Italian films are screened in this edition Not too cheerful, de Bruno Bozzetto, Art HAPPINESSby Alessandro Rak, Nowhereby Simone Massi. Classic and contemporary Italian animated films have also been screened at the Cervantes Institute. Animation historian Andrea Martignoni, director of the ANIMAPHIX Festival, will judge the feature film competition and the Romanian competition.
Bucharest Photofest (October 11-20, 2024) is a festival-platform that transforms photography into a tool of visual education and has assumed the mission of mediating the access of the general public to some of the most relevant landmarks in domestic and international photography. Sara Lepore, Hugo Weber and Alex Zoboli are Italian photographers participating this year at Bucharest Photofest. On October 12, IIC Bucharest hosts a meeting with Sara Lepore (from 11.00 a.m.) and with Nicolas Dykmans (from 12.00 p.m.). Also on October 12, at 18.00, the exhibitions Moimom by Hugo Weber and Shine On by Alex Zoboli will be inaugurated at the Goethe Institut.
The Italian Institute of Culture in Bucharest presents on October 14, 2024, at 7:00 p.m., in Aleea Alexandru 41, Bucharest, the concert performed by Elena Paparusso Trio (Elena Paparusso – vocals and compositions, Paolo Profeti – saxophone and compositions, Albert Tajti – piano and compositions).
Singer, composer and performer, Elena Paparusso was awarded an artistic residency at the Italian Institute of Culture in Bucharest from September 23 to October 20, 2024, for her compositions, thanks to Progetto Air 2024, supported by MIDJ (Association of Italian Jazz Musicians) and Europe Jazz Network.
Within Bucharest Fashion Weekwill be open from October 16 to 27, 2024, at Gallery 2/3 (Str. Franceză 4, Bucharest) the exhibition FASHION PANORAMA – THE ITALIAN NEW WAVE. Fashion Panorama – The Italian New Wave is an exhibition produced by the General Directorate for the Promotion of Italy, under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, curated by Vogue Italia. The purpose of the exhibition is to give visibility to the new generation of Italian fashion designers. Fashion is traditionally one of the industries most involved in spreading the concept of Made in Italy internationally, and it also functions as a powerful economic engine for many other sectors.
The band Berardi Farmhouses presents on October 16, 2024, at 7:00 p.m., at ARCUB – Hanul Gabroveni, Great Hall (Str. Lipscani 84-90, Bucharest) the show I’M TRYING TO FLY! Tribute to Domenico Modugno, with Gianfranco Berardi, Davide Berardi (vocals and guitar) and Giulia Bertasi (accordion).
“I try to fly” is an original play which, starting from elements of Gianfranco Berardi’s biography, tells the life of one of the many young people raised in the province who, attracted by the myth, are ready to face any adventure to fulfill their the dream of becoming artists.
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Two men found 2,300-year-old silver coins in Botoșani. Never before has such a treasure been discovered in the area
During the International Symposium et al “Fabrica Illuminata” Festival 2024organized between October 16-19, 2024 at the National University of Music in Bucharest on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Arnold Schoenberg and the centenary of the birth of the Italian composer Luigi Nono (1924-2024), will be presented online on zoom, on October 18, from 12.30 to 13.00, the conference The use of technology in revolutionary perspective. Luigi Nono and his collaborators, supported by Laura Zattra, from the University of Music in Rovigo and the University of Music in Vincenza.
Within Italian Language Weeks in the World, in on October 18, 2024, at 6:15 p.m., in the Aula Magna of the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, the Marian Papahagi Award (11th edition) will be awarded. The prize will be awarded during the International Symposium Romania Contexta (the fourth edition), Eredità e trasmissione nelle lingue e letterature romanze, which will be held in Cluj-Napoca between 18-19 October 24.
As part of the events organized on the occasion of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, the Embassy of Switzerland and the Italian Institute of Culture in Bucharest present on Monday, October 21, 2024, at 18.00, in the Cinema Hall at UNATC, the film TAMARO. STONES AND ANGELS. MARIO BOTTA ENZO CUCCHI by Villi Hermann (1998, 74 minutes, original restored version, in Italian with English subtitles). The restored 2k version of the film premiered in 2023 at the Locarno Film Festival in the Histoire(s) du Cinéma section.
The Italian Institute of Culture in Bucharest presents, on October 23, 2024, at 7:30 p.m., in Aleea Alexandru 41, the concert performed by Marco Vezzoso Trio (Marco Vezzoso – trumpet, Alessandro Collina – piano, Gabi Matei – drums), a jazz-style instrumental reinterpretation of some of the most beautiful contemporary Italian pop songs.
Marco Vezzoso is a trumpet teacher at the National Conservatory of Nice (France), and Alessandro Collina is an acclaimed jazz pianist.
Festival Cannes Films has Bucharest a reached its 15th edition and takes place between October 25 and November 3, 2024. At this year’s edition, the film Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino (Italy, France, 2024), awarded the CST Prize for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the Cannes Film Festival 2024. Lorenzo Esposito and Paolo Bertolin participate in the events organized within the Festival from Italy, with the support of IIC Bucharest.
Franca MancinelliItalian poet and writer of international renown, will be the guest of the Italian Institute of Culture and the Jazz Roots Poetry Series curators for an artistic residency dedicated to the rediscovery of the city of Bucharest.
A special event during this residency will take place on Monday, October 28, 2024, at 7:00 p.m., at the Italian Institute of Culture: a presentation of his experience that will interweave impressions of Bucharest with his larger poetic work. The meeting, moderated by Olmo Calzolari and Teodora Raicu, will be bilingual, with readings in Italian and translations in Romanian, offering the public an authentic dialogue between the two cultures.
Don’t miss the event Halloween… yes, but Italian style, which will take place on October 31 from 18.00, in Aleea Alexandru 41. We are waiting for you in costume! We will tell you about the customs and how Halloween is celebrated in Italy, we have surprises for you and a prize for the most interesting costume.
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