FILM: DOUBLE BILL – The Earth and The Wind – Drama, Romance | 2013 ; Short Films Collection
Cinema at the Institute: RIFF on Tour DOUBLE BILL -14.00- THE EARTH AND THE WIND In Italian with subtitles in English Director: Sebastian Maulucci Cast: Lorenzo Richelmy, Robin Mugnaini, Laura Gigante | Year: 2013 | Duration: 86 min Leonardo decides to quit school to devote himself to mountain-climbing rejecting his family and their rural life, […]
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Contemporary Art: Prof. Manuela Ciotti In conversation with Premjish
The Italian Embassy Cultural Centre presents the first in the series of talks and activities of 2017 organized by Future Collaborations, a curatorial initiative conceptualized by Premjish. Manuela Ciotti is Associate Professor of Global Studies, Aarhus University & Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study, JNU. Re-making the contemporary – The art-architecture-archeology-heritage complex at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale […]
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FILM: SPAGHETTI STORY – Comedy | 2012
Cinema at the Institute: RIFF on Tour SPAGHETTI STORY Director: Ciro De Caro Year: 2012 | Duration: 83 min Cast: Valerio Di Benedetto, Cristian Di Sante, Sara Tosti In Italian with subtitles in English Four Italian young adults, long to change their life: Valerio and Scheggia, dreaming of their big break, yet they still rely […]
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DELHI: Orchestra da Camera di Mantova
Mantova Chamber Orchestra Since the first performance (1981) in the beautiful Bibiena Theatre – the ideal place for chamber music – Mantova Chamber Orchestra has been showing its qualifying features: technical brilliance, the constant search for sound quality and great attention to stylistic matters. Mantua Chamber Orchestra was awarded the “Franco Abbiati” prize by Italian […]
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KOLKATA: Orchestra da Camera di Mantova
Orchestra da Camera di Mantova Since the first performance (1981) in the beautiful Bibiena Theatre – the ideal place for chamber music – Mantova Chamber Orchestra has been showing its qualifying features: technical brilliance, the constant search for sound quality and great attention to stylistic matters. Mantova Chamber Orchestra was awarded the “Franco Abbiati” prize […]
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FILM: DAYDREAMING – Drama, Comedy | 2013
Incontri in biblioteca: RIFF on Tour DAYDREAMING Director: John Snellinberg, Patrizio Gioffredi Year: 2013 | Duration: 94 min Cast: Gabriele Pini, Xiuhong Zhang, Carlo Monni, Giorgio Colangeli In Italian with subtitles in English The movie is made up of two episodes. 1. Giulio, a thirty-year old worker on redundancy payment, is tired and embittered and […]
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FILM: MY NAME IS MAYA – Dramma | 2014
Cinema at the Institute: RIFF on Tour MY NAME IS MAYA Director: Tommaso Agnese Year: 2014 | Duration: 78 min Cast: Matilda Lutz, Melissa Monti, Carlotta Natoli, Valeria Solarino In Italian with subtitles in English After a tragic event, Niki, a 16 years old girl, decides to run away from home with her little 8 years […]
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DESIGN DAY: Tell me about Vico: Stefano Boeri and Patricia Urquiola narrate the Vico Magistretti Studio Museum
VICO MAGISTRETTI (06.10.1920 – 19.09.2006) Vico Magistretti was an Italian architect, as well as furniture and industrial designer. For many years he was a leading figure of Milan Rationalism, and developed timeless solutions for technical and formal problems. Magistretti was born on 6 October 1920 in Milan. The son of an architect, he began his own […]
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ITALIAN DESIGN DAY
Italian Design Day – 02 March 2017 Design in Italy permeates the fields of culture, art and philosophy to such an extent that it constitutes our society’s innate pattern; its novelty combined with the solidity of the traditional handicrafts and with the unprejudiced experimentation gives origin to Italian designers’ personal style. Besides, thanks to the […]
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FILM: LOST IN LAOS – Comedy | 2012
Cinema at the Institute: RIFF on Tour LOST IN LAOS Director: Alessandro Zunino Year: 2012 | Duration: 113 min Cast: Daniela Camera, Daniele Pitari, Carla Signoris, Dario Vergassola In Italian with subtitles in English Daniela and Paolo decide to take a vacation in Vang Vieng in Laos, practicing tubing, rafting and having fun. After an impromptu […]
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