8th september

sakshi Gallerytanna House,11- A, Nathalal parekh margcolaba, mumbai- 400001

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book launch

1cHArLes DIcKeNs: pIctUres From ItALYArt bY LIVIA sIGNorINI

Pictures from Italy is one of Charles Dickens’ earlier works, a fantastic and whimsical foray into the twin worlds of travel and imagination. Inspired by his words, Italian artist Livia Signorini plays with Dickens’ sense of place, memory and politics. The result is a brilliant contemporary dialogue with his work – a reading of history, time and change – which renews our sense of his enduring vision. Pictures from Italy is a tribute to the world of the great master in the 200th year of his birth. Event organized by Tara Books, British Council Division and Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

1st september, 6:00 p.m.book building plot No. 9, cGe colonyoff Kuppam beach roadthiruvanmiyur, chennai,

8th september, 6:30 p.m.british council Division17, Kasturba Gandhi margNew Delhi

5FILmcLUb tHeme:LANDSCAPES IN ITALIAN CINEMA

In cinema the word landscape does not signify just the relationship between actors and space, between a person and the world but creates an entire range of association amongst different levels of vision: there is the observer who is the actor in the film and then there is the camera that observes the observer. Landscape in a film hence becomes a starting point for reflecting about the film and the act of watching becomes the cognitive factor. Beyond the observer and the camera lies another gaze, in ambush, in the shadows: that of the spectator, who organizes and constructs his rapport with the film according to the ever diverse cultural codes and models within the available space and time. To reflect on landscape therefore means to reckon with three visual experiences: the gaze of the actors in the film, the gaze of the film and the gaze on the film, that of the audience.

Italian cinema in the second half of the 20th Century has been a cinema of magnificent landscapes. In these films the landscape element sometimes donned the mantle of a real actor, a negotiator and many times a ruthless adversary to the mainstream actors. The rapport between actor and landscape has often raised a debate about our culture, almost always knowingly, about the entire system of codes inside which each one lives and without which none would ever have an identity.book launch

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LANDSCAPES IN ITALIAN CINEMA (set IN tUrIN)

A/r ANDAtA e rItorNoRound Trip2004, 110 minDirector: marco ponticast: Kabir bedi, Libero Di rienzo, Vanessa Incontrada

Dante Cruciani, 25, a resident of Turin, is a bike messenger hard up for cash who decides to borrow some money from a loan shark named Skorpio. Unable to pay it back, he flees to Barcelona. Nina, a flight attendant with a Spanish airline, gets stuck in Turin when the city is shut down by a general strike. After a short stint in prison, Dante returns to his apartment only to find Nina put up there by Dante’s best friend Tolstoj due to overcrowding at the hotels. A romance develops between the two, who must now take a flight together as Skorpio closes in.


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science

scIeNce & tecHNoLoGY roADsHoWAwareness raising and Information campaign in India on the possibilities of research & Innovation cooperation with europe

Screening of ITALIA DEL FUTURO (Italy of the Future), a film by Alberto Angela, which is a fascinating and touching journey that runs through the history of Italy, her successes and future prospects, from research to technology of the recent past, from health to art, with a little robot iCub as its protagonist, born in the Italian Centre for Technology in Genoa.

In order to raise awareness in India and the neighbouring countries regarding the possibilities of research and innovation cooperation with Europe, the EU Countries have launched an information campaign across the subcontinent, enriching this road show with collateral cultural events. The flow chart of all the events will be available on the website of the Delegation of the European Union to India closer to the dates of the event.

Event organised by EU Delegation in collaboration with the Embassies and the Cultural Centres of EU Countries.

10th - 28th septemberbangalore and Goa

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LANDSCAPES IN ITALIAN CINEMA (set IN tHe sUbUrbs oF mILAN)

FAme cHImIcAChemical Hunger2004, 97 min.Directors: paolo Vari and Antonio bocolacast: mimmo Allanprese, Joel bossi and Andrea canesi |

In the southern suburbs of milan, two friends claudio and manuel, who keep meeting each other in the square where they grew up, bring forth two different life-styles: the first has a regular and under-paid job, while the second lives as a drug-pusher. In the backdrop of social and racial tensions that bring to light all kinds of violence, the two friends would eventually face their feelings about a girl who breaks into their lives.the two directors narrate a peripheral microcosm where the residents, donning the mask of aspirations to preserve and improve relationships, reveal their own discomforts and prejudices for immigrants.

