Italian Embassy Cultural Centre present “Shakuntala and other Love Stories”

The charm of India in Opera and Ballet

Event Description : ART EXHIBITION : Italian Embassy Cultural Centre present “Shakuntala and other Love Stories”

The exhibition“Shakuntala and other Love Stories”, The charm of India in opera and ballet- is an exhibition of  the  sketches and costume designs, of the works The legend of Sakuntala by Franco Alfano, The Daughter of the King by Adriano Lualdi, The Woman without a shadow by Richard Strauss, The pearl fishermen by George Bizet, L’Africana  by Giacomo Meyerbeer and the Nutcracker ballets, The Sleeping Beauty by Peter Il’ic Cajkovskij and Mondo Tondo by Ennio Porrino belonging to the iconographic collection of the Teatro dell’Opera Foundation in Rome. The Historical Archive has conceived and created this exhibition, which aims to be a respectful tribute to what the culture of India has transmitted to the whole of the West. Composed of 16 sketches, 71 costume designs, made by famous scenographers and costume designers of the last century such as Cipriano Efisio Oppo, Mario Pompei, Veniero Colasanti, John Moore, Salvatore Russo, Mario Giorsi, Mario Cito Filomarino, the exhibition also features 10 original costumes.

Screening of the Italian Movie ‘Respiro’

Respiro is a 2002 Italian film written and directed by Emanuele Crialese and released in English-language markets in 2003. In the Italian language, respiro means a “breathe”. On an impoverished Italian island, a free-spirited woman is accused of madness by townspeople fed up with her antics.

Plot: Grazia, played by Golino, is a free-spirited mother of three married to shy fisherman Pietro (Vincenzo Amato) and living on the idyllic but isolated island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea. She shows signs of manic depressive behaviour—one moment she’s laughing wildly and swimming half-naked in the sea, while the next she’s curled in a ball on her bed. Out of her earshot, the adult members of her extended family vaguely discuss sending her to a facility of some sort in Northern Italy.

Grazia is closely shepherded by her oldest son Pasquale, played by Casisa, who appears to be about fourteen years old and often assumes more of a parental role with his mother. After Pietro puts down one of Grazia’s dogs because he thinks it might be dangerous, impulsive Grazia sets all the stray dogs free in the town’s makeshift kennel. After the dogs swarm over the island, the locals demand that Pietro do something about his wife. But when he tells her he plans to send her away to Northern Italy, she runs away and hides in a cave on the shore, where she’s secretly tended by young Pasquale, who brings her food every day.

Pietro and some friends doggedly search the island for Grazia, so Pasquale leaves one of her dresses by the edge of the sea as a ruse. Pietro finds the dress—the one she was wearing the day she disappeared—and nearly everyone presumes she has drowned. Pietro, however, continues to search for her, and just before an important local religious festival, he sees her swimming in the water. He dives in to assist her, thinking a miracle has occurred, and many of the villagers follow suit, thus providing a sheltering circle around her as she is brought safely to shore.

Directed by: Emanuele Crialese

Stars: Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato, Francesco Casisa

Year: 2002

Duration: 95 Minutes

Genres: Drama

Imdb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt00286516/

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiro

Trailor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=938CuQLBR8c

Free entry. For security reasons please show your Valid Photo Identity Card.

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre

50-E, Chandragupta Marg

(entry from Nyaya Marg)

Chanakyapuri

New Delhi- 110021

Tel:011-2687-19-01/03/04

Email: iicnewdelhi@esteri.it

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre in collaboration with India Habitat Centre is screening Italian movies in 1st and 2nd week of April 2019

Who doesn’t like an evening of movie screening? To give people a chance to enjoy such moments, Italian Embassy Cultural Centre in collaboration with India Habitat Centre is going to give such immersive experience. Enjoy 1st and 2nd week of April 2019 with Italian Movie screenings at India Habitat Centre.

Schedule:

*5th April – 2017/ 79 mins – Per un figlio by Gina film and directed by Suranga Deshapriya Katugampala. The movie shall be screened in the presence of Director of movie.

