CONVIVIO – From Italian Literature to Art: The Practice of Erasure
OPEN CALL for multicultural artists in the U.A.E: “CONVIVIO – From Italian Literature to Art: The Practice of Erasure” In collaboration with AT Fine Arts Consultancy, our Institute will offer to a group of local artists a one-day artistic residency and a community workshop on its premises to develop on-site artworks, realized with the Erasure […]
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Community Concert Series – Ludovico Troncanetti
As part of the Community Concert Series, the Italian Cultural Institute Abu Dhabi is pleased to invite you to The Art of Transformation: Romantic Masterpieces for Piano, featuring Italian pianist Ludovico Troncanetti at Steinway & Sons Dubai. Date: 12 September 2026 Doors open at 7:00 PM; concert begins at 7:30 PM Tickets: Book on HOUSE […]
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Teatro dell’Opera di Roma presents “La traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi (delayed live screening)
Ten years after its debut, La traviata returns to the stage in the celebrated production conceived by Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti and produced by the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. Directed by Sofia Coppola in her operatic debut, Verdi’s masterpiece will be broadcast live from the heart of Rome on Tuesday, 30 June, on a […]
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Italian Film Week 2026 – Cultural Foundation
Experience the richness of contemporary Italian cinema with Italian Film Week at the Cultural Foundation, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Abu Dhabi. Fare Cinema is a yearly program that the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation brings all over the world. The programme for the UAE brings together two recent Italian […]
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European Film Festival 2026
Building on the successful first edition in 2024, the European Film Festival returns to the UAE with an expanded programme celebrating the richness, diversity and creativity of European filmmaking. Organised by the European Union Delegation to the UAE in partnership with the Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi and RAK Art under the Sheikh Saud bin […]
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Conference on Environmental Design, Material Science and Engineering Technologies (EDMSET 2026)
Abu Dhabi University presents the 3rd International Conference on Environmental Design, Material Science and Engineering Technologies (EDMSET 2026), organized in collaboration with IEREK and the Italian Cultural Institute in Abu Dhabi for the Italian Design Day 2026. Our Director, Susanna Iacona Salafia, will intervene online for a special greeting to the conference in celebration of […]
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NAAS Family Reel: Celebrating the Year of the Family
The NAAS Film Festival 2026 is here! On Wednesday, 6 May 2026, we open this year’s edition of the festival in Abu Dhabi — celebrating stories that explore one of the most universal themes of all: family. Inspired by the United Arab Emirates’ official Year of the Family, the festival presents a curated selection of […]
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The Gala della Canzone Italiana a Dubai
An exclusive gala dinner inspired by the tradition, elegance, and emotion of the Festival di Sanremo, celebrating Italian music and culture in an iconic Dubai setting. The evening will host 10 professional Italian singers based in the Middle East, performing legendary songs that have shaped the history of the Festival — reimagined in a refined, […]
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Screening: The Shadow of the Day
As part of the commemoration of the “Day of the Memory” and the Holocaust‘s tragedy, our Institute presents the film “The Shadow of the Day“. Directed by Giuseppe Piccioni and starring Riccardo Scamarcio and Benedetta Porcaroli, this powerful drama is set in Ascoli Piceno in 1938. Luciano, a wounded and decorated World War I veteran, […]
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The House of the Milky Way – Canadian University Dubai
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to present The House of the Milky Way, an artistic residency by Italian artist Paolo Ghezzi, part of the artistic duo Antonello Ghezzi, developed in collaboration with Canadian University Dubai. The residency includes a masterclass dedicated to students, followed by an exhibition and a public discussion panel, conceived as […]
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