PROGRAMME 2013 january - february
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2nd January, 6:30 p.m. FILM FOCUS ON NEW ITALIAN DIRECTORS 28th – 30th January REFRESHER COURSE FOR TEACHERS OF 5th January, 2:00 p.m. RIPRENDIMI Jamia Millia Islamia University ITALIAN Tessitori Hall Good Morning Heartache New Delhi 29th January, 6:30 p.m. FILM FOCUS ON NEW ITALIAN DIRECTORS 2 - 11 January 2013 THE RAAGATAALA LAB Following in Footsteps of The Beatles 2nd February, 2:00 p.m. IL PRIMO INCARICO Jodhpur The First Assignment International Music Workshop in India Tessitori Hall
6th January, 2013,7.00 p.m. FELLINIANA SPACEMATES Kamani Auditorium Fellini’s Dream 30th January – 28th February Exhibition of works by New Delhi A theatrical journey by Teatro Potlach through Istituto Italiano di Cultura ANDREA ANASTASIO-ARADHANA SETH Federico Fellini’s world, characters and visions In the ambit of the India Art Fair 8th January 2013, 5.30 p.m. Jaipur In the ambit of Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2013 2nd February, 7:30 p.m. STELLATELLI COLLECTION Tessitori Hall Catalogue presentation In the ambit of the India Art Fair 12th January, 2013 NATURA SONORIS 6.00 p.m. Performance by Openlab Company, 1-3 February 2013 Film “Aida”, opera by Giuseppe Verdi Bahumukh Auditorium in the ambit of Ahmedabad Director: Franco Zeffirelli New Delhi Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2013 15-17 February 2013 Fanatika Theatre Documentary Film Festival Vadodara (Baroda) 7 - 29 January 2013; 6:30pm ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL India International Centre Films by Nanni Moretti, Mimmo Calopresti, Daniele 6th February, 6:30 p.m. FILM FOCUS ON NEW ITALIAN DIRECTORS New Delhi Luchetti, Gianni Zanasi and Francesco Bruni 9th February, 2:00 p.m. LA KRYPTONITE NELLA BORSA Tessitori Hall Kryptonite! 9th January, 6:30 p.m. FILM FOCUS ON NEW ITALIAN DIRECTORS 13th February, 6:30 p.m. FILM FOCUS ON NEW ITALIAN DIRECTORS 12th January, 2:00 p.m. ALZA LA TESTA 16th February, 2:00 p.m. LA SCOMPARSA DI PATÒ Tessitori Hall Raise your Head Tessitori Hall The Vanishing of Patò 11th PUNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 10th-17th January 20th February, 6:30 p.m. FILM FOCUS ON NEW ITALIAN DIRECTORS Italian participation with “A tribute to Pune 23rd February, 2:00 p.m. SCIALLA! Antonioni” and two contemporary films Tessitori Hall Easy! 16th January, 6:30 p.m. FILM FOCUS ON NEW ITALIAN DIRECTORS 27th February, 6:30 p.m. FILM FOCUS ON NEW ITALIAN DIRECTORS 19th January, 2:00 p.m. BAR SPORT Tessitori Hall 2nd March, 2:00 p.m. LA VERA LEGGENDA DI TONY VILAR Bar Sport Tessitori Hall The true legend of Tony Vilar
23rd January, 6:30 p.m. FILM FOCUS ON NEW ITALIAN DIRECTORS Dates to be confirmed VOYAGE TO INDIA 26th January, 2:00 p.m. GIANNI E LE DONNE National Library, by Ludovico De Varthema (1502-1508) Tessitori Hall The Salt of Life Kolkata Documentary Exhibition 25th January, ANDREA di ROBILANT 27th January Italian journalist and writer Jaipur Participation at the Jaipur Literature Festival (24 – 28 January, 2013)
1st February - 25th March OUT IS THE NEW Please note that the Multimedia Hall is now called the Tessitori Hall New Delhi Created and curated by Giulia Ambrogi, Matteo All events take place in the Cultural Centre unless otherwise mentioned. Ferraresi and Mattia Tullini in the ambit of the Programmes might be subject to change. Please visit www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it International Urban Art Fair or contact the reception desk for updated information. cinema music 2 jan 2-11jan
RIPRENDIMI THE Good Morning RAAGATAALA Heartache LAB 2008, 93 min. International Music Director: Anna Negri Workshop in India Cast: Alba Rohrwacher, “Following in footsteps Marco Foschi, Valentina of The Beatles” Lodovini, Alessandro Two filmmakers begin to track every by Occhi di Ulisse The Indian Musical Heritage has such Averone, Leonardo Bono, powerful aspects that stirred even musicians intimate moment in the lives of struggling Damiano Bono, Marina actor Giovanni and his wife, Lucia, who 2 - 11 January 2013 like The Beatles who came to India in Rocco, Stefano Fresi, works freelance as a film editor. Yet, Jodhpur 1968 searching for new inspirations and Francesca Cutolo this film study on precarious existence is motivations. The RaagaTaala Lab wants suddenly shattered by deep emotion and to be a journey that starts for the same 2nd January, 6.30 p.m. simple human truth, as cruel as it is banal, reasons. It is with this spirit that the CPM, 5th January, 2.00 p.m. when Giovanni walks out on Lucia and one of the most important centres for