7th April – 2017/ 86 mins – Lorello e Brunello by Vivo Film and directed by Jacopo Quadri.

*8th April – 2014/ 98 mins – Piu’ Buio di mezzanotte by RAI Cinema and directed by Sebastiano Riso.

9th April -2018/ 120mins – Gli ultimi butteri by Antonio La Forgia and directed by Walter Bencini

10th April – 2018/ 84 mins – Luventa, directed by Michele Cinque. The movie shall be screened in the presence of Director of movie.

*11th April – 2018/ 97 mins – Figlia Mia by My Factory and directed by Laura Bispuri.

12th April – 6 short movies

1) La gita by Zen Movie and directed by Salvatore Allocca. The movie shall be screened in the presence of Director of movie.

2) Stai sereno by Zen Movie and directed by Daniele Stocchi.

3) Alla luce del sole by Zen Movie and directed by Francesco Pascucci.

4) Milady by Zen Movie and directed by Giulia Tivelli & Flavia Scardini.

5) Mercurio by Zen Movie and directed by Michele Bernardi.

6) Il nostro limite by Zen movie and directed by Adriano Morelli.

All movies will be screened from 7pm onwards.

Movies with astrick mark (* ) shall be screened at The Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre. Rest movies shall be screened at Gulmohar Auditorium, India Habitat Centre.

Free Entry

Italian Research Day 2019

Program
05.30 > Welcome Italian Aperitif and
Special Screening of the Trailer “Being Leonardo da Vinci”
05.45 > Presentation and Discussion
“Sustainability of Italian agriculture: a bridge between
tradition and innovation”
Prof. Nicola Lacetera, Director Dept. Agriculture and Forest
Science, La Tuscia University
Dr. Anna Kauber, Director of the film “In This World”
06.30 > Documentary “In This World”
Awarded best Italian Documentary Film at the 2018 Turin
International Film Festival

RSVP within 8th April
rsvpitalyinindia@gmail.com

Screening of Medici and Being Leanardo Da Vinci

The Italian Embassy Cultural Centre invites you to the screening of MEDICI (episodes 1-2), created by Frank Spotnitz & Nicholas Meyer followed by a short film “Being Leonardo Da Vinci, an impossible interview” by Massimiliano Finazzer Floris. The series and short movie is subtitled in English and will be screened on Wednesday, 17 April 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. at The Italian Embassy Cultural Centre.

SERIES: MEDICI

Masters of Florence is the first season of the Italian-British television drama series Medici about the Medici dynasty set in 15th-century Florence, starring Dustin Hoffman as Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici, Richard Madden as Cosimo de’ Medici, and Stuart Martin as Lorenzo de’ Medici. The series was co-created by Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files and The Man in the High Castle) and Nicholas Meyer (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (The Pillars of the Earth) directed all eight episodes. According to Italian ratings compiler Auditel, it attracted a record 7.6 million viewers.

Plot: The series is set in the 15th-century Florence, and the protagonist is Cosimo the Elder, who was elected head of the Florentine Republic in 1434. Cosimo has inherited the Bank of Medici from his father Giovanni, who has been mysteriously poisoned. Through various flashbacks (20 years prior), we are introduced to Florence at the time of Giovanni, and to his relationship with his sons Cosimo and Lorenzo.

Created by: Frank Spotnitz and Nicholas Meyer

Year: 2016

Running Time (episode 1-2): 108 mins

Awards: Winner of the 2016 Capri TV Series Award.

SHORT FILM: BEING LEONARDO DA VINCI

Based on the homonymous show of success, this film is dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the universal genius’ death, and holds together the linguistic originality through the Renaissance language and the technological quality of our time.

“Being Leonardo” was produced in 2019 in Italy in collaboration with RAI Cinema. Massimiliano Finazzer Flory wrote the original screenplay by using original texts by Leonardo da Vinci. The film was awarded in the USA as Winner Best Actor for the Los Angeles Actors Awards 2019; Winner Honorable Mention: Narrative Film – for the Los Angeles Film Awards 2019 and Winner Best Narrative Feature for the Festive International Film Festival 2019 Los Angeles.