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18th – 30th septemberexhibition Hall

tHe process oF UNKNoWINGbY sImoNA boccHI

Simona Bocchi is an internationally acclaimed Italian artist from Monza. Her sculptures, monumental works and paintings are collected around the world and exhibited in public spaces, museums and private collections. We asked Simona Bocchi to describe her approach to the creative process. She replied “Unlike the state of not knowing, ‘unknowing’ is my intuitive and ever-changing creative state of wonder and discovery. While in my unknowing state the finished work of art takes shape through the interaction of materials and space. The final form emerges from what in the beginning appears like an absence of form”. The exhibited work is a fusion of this training and the creative impact of her 6 year long Indian journey as an Italian contemporary artist who is exposed on a daily basis to Indian culture and traditions.

Event organised by Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy.

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1919th september, 6:30 p.m.22nd september, 2:00 p.m.multimedia Hall

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LANDSCAPES IN ITALIAN CINEMA (set IN tHe FrIULI reGIoN)

LA rAGAZZA DeL LAGoThe Girl by the Lake2007, 97 minDirector: Andrea molaiolicast: Valerio Golino, Fabrizio Gifuni, omero Antonutti, Anna bonaiuto

An idyllic mountain town in the Italian dolomites is shocked by the murder of teenager Anna. Her body is found by the lake without any traces of physical violence. Inspector sanzio is sent from the province’s capital to take charge of this case, in which the victim is quite as mystifying as the cause of her death. Amongst the suspects he finds the village fool, Anna’s boyfriend and even her own father, whose home videos display an interest in the girl that is more than paternal. even the recently divorced neighbor, whose autistic child recently died in an extraordinary accident, arouses the detective’s suspicion. A brooding sky, foggy paths and a stunning mountain panorama draw all the more attention to the dark secrets of the little town.

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LANDSCAPES IN ITALIAN CINEMA (set IN VeNIce)

DIecI INVerNITen Winters2009, 99 min.Director: Valerio mielicAst: Isabella ragonese, michele riondino, Glen blackhall, sergei Zhigunov

In the winter of 1999 a small ferry crosses the Venice lagoon. camilla, a shy eighteen year old who has just arrived from her small town to study russian literature at the University, spots a boy in the crowd carrying a suitcase. silvestro is the same age as camilla. When the ferry docks he decides to follow the girl in the narrow, foggy streets of an island in the lagoon. An adventure, destined to last ten years, begins, taking the two young people from student life in Venice to the unsettling frenetic pace of Moscow’s theatres and enormous, traffic-filled streets. At various points they are enemies, at others friends, sometimes close and at other times distant. each winter opens a window into the lives of these two people who never completely lose touch and discover together their difficult but glorious entry into adulthood.


33rd october, 6:30 p.m. 6th october, 2:00 p.m.multimedia Hall

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LANDSCAPES IN ITALIAN CINEMA (set IN pUGLIA)

mINe VAGANtI Loose Cannons 2010, 110 minDirector: Ferzan ozpetekcast: riccardo scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo, Alessandro preziosi, ennio Fantastichini

tommaso cantone is the youngest son of a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. on a trip home from rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans…

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9th october , 7:00 pmexperimental theatreNational centre for the performing ArtsNariman pointmumbai

26th october, 6:30 p.m.DIAF VenueNew Delhi

LUcA cIArLA QUArtetLuca ciarla violinVince Abbracciante accordionNicola di camillo bassFrancesco savoretti percussion

One of the most creative and surprising violinists nowadays, Luca Ciarla has performed extensively throughout Europe, Asia and Mexico, the United States and Australia. His music easily transcends the boundaries between musical genres to trace an innovative path, a “magical acoustic seduction” in perfect balance between written compositions and improvisation, traditional and contemporary sounds. The Luca Ciarla Quartet blends contemporary jazz and ethnic music to create an irresistible Mediterranean sound with a gypsy touch. After appearances in countless music festivals in more than 30 countries, they bring their unique style to India.