Tessitori Hall their infant right before the camera. The learning Music in Italy, together with the camera continues relentlessly filming the Indian market specialists, Occhi di Ulisse, couple despite this unexpected real life the Music Label and Inroom Records, crisis, and Lucia’s solitude and heartache are organising the first International are mercilessly dissected by the lens of Music Workshop in India, in the heart cameraman Eros…. of Rajasthan, addressed to musicians, music lovers and music listeners. Ten days continuously with 3 Gurus: at the Sitar with Purbayan Chatterjee, at the Tabla with Fazal Qureshi, and with vocalist Sunanda Sharma. It will be six hours per day of practice, listening to music, together with performances of Bands created on the spot with musicians from all over the World. theatre theatre 6 jan 12 jan
FELLINIANA NATURA Fellini’s Dream SONORIS A theatrical journey by Open Lab Company through Federico Fellini’s Directors: Laura world, characters and Colombo and Luca visions Ruzza Performer: Laura by Teatro Potlach Just as though they were on an imaginary Colombo Natura Sonoris explores the complex
film set, the characters from the world of Luci Technical and relationship between two elements, Director: Pino Di Buduo del Varietà (Variety Lights), Lo Sceicco Bianco Interaction System: between the living and the inert, between Playwright: Stefano (The White Sheikh) and the legendary Frou Pasquale Direse, Mario the body and light, choosing to respect the Geraci Frou from I Clowns (The Clowns), transport Cristofaro and Daniela unique nature of each element that feeds with: Daniela Regnoli, us into the world of Federico Fellini’s films. Dispoto off the other to come to life. Darkness is Nathalie Mentha, The sounds of a waltz by Strauss introduce pierced by luminous symbols that expand Andrea Adriani, Paolo us to the blind princess in the film E la nave In the ambit of Bharat and intercept the limits of space, revealing Summaria, Stefano Di va (And the ship sails on) who is capable of Rang Mahotsav 2013 the performer’s form. The movement pierces Buduo, Zsofia Gulyas, perceiving and describing all the nuances of through to universes that are constantly the colours of music. One experiences the expanding, transforming and creating Gaudi Tione Fanelli, 12th January, 2013 loneliness of Casanova, the famous lover infinite identities. The abstract and the Simona Zanini and 6.00 p.m. Gabriel Delfino who by now only dances with a doll, then figurative blend before our gaze and dispel there is the fatigue of Ginger and Fred and Bahumukh, National the limits between the human body and School of Drama In the ambit of Bharat finallyAmarcord . After all their grotesque landscape, where the word is lost and sound Bhagwan Dass Road Rang Mahotsav 2013: and moving stories have been told, all the summons the beyond. characters find themselves gathered together New Delhi 6th January, 2013 in the final carousel of Fellini’s 8 e mezzo Event organised by Istituto Italiano di (8 and a half), with snow, wind, fog and all Cultura in collaboration with Openlab 7.00 pm those special effects so dear to the magical Company and National School of Drama Kamani Auditorium world of Fellini’s cinema. New Delhi Event organised by Istituto Italiano di Cultura 8th January 2013 in collaboration with Teatro Potlach and 5.30 p.m. National School of Drama. Jaipur cinema cinema 7-29 jan 9 jan
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ALZA LA TESTA 7 – 29 January 2013; Nanni Moretti Raise your Head 6:30pm 2009, 86 min. India International Director: Alessandro Mero is a skilled worker at a shipyard and Films by Nanni Moretti Centre Auditorium 7 January - Io sono un autarchico Angelini a single father. His son Lorenzo is his only 40, Max Mueller Marg I am Self Sufficient Cast: Sergio Castellitto, reason of living. Mero’s dream is for the boy Lodhi Estate 10 January - Ecce Bombo Gabriele Campanelli, to become champion boxer, but the world he constructs around his son is a closed 15 January - Caro Diario Giorgio Colangeli, one, where each day resembles to next. Anita Kravos, Duccio One night Lorenzo runs away and has an 16 January - L’Abbuffata Camerini, Augusto accident... Feast Fornari - Director: Mimmo Calopresti 18 January - Mio Fratello e figlio unico My brother is an only child 9th January, - Director: Daniele Luchetti 6:30 p.m. 24 January - Non Pensarci 12th January, Don’t think about it 2:00 p.m. - Director: Gianni Zanasi Tessitori Hall 29 January - Scialla! Easy! - Director: Francesco Bruni
Members of Italian Cultural Centre are allowed to the above screenings with their membership cards.