Synopsis: Two journalists, from New York and Milan, unaware of each other, are looking for a scoop for the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death. They see works of art and pass thorough the places of the Genius between landscapes and mysterious encounters. In Florence, during a show in costume among friars, tourists and flag-wavers, unexpected traces surface. A document to find out who Leonardo the man was through a scientific examination is then discovered in Milan. The two journalists later arrive at his final resting place in Clos Lucé where they indeed meet Leonardo. The interview is granted. The words of the Genius are authentic, in Renaissance language. In the end, Leonardo escapes and returns to Vigevano, unveiling himself to the most important figures of his time.

Director: Massimiliano Finazzer Flory

Year: 2019

Running Time: 24 Minutes

Cast: Jacopo Rampini, Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, Gianni Quillico

Genres: Drama | History | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Free Entry. Kindly bring a Valid Photo ID to present at the security gates.

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre

50-E, Chandragupta Marg

(entry from Nyaya Marg)

Chanakyapuri

New Delhi- 110021

Tel:011-2687-19-01/03/04

Email: iicnewdelhi@esteri.it

Screening Japanese Movie “We Shall Overcome” with English Subtitles

Event Description : MOVIE “We Shall Overcome” in Japanese with English Subtitles

Theme:  Love and Friendship in Adolescence – South Korea and Japan

Synopsis: Set in 1960s Tokyo, this film is a Romeo and Juliet-esque love story between two high school students.

A Japanese boy falls in love at first sight with an ethnically Korean girl in Japan. The times are trying and the young lovers are caught between two high schools at war with each other.

Year : 2004

Director: Izutsu Kazuyuki

Screening of Medici (Episodes 5-6)

The Italian Embassy Cultural Centre invites you to the screening of MEDICI (Episodes 5-6), created by Frank Spotnitz & Nicholas Meyer .The series is subtitled in English and will be screened on Thursday, 02 May 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. at The Italian Embassy Cultural Centre.

Masters of Florence is the first season of the Italian-British television drama series Medici about the Medici dynasty set in 15th-century Florence, starring Dustin Hoffman as Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici, Richard Madden as Cosimo de’ Medici, and Stuart Martin as Lorenzo de’ Medici. The series was co-created by Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files and The Man in the High Castle) and Nicholas Meyer (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (The Pillars of the Earth) directed all eight episodes. According to Italian ratings compiler Auditel, it attracted a record 7.6 million viewers.

Plot: The series is set in the 15th-century Florence, and the protagonist is Cosimo the Elder, who was elected head of the Florentine Republic in 1434. Cosimo has inherited the Bank of Medici from his father Giovanni, who has been mysteriously poisoned. Through various flashbacks (20 years prior), we are introduced to Florence at the time of Giovanni, and to his relationship with his sons Cosimo and Lorenzo.

Created by: Frank Spotnitz and Nicholas Meyer

Year: 2016

Running Time (Episode 5-6): 114 mins

Awards: Winner of the 2016 Capri TV Series Award.

Free Entry. Kindly bring a Valid Photo ID to present at the security gates.

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre

50-E, Chandragupta Marg

(entry from Nyaya Marg)

Chanakyapuri

New Delhi- 110021

Tel:011-2687-19-01/03/04

Email: iicnewdelhi@esteri.it

Screening of MEDICI (Episodes 7-8), created by Frank Spotnitz & Nicholas Meyer

The Italian Embassy Cultural Centre invites you to the screening of MEDICI (Episodes 7-8), created by Frank Spotnitz & Nicholas Meyer .The series is subtitled in English and will be screened on Thursday, 09 May 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. at The Italian Embassy Cultural Centre.

Masters of Florence is the first season of the Italian-British television drama series Medici about the Medici dynasty set in 15th-century Florence, starring Dustin Hoffman as Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici, Richard Madden as Cosimo de’ Medici, and Stuart Martin as Lorenzo de’ Medici. The series was co-created by Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files and The Man in the High Castle) and Nicholas Meyer (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (The Pillars of the Earth) directed all eight episodes. According to Italian ratings compiler Auditel, it attracted a record 7.6 million viewers.

