ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA

Winter Events 2014

82 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9EWtel: 0131-668 2232 fax: 0131-668 2777iicedimburgo@esteri.it www.iicedimburgo.esteri.it

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Cinema / Cinema

Italian Cinema

Italian Cultural Institute, 82 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh

I soliti ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street) Mario Monicelli, 1958, 106 minsThursday 16 January 2014, 6.30pm

La ragazza con la valigia (The Girl with the Suitcase) Valerio Zurlini, 1961, 121 minsThursday 30 January 2014, 6.30pm

Quattro mosche di velluto grigio (Four Flies on Grey Velvet) Dario Argento, 1971,100 minsThursday 13 February 2014, 6.30pm

E la nave va... (And the Ship Sails on…) Federico Fellini, 1983,132 minsThursday 27 February 2014, 6.30pm

The first in a regular programme of specially-curated films showcasing the brilliant diversity of Italian cinema. Stretching across twenty-five years, this first programme includes a hugely influential heist comedy, a tender romantic drama, a dazzlingly inventive giallo and an underrated late classic from il maestro Fellini. All screenings will be introduced by season curator Dr. Pasquale Iannone. For more information please visit: www.iicedimburgo.esteri.it

Left: E la nave va… (And the Ship Sails on…)

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Art / Arte

Ravenna Mosaico: a contemporary craft rooted in history

Joanna Kessel MA RCA of Edinburgh Mosaic Studio and Dr Claudia Bolgia, Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh

Thursday 6 February 2014, 6 – 8pmItalian Cultural Institute, 82 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh Joanna Kessel MA RCA will present an illustrated talk celebrating contemporary mosaic inspired by Ravenna Mosaico – the international mosaic biennale held in Ravenna. She will be joined by Dr Claudia Bolgia who will set an historic context with a talk about Light, colour and “eternity”: the success of mosaic in Rome and Ravenna.

Joanna exhibited her work ‘Dialogue’ at Ravenna Mosaico in 2013. Ravenna – a Unesco World Heritage Site known for its magnificent Byzantine mosaics – embraces the international contemporary mosaic biennale, interspersing exhibitions throughout the city and attracting a worldwide audience.

The evening will include a demonstration of the traditional Italian mosaic-making tools of a hammer and hardy, used to cut marble and smalti, along with a display of materials and work, and information on the Edinburgh Mosaic Studio new Course Programme for 2014. Please visit www.joannakessel.co.ukFree event but booking essential: rsvp.iicedimburgo@esteri.it

Left: Dialogue by Joanna KesselPhoto by Marc Millar

Mediterraneo: Carnevale! The Badwills & Guests.

Saturday 15 February 2014, Doors: 8pm, Live Music 9 -12.30am.Summerhall, 1 Summerhall Place, Edinburgh

The Badwills, The Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh and Summerhall present Carnevale! The first appointment in the hugely popular Mediterraneo concert series for 2014. A night of live music and masquerade, with dance and stories woven through the rhythms and sounds of tarantella, pizzica and more.

Carnevale is the time of the year when the world is turned upside down. The fool becomes wise, the rich poor, the beautiful ugly, the servant Harlequin is master for a day and Pulcinella the liar has come to tell the truth.

It's a night of masks, of mysterious creatures, of characters from the Commedia dell'Arte, from the canals of Venice and the alleys of Montemarano. So come with your favorite mask or carnival costume, and join the Masquerade!

And remember Semel in Anno, Licet Insanire, that is, “Once a year we can all go mad!” Tickets available from www.summerhall.co.ukMore information on The Badwills at www.thebadwills.co.uk

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Special Event / Evento Speciale Cinema / Cinema

Italian Films at the Glasgow Film Festival 2014

20 February - 2 March 2014Glasgow Film Theatre and venues across Glasgow

Over the past decade the Glasgow Film Festival has blossomed into one of Britain’s favourite film events. The 2014 Festival is packed with premieres, unique events, star guests and some of the year’s

finest films. Once again, there is a strong Italian presence in the programme, supported by the Italian Cultural Institute. The Italian films this year include Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza’s intense Sicilian thriller Salvo, winner of the Critics Week Grand Prix at Cannes in 2013, Emma Dante’s eye-catching debut Via Castellana Bandiera / A Street in Palermo and Luigi Sardiello’s tasty thriller Il Pasticciere / The Italian Pastry Chef. The full programme will be announced on Tuesday January 21.

