Eco Eco Eco – A World-Wide Talk for Umberto
On February 18, the Italian Cultural Istitute of Beirut participates in a global YouTube marathon dedicated to Umberto Eco. For 24 consecutive hours, the Italian Cultural Institutes around the world, together with writers, scholars, and intellectuals, will offer testimonies, reflections, and readings in tribute to one of the most influential figures of contemporary Italian thought. […]
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PRESENTATION IN BEIRUT OF THE ARABIC TRANSLATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY BY ANDREA BAJANI (PREMIO STREGA 2025)
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Beirut is pleased to invite the public to the presentation of the Arabic translation of The Anniversary, the novel by Andrea Bajani, winner of the Premio Strega 2025.Among the earliest translations of the work into a foreign language, the Arabic edition has been conceived with the aim of promoting […]
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IFF 2026 – SECOND EDITION | SOTTO LE NUVOLE [BELOW THE CLOUDS]
Between Vesuvius and the Gulf of Naples, the land quakes from time to time, and the fumaroles of the Phlegraean Fields taint the air. The ruins that lie below — Pompeii, Herculaneum, long-submerged Roman villas — tell of a future that was buried by time. From these traces of history, memories of the subterranean world, […]
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IFF 2026 – SECOND EDITION | DUSE
Eleonora Duse’s legendary career seems over, but in the ferocious times between the Great War and the rise of fascism, the Divina feels a call stronger than any resignation and returns to where her life began: on stage. It’s not just the call to acting that drives her, but a profound urgency: the need to […]
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IFF 2026 – SECOND EDITION | LA VALLE DEI SORRISI [THE HOLY BOY]
Remis is a small village nestled in a secluded valley in the mountains. Its inhabitants are all unusually happy. It seems the perfect destination for new PE teacher Sergio Rossetti, haunted by a mysterious past. Thanks to an encounter with Michela, the young owner of the village inn, the teacher discovers that behind the seeming […]
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IFF 2026 – SECOND EDITION | LE CITTÀ DI PIANURA [THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD]
Carlo Bianchi and Doriano, two down-on-their-luck men in their fifties, share a single obsession: going out for one last drink. One night, drifting by car from bar to bar, they happen to run into Giulio, a shy architecture student. The encounter with these two unlikely mentors will profoundly change Giulio’s way of seeing the world […]
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IFF 2026 – SECOND EDITION | FUORI (OUTSIDE)
FUORI is a moving drama about friendship in adversity, female solidarity, and anti-conformism, inspired by the life of one of Italy’s most iconic authors, Goliarda Sapienza. Rome, 1980. After the magnum opus The Art of Joy she has been working on for a decade is rejected by the Italian publishing world, writer Goliarda Sapienza ends […]
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IFF 2026 – SECOND EDITION | LA VITA VA COSÌ [LIFE IS LIFE]
At the dawn of the new millennium, two distant destinies collide on a still-unspoiled stretch of coastline in southern Sardinia. Efisio Mulas is a solitary shepherd, the silent guardian of a time that seems no longer to exist. He has lived there all his life, between the sea and his animals, in the small house […]
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IFF 2026 – SECOND EDITION | PRIMAVERA [SPRING] (SECOND SCREENING)
Venice, early 18th century. Renowned for its exceptional music program, the Pièta orphanage is home to Cecilia, a 20-year-old violin virtuoso. Despite her extraordinary talent, Cecilia remains confined within the orphanage and like all the girls there, her only escape seems to get married. Yet, her life changes drastically when Antonio Vivaldi, a brilliant and ambitious […]
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IFF 2026 – SECOND EDITION | GIOIA MIA [SWEETHEART]
Nico, a lively, stubborn, and cheeky boy raised in a secular family in a modern, technological, and hyper-connected world, is forced to spend the summer in Sicily, staying with his grumpy and devoutly religious elderly aunt. She lives alone in an ancient mansion filled with legends and superstitions, without Wi-Fi, appliances, or any form of […]
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