Plot: The series is set in the 15th-century Florence, and the protagonist is Cosimo the Elder, who was elected head of the Florentine Republic in 1434. Cosimo has inherited the Bank of Medici from his father Giovanni, who has been mysteriously poisoned. Through various flashbacks (20 years prior), we are introduced to Florence at the time of Giovanni, and to his relationship with his sons Cosimo and Lorenzo.

Created by: Frank Spotnitz and Nicholas Meyer

Year: 2016

Running Time (Episode 7-8): 110 mins

Awards: Winner of the 2016 Capri TV Series Award.

Free Entry. Kindly bring a Valid Photo ID to present at the security gates.

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre

50-E, Chandragupta Marg

(entry from Nyaya Marg)

Chanakyapuri

New Delhi- 110021

Tel:011-2687-19-01/03/04

Email: iicnewdelhi@esteri.it

FILM “Open Wound (Mono con Gallina)” as part of Festival of Films from Ecuador

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)
Note : Call 011-24619431 (IIC) to re-confirm any last minute change or cancellation of the event.

Venue : C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Complex, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003

Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Stations – ‘Khan Market(Vilolet Line)’ & ‘Jor Bagh(Yellow Line)’
Area : Lodhi Road Area Events

Event Description : FILM “Open Wound (Mono con Gallina)” as part of Festival of Films from Ecuador

Duration : 1 hour 25 mins.

Language : English Subtitles

Year : 2013

Director: Alfredo Leon

Recipient of the awards for Best Performance by an Actor, Grand Jury Prize and Technical Grand Prize, World Premieres Film Festival 2014

Believing that military experience will make him stronger and respectable, Jorge, a young Ecuadorian, joins the armed forces in the midst of his country’s 1941 border war with Peru. Captured and imprisoned by enemy forces and given up for dead, Jorge faces neglect, hunger, and, possibly, even death as he recovers from his injuries. He will soon have to choose between escaping with fellow prisoner Hugo or staying at the camp under the care of the Peruvian nurse Dolores, with whom he has fallen in love

The screening of ‘Call me by your name’ by Luca Guadagnino

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre in collaboration with European Union Delegation in New Delhi invite you to the screening of ‘Call me by your name’ by Luca Guadagnino. The screening will be preceded by a Talk on Transformative role of culture to advance LGBT rights and end discriminations and bias. The event is scheduled on 17^th May 2019 at 7pm at Italian Embassy Cultural Centre.

Free Entry. Kindly bring a Valid Photo ID to present at the security gate.

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre

50-E, Chandragupta Marg

(entry from Nyaya Marg)

Chanakyapuri

New Delhi- 110021

Tel:011-2687-19-01/03/04

Email: iicnewdelhi@esteri.it

Film screening of La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini

The Italian Embassy Cultural Centre invites you to the film screening of La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini .The movie is subtitled in English and will be screened on Thursday, 23 May 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. at The Italian Embassy Cultural Centre.

La Dolce Vita (Italian pronunciation: [la ˈdoltʃe ˈviːta]; Italian for “the sweet life” or “the good life”) is a 1960 Italian drama film directed and co-written by Federico Fellini. The film follows Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni), a journalist writing for gossip magazines, over seven days and nights on his journey through the “sweet life” of Rome in a fruitless search for love and happiness. La Dolce Vita won the Palme d’Or (Golden Palm) at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and the Oscar for Best Costumes.The film was a massive box office hit in Europe with 13,617,148 admissions in Italy and 2,956,094 admissions in France.

Synopsis: Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome’s elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.

Director: Federico Fellini

Year:1960

Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée

Genres: Comedy | Drama

Classification/ Parent Guide: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053779/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

Runtime: 174 min

Color: Black and White

Free Entry. Kindly bring a Valid Photo ID to present at the security gates.