Further information can be found on www.glasgowfilm.org/festival or from the box-office on 0141-332-6535

In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh

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Theatre / Teatro

La Mandragola by Niccolò Machiavelli Directed by Carlo Pirozzi and Jessica Phillippi Freely adapted by Carlo Pirozzi

Saturday 22 February 2014, 7.30pmGU Theatre, Glasgow University Union32 University Avenue, Glasgow

Italian Honours students from the School of Modern Languages and Cultures of the University of Glasgow will stage and perform La Mandragola (1518), by Niccolò Machiavelli. La Mandragola is the first modern Italian comedy and a masterpiece of Renaissance theatre. The play portrays a society where self-interest is the foundation of all human relationships, and characters are prepared to go to any length in order to fulfil it. Scheming, cunning, betrayal, ruthless self-interest: these are just some of the ingredients of this play which combines laughter with serious political thought. ‘The end justifies the means’, indeed!

Performed in Italian.

Organized by: Donatella Fischer (School of Modern languages and Cultures, Italian Section, University of Glasgow); Drama Coach: Consuelo Tersol (School of Modern languages and Cultures, Italian Section, University of Glasgow); Project Manager: Caitriona Cassidy (School of Modern languages and Cultures, Italian Section, University of Glasgow)

In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh

To reserve tickets please contact (Caitriona Cassidy, 0908484C@student.gla.ac.uk or Consuelo Tersol c.tersol.1@research.gla.ac.uk); £3 (student), £6 (standard).

Left: Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli by Santi di Tito

Cinema / Cinema

La segretaria by Natalia Ginzburg

6-7 March 2014, 7.30pmAdam House Theatre, 20 Chambers Street, Edinburgh Performed in Italian and English by students at Edinburgh UniversityDirected by Grace Oliver & Camilla Wilson

Written in 1967, just before the watershed year of student revolt, La segretaria is Natalia Ginzburg’s fourth play. Even more clearly than in the previous ones, it deals with the state of the ‘new’ Italian family, its few strengths and many weaknesses. “Gone are the days when families were closed shells” laments the only mother in the play, and gone are also the days of proper jobs, understandable duties and distinct pecking orders.

While most Italian playwrights are first and foremost great actors and directors, Ginzburg was already a well-known novelist when she started to write for the theatre in 1965. Her plays were composed for the actresses who would interpret the leading role.

Ginzburg’s plays are still performed in Italy and abroad, with Luchino Visconti and Lawrence Olivier amongst the earliest directors. Their original and witty use of language fosters a disenchanted reflection on group and individual contradictions and vulnerability.

Organized by Luana Babini & Mara Mari Kirkwood (Edinburgh University).

In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, EdinburghTickets : £6. To reserve email: italianplay14@gmail.com

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Theatre / Teatro

The Italian Film Festival in the UK

7-20 March 2014Glasgow Film Theatre, Edinburgh Filmhouse, DCA Dundee and other venues The Italian Film Festival celebrates its 21st anniversary in 2014. Thanks to the unwavering support of the Italian Cultural Institute and its core venues, the Festival has brought the best of Italian cinema to the United Kingdom and welcomed some of the most beloved

and iconic figures in the Italian industry to present their films and discuss their careers with UK audiences.

The 2014 Festival will feature some of the most noteworthy Italian films of the past year and restored gems from

the past. Among the titles already confirmed are the glorious restoration of Luchino Visconti’s rarely seen Venice Leone d’Oro winner Vaghe stelle dell’orsa / Sandra, starring Claudia Cardinale, and Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza’s ice cool Sicilian hit man thriller Salvo which won the Critics Week Grand Prix at Cannes in 2013. A full programme will be announced in February.

Further information: www.italianfilmfestival.org.uk

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Full programme details will be available in February from the Italian Film Festival’s website and from the host venues

Organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh.

