XXIa S.L.I.M. – SARBA’S CHILDREN SING “A COMEDY DIVINE”
The youngest students of the Italian language in Sarba – Nabatieh take part to the activities for the 700 years from Dante’s death performing the song “A Comedy Divine”, from the 2015 edition of the festival Zecchino d’Oro. Coordinator the teacher Mona Rizk.
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10 ITALIAN SHORTS AROUND THE WORLD – 2021 EDITION
Like past years, the Italian Cultural Institute participates to the initiative promoted by the National Short Film Center, in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, for the free screening through Italian Embassies, Consulates and Cultural Institutes throughout the world, of a selection of Italian short films chosen amongst the most […]
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The Italian-Lebanese archaeological missions in Lebanon: sharing experiences and research prospects
A Study Day dedicated to the Italian-Lebanese archaeological missions activated in recent years, in the Auditorium of the Lebanese University-Hadat Campus. Opening of the Day by the Minister of Culture Mohamad Wissam Mortada, the Rector of the Lebanese University Fouad Ayoub and the Italian Ambassador Nicoletta Bombardiere. Closing speech by Sarkis El Khoury, Director of […]
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DANTE 700 IN BEIRUT – BAFF 2021 – ARAB CULTURE IN THE DIVINE COMEDY
Debate between Dr. Francesca Maria Corrao, professor of Arabic language and culture at LUISS University in Rome, and Abdo Wazen, Lebanese poet and critic, on the influence of medieval Arab culture on Dante and The Divine Comedy . Duration: 90 minutes, in Arabic with simultaneous translation into French. Rules for accessing: Access is free for everyone, […]
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DANTE 700 IN BEIRUT – BAFF 2021 – THE DESCENT IN HELL OF THE LEBANESE, THROUGH ARCHITECTURE, DANCE, LITERATURE AND ART.
Screening of three movies, directed by Nicolas Khoury, which study the descent into hell of the Lebanese people, through architecture, dance, literature and art. The screening will be followed by a debate between Nicolas Khoury and Alice Mogabgab, the producer of the 3 films. Niemeyer 4 Ever, produced in 2018, 30 minutes, Arabic with French […]
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DANTE 700 IN BEIRUT – BAFF 2021 – DANTE – WHAT IS THE DIVINE COMEDY?
Thierry Thomas, the director of this 2006 documentary, follows the order of the poem, in the footsteps of Dante and Virgil, and describes the fantastic universe of Hell, circle after circle, until the ninth and last; while Jacqueline Risset, translator of The Divine Comedy into French, delivers her invaluable comments, alongside a dozen historians and […]
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DANTE 700 IN BEIRUT – BAFF 2021 – BOTTICELLI – INFERNO
A 2016 documentary, directed by Ralph Loop. The Birth of Venus and The Spring by Sandro Botticelli, have been consecrating the painter of feminine beauty for centuries. Now, his drawings of The Divine Comedy, long forgotten, brings forth another aspect of the artist; that of the intellectual captivated by Dante’s poetry, and who worked intensely, […]
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DANTE 700 IN BEIRUT – BAFF 2021 – POETRY, THEATER AND MUSIC
Cesare Capitani, a French-Italian comedian, will read in both languages some passages from The Divine Comedy , accompanied in his reading by Ghassan Sahhab and his qānūn (medieval zither). Duration: 90 minutes, in Italian and French. Rules for accessing: Access is free for everyone, however a reservation is required to attend to all the events, […]
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DANTE 700 IN BEIRUT – BAFF 2021 – DANTE AND BEATRICE: AN ITALIAN-LEVANTINE SPIRITUAL LAUDA.
Inspired by Italian and Levantine musical works from the time of Dante Alighieri, Dr. Nidaa Abou Mrad, Dean of the Faculty of Music and Musicology at Antonine University (Lebanon), proposes – as a world premiere, the 15th and 16th of September – a musicalization of excerpts from the Divine Comedy and of verses by Abū […]
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PORDENONELEGGE 2021 – THE BOOK FESTIVAL WITH THE AUTHORS
For the second year, the Italian Cultural Institute of Beirut adheres to the “Pordenonelegge” Literary Festival, which will take place from the 15th to the 19th of September 2021. Many of the events and meetings with the authors will be available, in live streaming or pre-recorded, on the channel Pordenonelegge TV (the 2021 schedule is […]
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