27th EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL | FILM “TO CHIARA”
The Guerrasio family and friends gather to celebrate Claudio and Carmela’s oldest daughter’s 18th birthday. It is a happy occasion, and the family is very close-knit, in spite of the healthy rivalry between the birthday girl and her 15-year-old sister Chiara as they compete on the dancefloor. However, everything changes the next day when the […]
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27th EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL | FILM “THE CONFORMIST”
Marcello Clerici is a member of the secret police in Mussolini’s Fascist Italy. He and his new bride, Giulia, travel to Paris for their honeymoon, where Marcello is also tasked to plan the assassination of his former college professor Luca Quadri, an outspoken anti-Fascist living in exile. But when Marcello meets the professor’s young wife, […]
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8° BAFF-BEIRUT ART FILM FESTIVAL
The Italian Cultural Institute in Lebanon announces that within its partnership with the BAFF, the following film will be screened: “Botticelli, Florence and the Medici”by Michele Mally (2022, 90 min.) “Ennio: The Maestro”by Giuseppe Tornatore (2021, 156 min.) The Beirut Art Film Festival returns with an 8th edition of documentary films on art, on top […]
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27th EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL | FILM “THE PEACOCK’S PARADISE”
On a cold winter day, Nena’s family reunites in their house in front of the sea to celebrate her birthday. Everybody is there: her husband Umberto, their children Vito and Caterina, cousin Isabella, their daughter-in-law Adelina, Caterina’s ex Manfredi with his new girlfriend Joana, their granddaughter Alma and Lucia, the maid, with her daughter Grazia. […]
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VII EDITION OF THE WEEK OF ITALIAN CUISINE IN THE WORLD | NOVEMBER 13-20, 2022
From the 13th to the 20th of November 2022, the VII Edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World will be held all over the world. It is a showcase for Italy and Italian taste in the world, created in 2016 by MAECI to promote Italian culinary traditions and knowledge in oenology as […]
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VII EDITION OF THE WEEK OF ITALIAN CUISINE IN THE WORLD | TURIN – PORTA PALAZZO MARKET
VIIth Edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World “Conviviality, sustainability and innovation: the ingredients of Italian cuisine for people’s health and for the protection of the planet” The Italian Cultural Institute of Beirut presents 4 documentaries – made by Stefilm as part of the “Food Markets” series – on the markets of […]
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27th EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL, NOVEMBER 4-16, 2022
Organized by the Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon, in partnership with Metropolis Cinema and in cooperation with the European Union Member States, the Festival features a thrilling selection of films from Europe, as well as short films by emerging Lebanese filmmakers. With the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 edition of the […]
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GERONIMO STILTON, CHILDREN’S MOST LOVED MOUSE JOURNALIST, SPEAKS NOW ALSO ARABIC
A new special edition of “A Thousand Wonders. Journey to discover Italy“, in which Geronimo Stilton – the mouse reporter born from an idea of Elisabetta Dami – travels throughout the boot to discover the most beautiful and evocative places of Italy, was presented at the 41th edition of the International Book Fair in Sharjah […]
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“DOORS. PLEASE TOUCH” PROJECT | SECOND PHASE
The IIC participates in the second phase of the “Doors. Please touch” project, promoted by the Red Oak Association in collaboration with the “Omero” National Tactile Museum of Ancona in Italy. Launched in 2018 in collaboration with the Lebanese Ministry of Culture, the Italian Cultural Institute, the “Omero” Tactile Museum of Ancona, the National Museum […]
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CONCERT “PROGETTO SUONO ITALIANO 2022” | CANCELLED
The Concert has been cancelled due to extenuating circumstances beyond our control In the framework of the XXII Week of Italian Language in the World: “Italian Language and Youth” The Italian Cultural Institute in Lebanon, in collaboration with the CIDIM- Italian National Committee for Music and with the Antonine University, inaugurate the XXII Week of […]
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