Ma la divisa di un altro colore by Pietro Neglie

Tuesday 25 March 2014, 6pmItalian Cultural Institute, 82 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh

Prof. Pietro Neglie, University of Trieste, will present his latest book: Ma la divisa di un altro colore.

Two soldiers, two men, the twin souls of the Italy of their time, are protagonists in an extraordinary novel, a fusion of historical reconstruction and narrative.

Spring 1915: Antonio, a peasant from Friuli, intending to take up the religious life, and Carlo, an electrician from Rome and frequenter of brothels, are called to the front. In the trenches, a close relationship

develops between them, strengthened by the ideal of a common homeland, and by the consciousness of the brutality of the conflict.

After the war, their paths diverge: Carlo joins the Fascist Party, in pursuit of an ideal of discipline and honour; Antonio contacts the trade unions and becomes first a socialist, and later a partisan.

Both are caught up in the dramatic history of Italy, and Europe, in the interwar years until, many years later, with widely differing beliefs, history brings them back together, adversaries but with their friendship intact.

The year 2014 is the Centenary of World War I.

This event will be in Italian.

Free event but booking essential: rsvp.iicedimburgo@esteri.it

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Publishing / Editoria Music / Musica

RSNO Chamber Series 13:14 Baroque Fireworks

Sunday 27 April, 2.30pm Dovecot Studios, 10 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh

The perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon with music by the great composers.

They called him “the Red Priest” – and Vivaldi’s inspiration was as fiery and as brilliant as his hair. A crack team of RSNO string players launch themselves headlong at some of the most dazzling music that the Baroque era has to offer, and not just by Vivaldi: concerti by Handel and Locatelli will bring the house down in a red-hot cascade of notes.

Vivaldi Concerto for four violinsHandel Concerti grossi Op6 No.5 and Op6 No.7Locatelli Concerto grosso No.6

In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh

For further information please visit: www.rsno.org.uk

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ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSES

Why study Italian at the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh?

Students are keen to study at our Institute because:

• the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh, offers a comprehensive range of courses • courses comprise the 6 different levels of language competence acquisition according to the European Common Framework of Reference for Languages • Intensive Summer Italian Language Courses available July & August• The Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh, is the only centre in Scotland and Northern Ireland for the CILS examinations (University for Foreigners, Siena), to certify the knowledge of Italian as a foreign language • courses are taught by trained Italian teachers • the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh, provides proof of attendance and proficiency • students may be offered grants / scholarships to attend courses in Italy (language, culture, history of art) • students attending our classes may consult the library and the video library • students receive information and invitations to cultural events organised by the Institute

Please look at the class calendar of the courses organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh.

Library

The library of the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh has around 7000 books, 1800 videos and DVDs, 150 CDs and CD-ROMs, wide selections of reviews, magazines and newspapers.

Information / Informazioni Information / Informazioni

Library access

The library is open to the public Monday – Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-12noon. Access to the library is free, books and magazines may be consulted in the two reading rooms which seat 15 people. The catalogue of the library is available on-line. The library and the film library are constantly enriched and updated thanks also to the contri-butions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for Cultural Heritage, as well as donations from publishers and private individuals.

Membership

Members of the Italian Institute enjoy the following benefits:

• Discounts on selected Italian restaurants and retailers• Newsletter with information on the Institute activities • Room hire for private receptions at reduced price • Invitations to special events not open to general public • Concessions for cultural events organized by the Institute in other venues • Free access to library borrowing facilities and loan of Italian videos, upon deposit for £ 30.00 (cash or not-dated cheque) • Corporate membership, £ 50.00, plus £ 50.00 deposit for the loan of videos

Choice of Membership:

• Individual: £ 35.00 - Renewal: £ 25.00 • Concessions*: £ 30.00 - Renewal: £ 20.00 • Friends and Family: £ 50.00 – Renewal: £ 40.00 • Corporate: £ 60.00 – Renewal: £ 50.00

* Under 18, Full-time student, Senior citizens, Unwaged, Disabled

Opening times:

Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-12noon

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