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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IFF 2026 – SECOND EDITION | TESTA O CROCE [HEADS OR TAILS?]
At the beginning of the 20th century, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show arrived in Rome to sell Italians the myth of the frontier-with blank rifle shots and cowboy spectacles. Against the backdrop of a legendary rodeo contest between American cowboys and Italian butteri , Rosa, the young wife of the local landowner, falls in love […]
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IFF 2026 – SECOND EDITION | UN ANNO DI SCUOLA [A YEAR OF SCHOOL]
September 2007, Trieste, Northeast Italy. Fred, an exuberant and brave girl of seventeen, arrives in town and enrolls in her High School Senior Year. She finds herself as the only girl in an all-male class and quickly becomes the center of attention, especially for three friends: Antero, charming and reserved, Pasini, cocky womanizer; Mitis, gruff […]
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IFF 2026 – SECOND EDITION | PRIMAVERA [SPRING]
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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ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL IN LEBANON 2026 – II EDITION
The Italian Embassy to Lebanon and the Italian Cultural Institute in Beirut, in partnership with the Metropolis Art Cinema, have the pleasure to announce the opening of the Second Edition of the Italian Film Festival in Lebanon. The Festival will open on January 21st, 2026 at the Metropolis Cinema in Mar Mikhael (Beirut) with the movie “Primavera” by Damiano Michieletto. The […]
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XXV SLIM | NEW ITALIAN PLAYS IN THE WORLD | “INTENSE”
INTENSO by Denise Diaz First performance in Lebanon Monnot Theatre, Beirut December 23, 7:30 pm Directed by Lama El Amine Intense by Denise Díaz is a two-voice dialogue that explores the conflict between love and survival, between the desire to escape and fear of the world. Betty and Cassandra inhabit a closed, degraded space that […]
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ANTHUS | CONCERT “CIAO FRANCO! TRIBUTE TO FRANCO BATTIATO”
The Italian Cultural Institute of Beirut presents Ciao Franco!, an original and deeply heartfelt homage to the great Sicilian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, interpreted by jazz singer and composer Anthus. Like Battiato, Anthus is Sicilian, and in this project he revisits some of his most beloved songs through the refined lens of contemporary jazz: not simple […]
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EXHIBITION “DIVA! THE ITALIAN GLAMOUR IN FASHION JEWELLERY”
The Italian Cultural Institute of Beirut and the “Le Yacht Club-Beirut”, under the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Beirut, are pleased to present the exhibition “DIVA! The Italian Glamour in Fashion Jewellery”, a journey dedicated to the excellence of Italian jewellery and its extraordinary ability to narrate society through style, creativity, and innovation. […]
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CONCERT OF “IL QUARTETTO DI CREMONA” | BEIRUT CHANTS 2025
The Italian Cultural Institute of Beirut is organizing, for the Beirut Chants Festival and as part of its 2025 edition, a concert by the renowned Quartetto di Cremona. ARTISTS Cristiano Gualco – violin Nicola Amati, Cremona 1640 Paolo Andreoli – violin Paolo Antonio Testore, Milano ca. 1758 (Kulturfonds Peter Eckes) Simone Gramaglia – viola Giovanni Paolo […]
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TAVIANI BROTHERS RETROSPECTIVE | SCREENING OF “LEONORA ADDIO”
The movie does not follow the plot of the Pirandello short story of the same name, but instead weaves together two separate narratives: the long and complicated journey of the author’s ashes after his death in 1936, and an adaptation of one of his final stories, The Nail (Il chiodo). When Luigi Pirandello died, the […]
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