News & Events
Italian & Career in US Dept. of State Foreign Service Online Interview
Date 06.15.2021
Fare Cinema 2021 World Day of Italian Cinema – June 19
Date 06.14.2021
Since 2018, Fare Cinema is the week that the Farnesina dedicates every year to the ‘seventh art’ with events around the world organized by Italian Embassies, Consulates and Italian Cultural Institutes to introduce foreign audiences to the best of Italian cinema. Since the first edition, the focus of the festival has been the professions of cinema, that is, on all those workers who make up the complex machine of film production and who, in front of or behind the camera, contribute to the success of our cinema in Italy and abroad.
This year’s program includes the following sections:
REBOOT – ITALIAN CINEMA RETURNS and THE NEW EMBRACE OF CINEMA: FROM THE PANDEMY TO THE SET two series of original videos dedicated to the professional careers in Italian cinema and the resiliency of the Italian film industry, produced in collaboration with the Cinema Foundation for Rome
WITH THE MOVIE CAMERA an online film series on mymovies.it presented in collaboration with the distribution house True Colours.
BEYOND THE SCREEN a series of documentaries that recount the story of Italian cinema behind the scenes in collaboration with Audiovisiva.
BIOPIC TV two biographical TV limited series available on mymovies.it in collaboration with RAICom and Movieheart.
DAVID DI DONATELLO AWARDS – BEST SHORT FILMS online screenings of the five titles selected for the 2021 edition of the award in collaboration with the Academy of Italian Cinema and ANICA.Available on the Vimeo channel of the Italiana portal.
CORTI D’AUTORE six original shorts from a MAECI project in collaboration with ANICA. Available on the Vimeo channel of the Italiana portal.
FROM BOOK TO SCREEN three documentaries on the making of successful television series, in collaboration with the Salone del libro di Torino, the Turin Book Fair, available on the Vimeo channel of the Italiana portal and on the official channels of the Salone.
During the 2021 edition of Fare Cinema, the World Day of Italian Cinema will be celebrated on 19 June.
“My Authentic Table” Free Virtual Italian Culinary Experience – June 19
Date 06.08.2021
The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West, in partnership with La Cucina Italiana, presents an exclusive Virtual Culinary Experience with Michelin awarded and leading Italian chef Antonia Klugmann on June 19 at 10:00 am PST.
Join our editor-in-chief Maddalena Fossati as she takes a seat at Antonia’s Authentic Italian Table – showcasing recipes and inspiring conversation that capture the multifaceted essence of authentic Italian cuisine. As part of the IACCW’s annual True Italian Taste events (funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and led by Assocamerestero), you’re invited to explore and connect with Italy’s culinary heritage through the lens of its most iconic leading chefs.
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Cineday for kids! Free Italian animated film streaming – June 13-15
Date 06.12.2021
Directed by Enzo D’Alò
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“Poetry in Italian Film” Free Virtual Workshop – June 13
Date 06.08.2021
From the enchantment of love to the thirst for infinity, join Valerio Viale in this fascinating one-hour FREE virtual workshop in which he explores the subject of poetry using the visual impact of cinema through discussion on the similarities and differences between Il Postino (1994) and Leopardi (2014). In these two Italian movies the poets and their characters come alive and give us the key to understand and appreciate their words and works. With the aid of a few movie clips, the workshop delves into Pablo Neruda’s passionate love poetry and Giacomo Leopardi’s introspective, philosophical poetics.
Sunday, June 13 @ 10:00 am PST
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Buona Festa della Repubblica 2021!
Date 06.02.2021
“The Importance of the Italian AP” Interview now available
Date 05.25.2021
Study+Italian+Work virtual series presented by the Italian Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco and Fondazione Italia in collaboration with The Italian Language Foundation and AATI is now available!
Maneskin from Italy wins Eurovision 2021
Date 05.24.2021
“Italian Migrants and the Land Free” Virtual Event – May 22
Date 05.17.2021
Caffe Culturale will host historian Vincenza Scarpaci who will present on “Italian Migrants and the Land.” Thousands of Italians migrated to the US, most of them from rural villages. They came for work and settled wherever they found employment, usually not in agricultural jobs. How did they translate their rural lifestyles to urban/industrial America? What strategies enabled them to retain their relationship to the land? Some became grocers, and greengrocers. A minority, who settled in some “unlikely places“ became farmers, truck farmers, tenant farmers or migrant farm workers. These few produced fresh vegetables, introducing new kinds to the public. This virtual webinar is FREE.
Saturday, May 22 @ 11am PST
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EduItalia Scholarships 2021For HS Students Taking AP Italian Test
Date 05.12.2021
The Embassy of Italy in Washington D.C. and Eduitalia, an association of 111 qualified schools, colleges and universities that offer courses for foreign students in Italy, have partnered to offer 22 scholarships aimed to promote Italian language and culture in the U.S.
The grants will cover accommodation in Italy for up to 5 weeks at one of Eduitalia associated schools, enrollment, Italian classes, didactic material, and extracurricular activities.
The scholarships will allow winners to live an unforgettable study experience in Italy. All students who will take the AP Italian Language and Culture exam are eligible. Winners will be chosen by the Education Offices of the Consular network from the most deserving students.
Deadline is May 21, 2021
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