THE GREAT VENETIAN PAINTERS | Eight lectures
A series of eight lectures by Dr. Efi Ziv, writer and professor of art history, Greek mythology, Christianity. In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Haifa. Venice, despite being physically “in the Italian boot”, remained for centuries a province of the Eastern Roman Empire, of which it also adopted artistic styles, inspired by Greek […]
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MY PASSPORT | Intercultural competence training course
In the framework of the intercultural competence training course, first out of five meetings lead by Dr. Marta Longu, social psychologist. Event held in English. FREE ADMISSION, subject to mandatory reservation at the bottom of this page. Experiential: Who am I? Identity definition and recognition of multiple contexts in which I can experience my identity; What […]
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INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE | Training course
Intercultural competence traing course, with a focus on Italy, lead by Dr. Marta Longu, social psychologist. Event held in English. FREE ADMISSION, subject to mandatory reservation at the bottom of this page. The seminar aims at providing theoretical and practical tools to facilitate the integration in a new socio-cultural context, namely the Italian culture. The seminar is […]
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GOD’S MOUNTAIN by Erri De Luca (2001) | Book Club
For the series THE SEASONS OF LIFE IN CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE | Book club, first out of nine lectures/conversations by Shirley Finzi Loew concerning childhood, adolescence, love, motherhood, professional fulfillment and old age according to contemporary Italian writers. Event held in Hebrew. FREE ADMISSION, subject to mandatory reservation @ the bottom of this page. This is a story […]
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THE SEASONS OF LIFE IN CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE | Book club
A series of nine lectures/conversations by Shirley Finzi Loew concerning childhood, adolescence, love, motherhood, professional fulfillment and old age according to contemporary Italian writers. Event held in Hebrew. FREE ADMISSION, subject to mandatory reservation @ the bottom of this page. Program: 28.10.19: GOD’S MOUNTAIN, by Erri De Luca (2001). 25.11.19: THE SHAPE OF WATER, by Andrea Camilleri (1994). […]
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DIXIELAND HERE AND NOW! The Chicago Stompers (Milan) | Hot Jazz
A concert by the Italian jazz group THE CHICAGO STOMPERS (Milan), in the framework of the Beit Aba Hushi’s International “Hot Jazz” series, organized in collaboration with the Museum for the Arts in Tel Aviv and the Shamayim, Creative Music Management, with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa. The Chicago Stompers (Milan, […]
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SOLE (2019) | Haifa Film Festival (Panorama)
At the 35th Haifa International Film Festival, a movie by Carlo Sironi, with Barbara Ronchi, Sandra Drzymalska, Vitaliano Trevisan, Marco Felli, Claudio Segaluscio. Lead actor in attendance. The aimless Ermanno spends his days playing slot machines. When Lena, a heavily pregnant Polish girl, comes to Italy to sell her baby, Ermanno has an idea: the two […]
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THE CHAMPION (2019) | Haifa Film Festival (Panorama)
At the 35th Haifa International Film Festival, a movie by Leonardo D’Agostini, with Stefano Accorsi, Andrea Carpenzano, Ludovica Martino, Mario Sgueglia, Camilla Semino Favro. Filmakers in attendance. Young Christian Ferro is a born striker and the pride of A.S. Roma. The cosseted soccer star is always up for anything, but the excesses in the celebrity’s […]
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THE TRAITOR (2019) | Haifa Film Festival (Masters)
At the 35th Haifa International Film Festival, a movie by Marco Bellocchio, with Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Luigi Lo Cascio, Fausto Russo Alesi. Italy’s Academy Award Nominee It is the early 1980’s and an all-out war rages within the Sicilian Mafia. Mafia boss Tommaso Buscetta flees to hide out in Brazil while […]
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BELLISSIMA (1951) | Haifa Film Festival (Haifa Classics)
At the 35th Haifa International Film Festival, the animated movie by Luchino Visconti, wth Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Gastone Renzelli, Tina Apicella, Tecla Scarano, Linda Sini. Copy digitally restored. When Cinecittà Studios puts out a casting call for a new child actress, they’re flooded with starry-eyed stage mothers and their talentless offspring. Anna Magnani plays one […]
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