15º FESTIVAL BEIRUT CHANTS | GRAND OPENING
The 15thThe 15th Edition of the Beirut Chants Festival opens with a great concert given by six high-level artists, three Lebanese and three Italians, accompanied by the Choirs of the Antonina University and the Notre Dame University and by musicians from the Lebanese National Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert, directed by P. Toufic Maatouk, is organized […]
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VII EDITION OF THE WEEK OF ITALIAN CUISINE IN THE WORLD | CAGLIARI – SAN BENEDETTO MARKET
VIIth Edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World “Conviviality, sustainability and innovation: the ingredients of Italian cuisinefor people’s health and for the protection of the planet” The Italian Cultural Institute of Beirut presents 4 docufilms – made by Stefilm as part of the “Food Markets” series – on the markets of Turin, […]
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PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION “ARAB-NORMAN PALERMO” BY FRANCESCO FERLA
The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the Dante Alighieri Society-Tripoli Committee and the Azm Cultural Center – Beit El Fann of Tripoli, organize a photographic exhibition on architectural influences in the city of Palermo. Located on the northern coast of Sicily, Arab-Norman Palermo includes a series of nine civil and religious structures dating from […]
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EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE ON DANTE ALIGHIERI | SPECIAL FOR SCHOOLS
The Italian Cultural Institute and the Abdallah Ghanem Cultural Center of Baskinta are organizing an exhibition and a conference on Dante and his famous work, the Divine Comedy. The “Dante Plus 700 Beirut Edition” exhibition comprises 28 unconventional portraits of Dante Alighieri, drawn by established Italian artists active in the fields of design, graphics, comics, […]
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PARTICIPATIVE ARCHEOLOGY IN MAASSER EL SHOUF | PART TWO
Launch of the three-year project in collaboration with the Italian-Lebanese archaeological mission MeSAP (Maasser el Shouf Archaeological Project). The project aims at the creation of interactive maps that can guide the visitor through an emotional journey in the cultural and environmental sites of the High Shouf. These maps would allow him to live the unique […]
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VII EDITION OF THE WEEK OF ITALIAN CUISINE IN THE WORLD | PALERMO – BALLARÒ 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 docufilms – made by Stefilm as part of the “Food Markets” series – on the markets of Turin, […]
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8° BAFF | ENNIO: THE MAESTRO
This portrait of the life and extraordinary work of the legendary Italian composer, Ennio Morricone stems from a lengthy interview. He composed such iconic soundtracks as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, Mission and The Untouchables. Morricone recounts as a composer how he gradually became involved in […]
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8° BAFF | BOTTICELLI, FLORENCE AND THE MEDICI
Botticelli, Florence and the Medici is an unprecedented journey through the life and the art of the Florentine Maestro. Who was Sandro Botticelli, the artist who asserted himself as the inventor of an ideal Beauty? Footage of amazing works of art, interviews with leading experts and international art historians narrate the splendor and contradictions of […]
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8th BAFF | “PASOLINI 100” IN BEIRUT | FILM “ACCATTONE”
Screening of the film “Teorema” by Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968, 97′, OV/ sub. Eng. The film will be followed by a 60-minute conference entitled “Karl, Sigmund and Jesus are on a boat” by Rabih Haddad (Fr./sub. Eng.) A telegram is sent to a rich family of the Milanese bourgeoisie announcing to its members the imminent […]
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8° BAFF | “PASOLINI 100” IN BEIRUT | DOCUFILM AND LECTURES
An evening dedicated to docufilms and conferences on the figure of Pasolini “Pasolini and Poetry”Lectures 18:00 – Pasolini, the eternal youthLecture by Roberto Deidierin French, with Arabic subs 19:30 – The poet of the non-poeticLecture by Dr. Paul Magnette in French, with Arabic subs Wednesday, November 16th – 18:00Abdallah Lahoud Foundation Auditorium Ticket at 50.000 LBP for both […]
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