Italy Guest of Honor – Sharjah International Book Fair
ITALY GUEST OF HONOR AT #SIBF2022 A country steeped in history, culture, and tradition, Italy is home to some of the world’s most iconic paintings, sculptures, and architectural feats, as well as cuisine that has traversed borders. As the Guest of Honour at this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair, we are ready to welcome you […]
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“1001 NOTTI A PARTE”
“1001 NIGHTS APART” Presented by Goethe-Institut and our Institute in collaboration with Institut Français. In Iran, dance is forbidden. Nevertheless, a group of young people is trying to teach themselves to do it behind closed doors. They know hardly anything about the rich history of Iranian dance before the 1979 revolution. The internationally recognized […]
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Maiunagioia
To celebrate the XXII edition of the Italian Language Week in the World (#SLIM, Oct. 17 – 23), dedicated to “Italian and Youth,” our Institute presents “Maiunagioia,” a variety show in Italian by Pappagallo Production, in collaboration with The Junction. Monologues and comedy sketches on the diversity and similarities between Arabs and Italians, and parodies […]
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MY BEST FIEND
We are resuming the movie screening series “Rooftop Cinema“, organized by our Institute in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut & the Alliance Française. MY BEST FIEND is a film about the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski – utterly puzzling to outsiders – about deep trust between an actor and a director, and their independently and […]
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European Day of Languages
In occasion of the European Day of Languages 2022, our Institute is delighted to present L’Audizione, an Italian theatrical performance produced by ITACA (Dubai). The European Day of Languages will be at the Alliance Française Abu Dhabi from 5-8pm, in collaboration the Goethe-Institut, the Delegation of the European Union and other cultural institutions in […]
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Memorable Flavours
Join us on for the book presentation and meet the 12 authors of❝Memorable Flavours❞ | May 26, 2022 | 6:30pm 12 expat women living in the UAE come together to celebrate their diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds and their personal relationship to the recipes they love. In the process of writing their book together, […]
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The Golden Harvest
Directed by Alia Yunis (2019) Documentary | 85 minutes | UAE, Italy, Greece, Spain, Palestine Director in attendance May 21, 6;30pm | Manarat Al Saadiyat, Cinema SpaceRSVP: https://cs-21may22program.splashthat.com/ Synopsis The Golden Harvest is a 6,000-year old love story in which the filmmaker tries to understand the profound, often troubled, relationship between olive tree and the people of Mediterranean, […]
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Asmarina: Voices and Images of a Postcolonial Heritage
POSTPONED May 19, 20226:30‐8pmNYUAD Campus, Conference CenterRegister now: https://tinyurl.com/44v63ntk Asmarina is a documentary film about the Habesha (Eritrean and Ethiopian) community in Milan that bridges the present life of this community to the historical legacies of Italian colonialism in Africa. The screening is in collaboration with our Institute/Embassy of Italy and Dhakira Center for Heritage […]
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Italian Film Week
Presented in collaboration with our Institute and the Embassy of Italy to the UAE and the Consulate General of Italy in Dubai, the long-awaited Italian Film Week returns to Cinema Akil for its second edition after a two year hiatus with a program that confronts the notion of isolation that suspended its presence. Paying homage to […]
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100 Cellos Live in DUBAI 2022
Free event March 25, 7pm (GST) | Dubai Millennium AmphitheatreMrch 26, 7pm (GST) | Dubai Millennium Amphitheatre Born as an experiment in 2012, during the occupation of Rome’s historic Teatro Valle, 100 Cellos is an innovative ensemble of over 100 cellos founded by Giovanni Sollima and Enrico Melozzi. Sollima and Melozzi are composers, arrangers, conductors, and above all […]
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