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre

50-E, Chandragupta Marg

(entry from Nyaya Marg)

Chanakyapuri

New Delhi- 110021

Tel:011-2687-19-01/03/04

Email: iicnewdelhi@esteri.it

screening of ‘Il Bidone’ by Federico Fellini

The Italian Embassy Cultural Centre invites you to the film screening of ‘Il Bidone’ by Federico Fellini .The movie is subtitled in English and will be screened on Thursday, 30 May 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. at Italian Embassy Cultural Centre.

Il bidone also known as The Swindle or The Swindlers is a 1955 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini. It features Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart and Giulietta Masina.

Released one year after the director’s internationally successful La Strada, Il bidone continues with many of the same socially conscious, neorealist-inspired themes while minimizing the poetic realism and extravagant vitality, that is today known as “felliniesque”, in favor of a more pointed political stance.

Synopsis: In the country outside Rome, a group of swindlers dress up as clerics and con poor farmers out of their savings. Another scam in a shanty town is to pretend they are officials taking deposits for apartments. The proceeds are spent on flashy cars, champagne and prostitutes.

One member of the gang, Picasso, pretends to his faithful wife Iris that he is a painter, but after a New Year’s Eve party among criminals she stops believing him. His conscience is pricked and he decides to quit. Another member, Augusto, meets his teenage daughter Patrizia who he has not seen for years, and his conscience is also awakened. However he is recognised in a cinema with her, arrested and jailed.

When released he forms a new gang to work the clergy scam among peasants. After swindling a large sum out of a farming family, he talks to their paralysed teenage daughter. Her plight touches him, and when the gang come to share out the gains he says he gave it all back. A row develops and he is battered to the ground. Stripping him, the crooks find he has concealed the takings in his clothes. On a snowy hillside, they leave him to a slow death.

Director: Federico Fellini

Year:1955

Cast:  Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Giulietta Masina

Genres: Comedy | Drama

Runtime: 109 minutes

Color: Black and White

Free Entry. Kindly bring a Valid Photo ID to present at the security gates.

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre

50-E, Chandragupta Marg

(entry from Nyaya Marg)

Chanakyapuri

New Delhi- 110021

Tel:011-2687-19-01/03/04

Email: iicnewdelhi@esteri.it

Film Screening of ‘Roma’ by Federico Fellini

The Italian Embassy Cultural Centre invites you to the film screening of ‘Roma’ by Federico Fellini .The movie is subtitled in English and will be screened on Thursday, 13 June 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. at Italian Embassy Cultural Centre.

Roma, also known as Fellini’s Roma, is a 1972 semi-autobiographical comedy-drama film depicting director Federico Fellini’s move from his native Rimini to Rome as a youth. It is a homage to the city, shown in a series of loosely connected episodes set during both Rome’s past and present. The plot is minimal, and the only “character” to develop significantly is Rome herself.

Plot: Federico Fellini recounts his youth in Rome. The film opens up with a long traffic jam to the city. Once there, scenes are shown depicting Rome in the 1930s, with people visiting a third-class theater and a brothel. The most famous scene depicts an elderly solitary noblewoman holding an extravagant liturgical fashion show for a Cardinal and other guests with priests and nuns parading in all kinds of bizarre costumes. The film eventually concludes with a group of young motorcyclists riding into the city and a melancholic shot of actress Anna Magnani, whom the film crew met in the street during shooting and who would die some months afterwards.

Director: Federico Fellini

Cast: Britta Barnes, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Fiona Florence

Year: 1972

Genres: Comedy | Drama

Duration: 100 Minutes

Subtitles: English

Classification and Certification: Kindly visit the URL for a better understating of classification of movie. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069191/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg#certification

Free Entry. Kindly bring a Valid Photo ID to present at the security gates.