Event organized in Mumbai by NCPA and in Delhi by the DIAF in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

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LANDSCAPES IN ITALIAN CINEMA (set IN NApLes)

bAstA UN NIeNteBefore you know it2006, 85 min.Director: Ivan polidorocast: Gianfelice Imparato, Gianni Ferreri, mimmo esposito, Lorenza Indovina

The film’s setting provides a wonderful backdrop for this comedy and the director uses the scenery of Naples’ famous Gulf as a seductive setting on which Ivo, rosario, and peppe live their lives as if on vacation. strolling in panama hats, bermuda shorts and colourful shirts, almost oblivious to the stress that surrounds them, their professions as undertaker, mailman and cemetery guard provide a contradiction that set the comic/ironic ball rolling. to give their lives a creative dimension they perform music as a band in local clubs. Always on the lookout for escaping their patchwork existence and hopeful for events to spice up their lives, the three are given a golden opportunity when a local thief is killed during a jewel heist…

2015th - 21st october 2012

ItALIA DeI terrItorI, ItALIA DeL FUtUro mULtIpLe ItALIAN LANDscApes AND ItALY oF tHe FUtUre

The annual Italian language Week, now in its twelfth year, aims to create awareness about Italian language and culture in the world.

Italian Language is steadily gaining ground in India amongst people of all ages, sometimes for its use at work, sometimes for higher studies and research and sometimes merely as a means to understand an ancient culture which has for times immemorial fascinated the world.

Speaking Italian also means having access not only to an extremely valuable literary heritage, essential to the history of Europe and to extremely precious humanistic and scientific texts, but also to Italian design, art, architecture, theatre, music, opera, cinema and television. Italian is hence a language of culture.

Every year a number of students decide to attend our schools, universities, academies and libraries. Italian is thus a language of study.Managers, investors, technicians, artisans and workers get in touch with Italy’s world of industry, craft and services, which crosses the borders of our country. Italian is therefore a language of work.

Speaking Italian will turn a visit to our country and its friendly and hospitable people, its artistic cities and its beautiful nature into a real pleasure.

The Year 2012 celebrates the beauty of Italian Regions and landscapes and creates awareness about Italy of the Future.

Detailed programme will be announced separately

XII SETTIMANA DELLA LINGUA NEL MONDOITALIA DEI TERRITORI, ITALIA DEL FUTUROXII ItALIAN LANGUAGe WeeK IN tHe WorLD

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1515th october, 6:30 p.m.multimedia Hall

LUIGI pIo tessItorI - AN ItALIAN LIFe DeVoteD to INDIAtalk by prof. Furio Honsell mayor of Udine, ex-Vice chancellor of the University of Udine

Luigi Pio Tessitori, a great Indologist and Linguist was born in Udine, a city in north eastern Italy, on 13th December 1887 and died, at the age of 32, in Bikaner city of the present day state of Rajasthan in India. Tessitori identified, for the first time, the prehistoric and pre-Mauryan nature of the Indus Valley Civilization of South Asia. The Società Indologica «Luigi Pio Tessitori» was constituted at Udine with the aim of promoting scientific research in the field of Indological studies in collaboration with institutions both in Italy and abroad.

Event organised by Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with the Office of the Scientific Attache` of the Embassy of Italy.

Luigi Pio Tessitori

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15pHoto eXHIbItIoN tINA moDottI: between Art and revolution“Italy - Mexico - India”

Tina Modotti (Udine, Italy, 1896 - Mexico, 1942) one of the rarest, most fragile and at the same time strong personalities of early modern photography and Pandurang Khankhoje, a noted agronomist, hero among the brave Indian freedom fighters of the early XX Century, who played a decisive role in the creation and direction of the famous Ghadar Party - Party of the Revolutionaries - met in Mexico in the very first years after the Mexican Revolution.This exhibition of 60 photographs by Tina Modotti and memorabilia of Pandurang Khankhoje is a breathtaking example of her art, a testimony to their friendship, those experiences and inspiring times. While 30 of these photographs will be on display worldwide for the very first time, the 30 remaining photographs have been developed from the negatives of Tina Modotti’s photographs in Mexico especially for this occasion.

Event organized by the Embassy of Mexico in India and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

15th - 31st octoberexhibition Hall

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VoYAGe to INDIAby Ludovico De Varthema (1502 - 1508) The place was Rome and the year 1510 when the first book ever on India was published by a European. The Bolognese author Ludovico De Varthema, left Venice in 1502, travelled extensively to the east of the Mediterranean Sea and reached the Indian peninsula, where he stayed for a long time. He chronicled his journeys in the volume first published in 1510. The exhibition contains a large number of contemporary cartographic images and dwells on other curious and fascinating aspects related to plants, animals and trade in the great Asian peninsula.