Event organised by Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with India International Centre. cinema cinema 10-17 jan 16 jan
PUNE FILM FOCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NEW ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTORS 10th-17th January PUNE BAR SPORT Bar Sport
SCIALLA! 2011, 93 min. Easy! Italian Participation with “A tribute Director: Massimo There are lots of bars, but the Bar Sport is 2011, 95 min. to Michelangelo Antonioni” and two Martelli much more. In every city, in every village, Director: Francesco contemporary films Cast: Claudio Bisio, there is a Bar Sport, always with doors Bruni Giuseppe Battiston, facing the main square. Rather than a Features Films by Michelangelo Antonioni: Antonio Catania, meeting place or a point of reference, it is a L’INDUSTRIALE Story of a Love Affair, The Adventure, Red Bob Messini, Antonio place of the soul, a melting pot for a whole The Entrepreneur Desert, Blow up, Zabriskie Point, The Mistery Cornacchione, Lunetta world of situations and characters which we 2011, 94 min. of Oberwald Savino, Angela have met at least once, or would like to get Director: Giuliano Finocchiaro, Teo acquainted with. At the Bar Sport, the deeds Montaldo Documentaries by Michelangelo Antonioni: Teocoli of the great sports persons passing into People of the Po Valley, N. U., Lies of Love, legend are handed down: Piva, the football Superstition,Sicily, Kumbh Mela, Rome90, player with a powerful shot, beloved by his Michelangelo Eye to Eye, Antonioni seen by fans; the Great Pozzi, the invincible cyclist Antonioni 16th January, involved in an endless challenge with the 6:30 p.m. famous Girardoux. Event organized by Pune Film Foundation 19th January, and Istituto Italiano di Cultura 2:00 p.m. Tessitori Hall
cinema art 23 jan 24 jan
FILM FOCUS ON OUT IS THE NEW NEW ITALIAN An art project in the DIRECTORS ambit of International Festival of Urban Art New Delhi GIANNI E LE DONNE The Salt of Life Curator: Giulia Ambrogi 2010, 90 min. Participating Italian Director: Gianni Di Gianni, a recently retired house husband Nine artists, five Europeans and four artists: Mattia Lullini and Gregorio has many things to worry about but Indians, have been selected to create Raw Tella Cast: Gianni Di Gregorio, romance is not one of them. He lives with permanent art works on the walls of Valeria Bendoni, Alfonso his wife and daughter in a small apartment structures in Khirki Extension, Hauz Khas 1st February - Santagata, Aylin Prandi, in Rome. His days slip by walking his and and Okhla. These art works will change the 25th March Elisabetta Piccolomini, his gorgeous neighbour’s dogs, picking look of these localities, creating an open Valeria Cavalli, Kristina up cleaning and groceries, paying the bills air museum and at the same time taking Cepraga, Lilia Silvi, under his wife’s strict instructions, and art closer to life and out of the confines being taken for granted by his daughter Gabriella Sborgi, of four walls. This initiative will give any and her lazy, unemployed boyfriend, who Michelangelo Ciminale, passer-by a chance to feel and experience seems to have moved in.... Teresa Di Gregorio art and will lend to common public spaces their own value.