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre

50-E, Chandragupta Marg

(entry from Nyaya Marg)

Chanakyapuri

New Delhi- 110021

Tel:011-2687-19-01/03/04

Email: iicnewdelhi@esteri.it

Malayalam Film Festival

Event Description : FILM : Malayalam Film Festival

Curator: Bina Paul

Organised in collaboration with Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, the second edition of the festival presents seven new feature films by both debutant director, and frontline filmmakers. The films in the package are reflective of the evolving contours of contemporary Malayalam cinema. Breaking free of the beaten categories, the significant quantum of new talent is rewriting the rules of the game in Malayalam cinema. Directors of some of the films will be present to introduce their films and lead a discussion after

Schedule : 

3rd July : 

AT 16:30
Sleeplessly Yours (72 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles)
Directed & Produced by Goutham Soorya, Sudeep Elamon
The story of a young, eccentric couple who experiment with sleep deprivation to liven up their relationship

AT 18:30
Fear (Bhayanakam)
(124 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles)
Director & Screenplay: Jayaraj

Recipient of the 2018 National Film Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay
A First World War veteran returns to a small village in Kuttanad, India as a postman, distributing money orders and letters to the families of soldiers. However, once the Second World War starts, he is seen as an omen of death by the villagers

4th July : 

AT 16:30
Bilathikuzhal (104 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles)
Director & Screenplay: Vinu Kolichal

Recipient of the K.R. Mohanan Award (Special Jury Mention), 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala 2018
A fascinating film that invites viewers to inhabit its imaginary space and experience the melancholic duration of its temporal flow

AT 18:30
The Tetrahedron (Prathibhasam)
(158 min; 2017; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Vipin Vijay

Maya, the protagonist, hears radio news about a strange geometrical figure similar to a ‘tetrahedron’ has appeared from nowhere at the Nazca lines in Peru. Meanwhile, Maya’s friend Divya’s father Neelan, goes missing

5th July : 

AT 16:30
Kathan – Lover of Colours (90 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles)
Director & Producer: Shareef C.

Recipient of the Kerala State Award for Best Film, 2019

The film explores the hardscrabble lives of Kerala’s Adivasis through the story of the titular protagonist, a young orphan who lives with his grandmother

At 18:30
Body Deep (Udalazham)
(106 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles)
Director & Screenplay: Unnikrishnan Avala who will introduce the film
Gulikan, born and brought up as a boy, has the body and soul of a girl. Dark skinned, fragile, introvert and vulnerable, he struggles to balance his life

6th July : 

At 18:00
Closing Function
Chief Guest: Shri Shyamaprasad, Director, Kerala State Chalachitra Academy

A Sunday (Oru Njayarazhcha)
(91 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles)
Director & Screenplay: Shyamaprasad who will introduce the film
Recipient of the Awards for Best Director and Best Second Film, Kerala State Film Awards 2019
The film tells the story of two women – Suja and Sujatha who belong to an upper middle class family in Kerala. They have nearly everything and they live a leisurely life. Yet through cracks in the comfortable monotony of their lives, loneliness seeps in, time hangs heavy

EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL for the screening of the movie ‘Drive Me Home’

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre invites you all to the EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL for the screening of the movie ‘Drive Me Home’ directed by Simone Catania on Friday, 5th July 2019, 4pm at Instituto Cervantes, 48 Hanuman Road, New Delhi- 110048.

Movie: Drive Me Home

Director: Simone Catania

Writer: Simone Catania, Fabio Natale

Genre: Drama, LGBT

Year: 2018

Subtitles: English

Cast: Nicola Adobati, Lou Castel, Marco D’Amore, Vinicio Marchioni, Chiara Muscato, Stephen Brian Tomasi, Jennifer Ulrich

Running Time: 94 Minutes

Participated at Turin Film Festival

Summary: Antonio is 25-year-old boy who grew up in a small Sicilian village. Today he’s living in Bruxelles and life’s expenses begin to bear heavily on him. Having no one to gohome to, he decides to sell the property he inherited from his grandfather and cover his financial needs. When he receives an offer, he needs to return to the village to conclude the deal. Before going back to Sicily, however, he decides to meet and spend some time with Agostino, the childhood friend he hasn’t seen or heard from for nearly 10 years who he discovers to be a truck driver and homosexual living just close to him in Antwerp. On a truck ride back home across Europe, our two friends find themselves confronting on their new lives, on the reasons that divided them and on what their true origins are.