Event organized by Archivio di Stato (National Archives), Rome; Biblioteca Casanatense (Casanatense Library), Rome; Biblioteca Nazionale (National Library), Florence; Biblioteca Nazionale (National Library), Naples; Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; Principe Prospero Colonna (Prince), Rome and Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

17th - 31st october, 2012National Archives of IndiaJanpathNew Delhi 110001

“The testimony of one eye-witness is worth more than ten hear-says” Ludovico De Varthema

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18th - 31st octoberexhibition Hall

pHoto eXHIbItIoN

INNer spAce by patrizia maïmouna Guerresi

For over twenty years Patrizia Maïmouna Guerresi’s uniquely authentic work has been about empowering women and bringing together individuals and cultures in an appreciation for a context of shared humanity, beyond borders – psychological, cultural, and political. Her work is inspired by personal experience and cultural contexts highlighting the female condition fixed within her own tradition and isolated from and by it in the contemporary world. Through photographs and videos of silent, austere, veiled women, her work functions as both metaphor and provocation.

Event organised by Tansveer Arts gallery, Istituto Italiano di Cultura and TOD’S.

A perspective on the relationship between women and society, with particular reference to those countries in which the role of women is most marginalized.

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17AltempAlpassaA collection of songs by marco Zappa by the Duo marco Zappa and renate Zappa Marco Zappa is one of the most prolific songwriters of Swiss contemporary scene. He has to his credit more than thirty recorded works and has enthralled audiences with concerts at the most important Swiss Festivals as well as at international festivals in Chicago, Berlin, South Africa, Finland, winning several awards. This collection of his songs features the lifestyles prevalent in different Italian speaking territories as Ticino, Liguria, Lombardia and depicts their similarities. Each song is sung either in Italian or in a dialect and explained in English. In addition to his guitar, Marco Zappa uses traditional acoustic instruments that belong to the music tradition of these regions.

Event organized by Embassy of Switzerland in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

19th october, 6:30 p.m.multimedia Hall

book launch

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bUoNGIorNo ItALIA A complete course for learning Italian as a Foreign Language by carlo buldrini and Federica oddera Lanfranchicover design by susetta bozziLangers, an imprint of saraswati House, New Delhi, 2012, pp

The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is proud to announce that for the very first time a complete course for learning Italian as a foreign language will be available off the shelf in the Indian market. The authors, Carlo Buldrini, renowned writer, journalist, former Acting Director of this Institute and Federica Oddera Lanfranchi, writer and translator for top Italian publishers, have taught Italian for a long period of time in India and have a very deep understanding of the subject. The book commences with the rudimentary and goes right up to the most advanced and complex forms in the language, simplifying them for a foreign student like never before. “This is my Dream Project”, says Mr. Dinesh Agarwal, Director, Langers.

Event organized by Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with Langers, New Delhi.

20th octobermultimedia Hall

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proJect KINoteKAspromotion of Italian cinema amongst the youth

beNVeNUtI AL NorD Welcome to the North 2012, 110 minDirector: Luca minierocast: claudio bisio, Alessandro siani and Angela Finocchiaro

Many parts of India remain devoid of quality cinema from Europe. The European Film Festival and other Film Festivals where European films are screened cover audiences from the cities that these Festivals are presented in but they remain mostly out of the reach of a large section of Society. Hence, the European Union Delegation has decided to launch the Kinotekas Project, in the ambit of which a package of films from EU countries will travel to different Universities throughout the year organising a “Week of EU Films” for Indian students across the country, using the existing film clubs in partner universities and their extended networks. The Universities in Delhi - JNU, Jamia Millia Islamia and Delhi University - will be the first destination, followed by those of Agra, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bhopal Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kolkata, Shillong, Guwahati and Chandigarh. The film will also be screened subsequently in all Indian Universities where Italian language is taught, as part of the XII Italian Language Week celebrations.

Event organised by EU Delegation in collaboration with the Embassies and the Cultural Centres of EU Countries.

