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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DANTE 700 IN BEIRUT – BAFF 2021 – FROM HELL TO HEAVEN THROUGH POETRY AND ART.
A debate between Dr. Giuseppe Rizzo, an art historian at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, and Diane de Selliers, publisher in Paris of Dante’s Divine Comedy illustrated by Botticelli in 1996, among other works. The speakers will talk about Dante, Botticelli, the genesis of the book and will present in the form of an online […]
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DANTE 700 IN BEIRUT – EIGHT EVENINGS DEDICATED TO DANTE
On the occasion of the seventh hundred commemoration of the deathof Dante (1265 – 1321) and of The Divine Comedy,in partnership with the BAFF-Beirut Art Film Festival,the Italian Cultural Institute – Beirut,invites you to participate online or in presence to EIGHT EVENINGS DEDICATED TO DANTE From the 14th to the […]
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TRAINING COURSE FOR TEACHERS OF ITALIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
The Language and Translation Center of the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences – Lebanese University organizes, in close collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Beirut, a training course entitled “The use of songs and ludic-cooperative language teaching in Italian as a F.L.”. The course is open for all Italian language teachers in Lebanon […]
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ESTATE ALL’ITALIANA FESTIVAL 2021
A world tour of music and theatre, streamed on demand for free to international audiences. The “Estate all’Italiana Festival” is back for a second year, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in collaboration with the Associazione ItaliaFestival, the association formed by some of the most prestigious Italian festivals. From 4 July […]
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