No registration or passes are required to attend the screenings and they are open to everyone 18 years and over.

For all other movie details, including the brochure and screening schedule, can be found on festival website: euffindia.com

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre

50-E, Chandragupta Marg

(entry from Nyaya Marg)

Chanakyapuri

New Delhi- 110021

Tel:011-2687-19-01/03/04

Email: iicnewdelhi@esteri.it

Screening of the Italian opera “Il Trovatore” by Giuseppe Verdi

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre is pleased to invite you  to the screening of the Italian opera “Il Trovatore” by Giuseppe Verdi organized by the Embassy of Spain and the Instituto Cervantes in New Delhi, Friday, 12th July 2019, 6:30 pm at Instituto Cervantes.

Entry is Free.

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre

50-E, Chandragupta Marg

(Entry from Nyaya Marg)

Chanakyapuri

New Delhi- 110021

Tel:011-2687-19-01/03/04

Email: iicnewdelhi@esteri.it

Delhi-the Seductress (a heritage walk)

The Mehrauli Archaeological Park, lying adjacent to the Qutub Minar complex, offers a rich sense of continuous history, from remains of Lal Kot built by the Rajputs in the early 11th century to Metcalfe’s constructions over the Mughal and Sultanate period monuments in the 19th century.

During the walking trail, our participants will get to meet Dilli! She will charm the audience with her stories, her poetry and with her Ada. She will make you climb up the beautiful 17th-century Dilkhusha, a tomb constructed for Mughal noble Quli Khan. You will also explore the depths of the 16th-century stepwell called Rajon ki bauli and experience the tranquility of the famous Jamali Kamali mosque. The walk will end with eternal love stories of the Piri Muridi tradition of Sufis.

The walk begins at 8.45 am at Qutub Minar ticket counter.

HOW TO REACH

– The closest metro station is Qutub Minar on the Yellow Line.

– Parking is available at Qutub Minar

About the walk leader:

Nitika Arora is an actor-theatre workshop facilitator. She is formally trained in a yearlong intensive theatre making and acting course from The Drama School Mumbai. She is a post-graduate in Social Work from Delhi University.  She is one of the co-founders of Darwesh.

Homage Concert to the Leonardo da Vinci – Poetry of the Invisible

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre is pleased to invite you all to Poetry of the Invisible,  Homage Concert to Leonardo da Vinci by Sensus Ensemble:-

Arianna Lanci: Mezzosoprano

Adriano Sangineto: Viola organista, organo di carta, piva a vento continuo

Marianne Gubri: Renaissance harp

Marco Muzzati: Percussions

Wednesday, 24th July 2019, 7:00pm at Italian Embassy Cultural Centre

Free Entry. Kindly bring a Valid Photo ID to present at the security gates.

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre

50-E, Chandragupta Marg

(entry from Nyaya Marg)

Chanakyapuri

New Delhi- 110021

Tel:011-2687-19-01/03/04

Email: iicnewdelhi@esteri.it

“Nabbie’s Love” Japanese with English Subtitles

Event Description : MOVIE “Nabbie’s Love” Japanese with English Subtitles

Synopsis : Nanako quits her job in Tokyo to return to her home island where her grandfather, Keitatsu and grandmother, Nabbie, still live. In the ferry is SunRa who, dressed in a dandy tropical outfit, seems to have some nostalgic link to the island. One day, Nanako sees Nabbie and SunRa in each other’s arms. The illicit love affair shocks the conservative islanders. A formal clan meeting is held, the shaman is summoned and her verdict is that SunRa must leave and Nabbie must never see him again. Nanako learns from Keitatsu that, 60 years ago, Nabbie fell in love with SunRa but was forced to separate from him because of her family’s standing in the community. SunRa had to leave the island. Later on, Keitatsu, who is younger than Nabbie, married into her family. He also tells Nanako the secret of the bougainvillea flowers. Nanako begins to cry as the old man wearily tells her he never thought he’d see SunRa again. Nabbie never could forget her lover and she had faithfully written him once a year.

Director: Yuji Nakae

About the Film : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabbie%27s_Love