15th – 20th octoberUniversity of Delhi

22nd – 27th octoberJamia millia Islamia

29th october – 2nd November Jawaharlal Nehru University

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LANDSCAPES IN ITALIAN CINEMA (set IN sIcILY)

L’AVVENTURAThe Adventure 1960, 140 min Director: michelangelo Antonionistars: Gabriele Ferzetti, monica Vitti and Lea massari

A girl mysteriously disappears on a yachting trip. While her lover and her best friend search for her across Italy, they begin an affair. Antonioni’s penetrating study of the idle upper class offers stinging observations on spiritual isolation and the many meanings of love.


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The 14th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival, organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images, will pay tribute to Italian cinema under the banner Celebration of Italian Cinema which will include films from major directors and restored films like Inferno (1911) and Maciste (1915). The selection of Italian films has been possible due to the efforts of film maker Italo Spinelli.

Event organized by Mumbai Academy of Moving Images in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy, Consulate General of Italy and Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

18th – 25th october NcpANariman pointmumbai

ceLebrAtIoN oF ItALIAN cINemA At mUmbAI FILm FestIVAL

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LANDSCAPES IN ITALIAN CINEMA (set IN sArDINIA)

bALLo A tre pAssIThree Step Dancing2003, 106 minDirector: salvatore mereu cast: Yael Abecassis, michele carboni, caroline Ducey, Daniele casula

Four tales of life in a rural Sardinian village, each with its own color palette and an age-appropriate hero or heroine, is the canvas on which Salvatore Mereu paints a batch of cinematic portraits in these character-driven short stories each connected to one of the four seasons. For the Spring, he tells the story of a boy’s fancy and his love for the sea he’s never seen. Summer introduces the shepherd whose sheep appeared in the previous tale. Autumn follows the returning of Sister Francesca from her convent to the village of her birth for her sister’s wedding. The final Winter’s tale concerns Giorgio, an old man from the wedding who lives alone in a city, far away from the village.


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LANDSCAPES IN ITALIAN CINEMA (set IN emILIA romAGNA reGIoN)

NoN peNsArcIDon’t think about it2008, 105 min.Director: Gianni Zanasicast: Anita caprioli, Giuseppe battiston, Valerio mastandrea

Stefano Nardini has been playing music since he was five years old, moving on to becoming a fairly successful independent punk rock star. Time passes and he is no longer featured on the front cover of magazines. At the age of 36 he is taking a look around: he plays in a band with a wild bunch of twenty year olds. He no longer has a real bed to sleep in or a girlfriend. All he has left is a guitar and a car with doors that don’t always open. At home too everything has changed. Stefano finds himself unwillingly faced with taking care of everyone and everything. In the end he finally realises that it is time he took care of himself.

31st october, 6:30 p.m.3rd November, 2:00 p.m.multimedia Hall

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languageLeArNING ItALIAN

Learn Italian at the Italian Cultural Centre, the official centre for the promotion of Italian language and culture in India. Courses in Italian are offered on week-day mornings, afternoons, evenings and on week-ends providing training in all basic communication skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing, with a systematic study of grammar.

Spring and Autumn Sessions for Regular Courses start each year in January and August respectively and are offered on all levels in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages:- Elementary (A1- A2)- Intermediate (B1 - B2)- Advanced (C1- Part 1)

Each regular course is offered for 120 hours per session of four months, unless otherwise specified.

All teachers are university qualified. Classrooms are equipped with audio visual facilities.

Highlights of this session:• Tourism Course: A special Intensive Level I Italian language course in tourism

from 17th September to 4th October. • Conversation Course in Italian with Prof. Stefano Zuffi, Visiting Lecturer at the

University of Delhi is being offered from 27th August to 15th November.• Level A1 Part-I: A Special Beginners Italian language course (60 hours) from

September to December.

Choose a course which is best suited to your level and requirement and enjoy the congenial atmosphere along with the facilities of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura. For further details visit : www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it

ItALIAN LANGUAGe coUrses

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cILs - certIFIcAtIoN oF ItALIAN As ForeIGN LANGUAGe (UNIVersItY oF sIeNA) IN DeLHI

The Istituto Italiano di Cultura, New Delhi, is a recognised seat for taking CILS exams of the University of Siena. The 6 levels offered are equivalent to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), ranging from A 1 (beginner) to C 2 (bilingual speaker). The Certification CILS is recognised by Italian Universities, so those who wish to pursue higher studies in an Italian University can obtain the minimum level requested in Italy, B 2 (= CILS 2), by simply taking the exam in Delhi and will not need to pass further exams of Italian Language.

