Cinema Made in Italy is offering the chance for you and a friend to go to an exclusive screening of the Italian film, I WAS A DREAMER (Il più grande sogno) at Ciné Lumière on Sunday 5th of March at 6.40 I WAS A DREAMER (Il più grande sogno) Director: Michele Vannucci – 100 mins Cast: Mirko Frezza, Alessandro Borghi, Vittorio…
Every term, at the end of the first lesson on my beginner courses, I always have at least one student coming up to me and asking how long it’s going to take before they can speak Italian. Learning Italian, or any other foreign language, is a cumulative process that takes time and effort. But here are 5 tips from your teacher to help you make…
Cinema Made in Italy returns to Ciné Lumière from 1 – 5 March 2017. This 7th edition of the festival brings a brand new array of cinematic delights, with an alluring line-up of recent Italian productions, including Q&A sessions with the film-makers. The five-day annual event is organised by Istituto Luce Cinecittà, in collaboration with Ciné Lumière and with the…
Here in Agnone, Alto Molise since ancient times, the shepherds of the Apennines have been moving their herds along the tratturi, the wide tracks that weave through Abruzzo and Molise down to the plains of Puglia. This seasonal migration is called la transumanza – which translates as crossing the lands – a constant search for better grazing in the changing…
On the 14 January 2017 from 10 to 12 at the Italian Cultural Institute we have enrolment and assessment tests. Possibility of meeting with some of the teachers to be introduced to the syllabus and the method of teaching and assessing your level. Possibility to enrol in our classes with £10 discount Knowing more about the Institute and its Cultural events…
The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Istituto Luce Cinecittà and Curzon Artificial Eye, organizes a special screening of the 2016 Italian documentary Fire at Sea, directed by Gianfranco Rosi. The Italian film director will attend the event, which will take place at Curzon Mayfair Cinema at 6.30pm. Fire at Sea won…
Buon Natale! Film & Prosecco Christmas Party Come and celebrate Natale with teachers and students at the Italian Cultural Institute. Italian Language Services at the Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to invite you at 7pm on Wednesday 23rd November to see an award winning Italian film and celebrate Christmas. Panettone & Prosecco will follow the film so we can toast…
..in a country full of tourists and English speaking waiters, it is a great treat to find such an authentic and unspoilt place.. None of the Italian visitors whom we joined around the table at Agriturismo di Santa Lucia had ever been before, or knew anyone else who had! They marvelled at what they had discovered, and in a country…
The days are shorter and nights are surely chillier in this season but it is a great time to spend in Sorrento anyway! Tourists numbers drop off in the Fall, so the best time to visit it is mid-September, October and November. The warm sun and the brittle nights, the crowd which is smaller and smaller, the sea of the…
At the end of October there will be a knees up like no other when Match&Fuse brings together musicians from 14 countries across Europe as a political ‘up yours’ to the obtuse world we find ourselves in. Like many of you, Match&Fuse believes in moving forward, not backward, and our music policy reflects that. 2 days of gigs happen in 7…