Next exam: 6th December 2012Applications: before 15th october 2012 at the Istituto Italiano di cultura.

DItALs - certIFIcAtIoN For teAcHers oF ItALIAN LANGUAGe

The Italian Cultural Centre is a recognized seat for taking Certifications of Didactics “DITALS” from University of Siena, Italy. Exams are held twice a year for each level.The University of Siena grants this Certification in order to enable teachers of Italian language to get a professional qualification showing that they have gained modern and innovative methods in didactics.

Next exams:DItALs level I: 8th october 2012DItALs level II: 17th December 2012Applications: 45 days before each session, at the Istituto Italiano di cultura.

For further details please visit: www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it

education

HIGHer stUDIes IN ItALY

• The Italian higher education system includes 83 universities (58 of them sponsored by the State) and many non-university institutions like academies of art, design and music, institutes of technical education and specialized training. Most of them offer courses in English medium as well.

• Students are encouraged to enroll ‘online’. Please visit http://www.study-in-italy.it/ and http://www.miur.it/guida/guide.htm or contact [email protected]. for further information.

scHoLArsHIps• The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers scholarships to Indian

nationals. The scholarships are available for higher studies in universities, polytechnics or recognized higher educational institutions in Italy.

• Details of scholarships offered by the Government of Italy can be had from the website: http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN/Ministero/Servizi/Stranieri/Opportunita/BorseStudio_stranieri.htm?LANG=EN and also on the website of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education at: http://www.education.nic.in. For further information please visit : www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it

• Besides the above scholarships many Universities offer scholarships to foreign students details of which are posted on the individual websites of the Universities.

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The Reading room is open to members and students where they can relax and have access to News papers, Magazines, Multimedia material and Computer terminals with internet.

mAJor ItALIAN NeWspApers:

ItALIAN mAGAZINes:L’EspressoDomus (Architecture)Bell’Italia (Tourism)LimesFilm Critica Viva Verdi (Music)Civiltà della Tavola (Cuisine)

ItALIAN tVItalian channels rai1, rai2, rai3, and rai International can be viewed during office hours on the TV set located in the foyer.

INDIAN NeWspApersThe Times of India The Hindustan TimesThe Indian ExpressThe Asian AgeThe PioneerThe HinduThe StatesmanThe Financial ExpressThe Economic TimesBusiness StandardMail TodayDelhi Mid Day

INDIAN mAGAZINesTime Out Delhi(Fortnightly) First City(Fortnightly)Delhi Diary(Weekly)

tImINGsMonday to Thursday8:00 a.m. - 8.00 p.m. Friday and Saturday8:00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.

Ottagono (Design)Sipario (Theatre)Il Giornale dell’arte (Art)The Art NewspaperArte In (Art)

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The library of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura has around 9000 volumes covering a wide range of subjects like Literature, Art & Architecture, Religion & Philosophy, Civilization, Indology, History, Geography, Tourism, Italian language, Fiction, Photography, Cuisine, Cinema & Theatre along with Encyclopedias and Dictionaries. While almost 80% of the publications are in Italian important books in English, French, Hindi and Punjabi are also available. There is also a collection of around 300 DVDs of Italian films in our library. A constantly updated on-line catalogue is available for consultation on www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it

NeW ArrIVALs:

tImINGsmonday, tuesday and thursday:9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.Wednesday: 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.Friday: closedsaturday: 12:30 p.m – 3:30 p.m.

cAFé @ Icc

The Istituto Italiano di Cultura also promotes food as part of Italian Culture. Its Cafeteria, located in the quiet lawns and outsourced to the popular Diva Restaurant, uses the finest ingredients and serves authentic Italian dishes. Several culinary activities are organized here from time to time to promote the varied and rich traditions of Italian cooking.

tImINGsmon. to sat.: 9.30 a.m. - 11 p.m.sunday : 9.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.tel : 24674575

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Services offered. Weekly film programme. Invitations to cultural activities. Reading Room services. Access to the Cafeteria. Facility to borrow books from the Library

For further details please visit : www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it or contact the Reception at 26871901/03/04.

Italian cultural centre50-e chandragupta margentry from Nyaya margchanakyapuriNew Delhi - 110021t : +91-11-26871901F : +91-11-26871902e : [email protected]

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