23rd January, 6:30 p.m. 26th January, 2:00 p.m. Tessitori Hall literature language 26-27 jan 28-30 jan
CONFERENCES BY REFRESHER ANDREA di ROBILANT COURSE FOR TEACHERS OF ITALIAN Jamia Millia Islamia “The Pursuit of Italy” University 25th Janaury Jamia Nagar “Teaching of Italian as a Foreign Language: 10 am to 11 am Italian journalist and writer, Andrea di New Delhi 11:15 am – 12:15pm Robilant spent thirty years in journalism Didactic Models and Evaluation techniques”, a national workshop conceived as a teachers’ covering Europe, the United States 28th – 30th January training programme. The course is also open “Venetian Navigators” and Latin America for Italian dailies like New Delhi 27th January, Repubblica and La Stampa. He now writes to advanced level students who aspire to teach Italian in the near future. The focus of the 6 pm – 7 pm historical non-fiction. He is the author of Conducted by: “A Venetian Affair” (2003), a biography of workshop will be on the learning processes Dr. Giovanni Amadori of a foreign language, teaching of a foreign Jaipur Literature his ancestor in 18th century Venice based Director language and evaluation concepts and Festival on his correspondence. His other works Italian Section of include “Lucia: A Venetian Life in the Age techniques. 24- 28 January 2013 Scolastico Evrim of Napoleon” (2008) and “Irresistible Institute North: From Venice to Greenland on the Event organized by the Centre of European Turkey Trail of the Zeno Brothers” (2011) in which and Latin American Studies of Jamia Millia he analyses the claim of two Venetian Islamia in association with the University of Dr. Tanya Roy merchants, Nicolò and Antonio Zeno who Delhi and Istituto Italiano di Cultura. sailed over the north Atlantic in a pre- Reader Columbian expedition to North America. Department of Germanic & Romance Event organised by Istituto Italiano di Studies Cultura in collaboration with the Jaipur University of Delhi Literature Festival. exhibition cinema 29 jan 30 jan
SPACEMATES FILM FOCUS ON Exhibition of works by NEW ITALIAN ANDREA ANASTASIO DIRECTORS ARADHANA SETH IL PRIMO INCARICO In the ambit of the The First Assignment India Art Fair 2010, 90 min. SPACEMATES is a project born out of a Director: Giorgia Cecere Nena, a girl from the south of Italy, has to
30th January to dialogue between artists Andrea Anastasio Cast: Isabella Ragonese, travel far from home to get her first job as 28th February 2013 and Aradhana Seth. The two artists met Francesco Chiarello, a teacher. She is sad, not because she has Istituto Italiano di in order to work at a book project on Alberto Boll, Miriana to leave her mother and sister, with whom Cultura request from TARA books. Right from the Protopapa everything is clear and sometimes difficult, beginning they found a shared interest in but because she is having a serious love affair daily life and domestic space, though using with someone from her village to whom she different medium. After few meetings, 30th Janaury, is very committed: they promise that nothing once the dialogue generated enough 6.30 p.m. will change between them. It is only until confidence in each other languages they June and then she can ask for a transfer. And 2nd February, found themselves involved in conceiving a so she leaves, a little sad and a little curious 2.00 p.m. space that could host their shared gaze on about what is in store for her. But what she Tessitori Hall reality. The exhibition is the result of this finds is completely different from what she meeting. The space is designed almost like imagined. It’s much worse: a school isolated a proper house and the viewer will inhabit on a high mountain plain, wild children, it for the duration of the visit. The gallery people she has nothing in common with will turn into a site-specific installation, and a hostile environment. She sticks it out where paintings of household objects will because of pride and because Francesco stare at the viewer while sculptures made loves her for her courage, until one cold out of manipulated domestic daily life February day when everything goes wrong, objects are taken to a sculptural dimension, everything seems lost forever. beckoning her or him to realise that they are solitary beings in the rooms of an uninhabited home.
Event organised by Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with India Art Fair and Tara Books. art cinema 2 feb 1-3 feb
STELLATELLI screening of COLLECTION Film “Aida” Catalogue Opera by presentation Giuseppe Verdi Director: Franco “Why should I buy Zeffirelli this work?” Adina Aaron, Kate Aldrich, Scott Piper, Paolo The reasons of Antonio Stellatelli’s art collections have Fanatika Theatre been presented in various museums in Pecchioli, Giuseppe Garra. collecting art Documentary Film Europe. He has a collection of modern Orchestra and chorus of Fondazione Arturo Festival art and a boundless collection of Italian Toscanini, Massimiliano Stefanelli. A performance by contemporary art, which will be presented 1-3 February 2013 Directed for the stage by Franco Zeffirelli. Neha Choksi in a catalogue during the evening. In Ahmedabad Set Design: Franco Zeffirelli. Panel discussion 2011 a catalogue of his new collection of 15-17 February 2013 Recorded at the Teatro Giuseppe Verdi on and catalogue contemporary Indian art was presented at Vadodara (Baroda) 27 January 2001 presentation of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura; a collection that Gujarati Sahitya Antonio Stellatelli is only the beginning… Parishad, The opera was originally commissioned to collection But why does a collector decide to buy an Ahmedabad celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal, artwork? and was also the first opera in modern times 2nd February, After a performance by Neha Choksi, staged in Verona’s ancient Roman arena. This took place in August 1913, on the 7:30 p.m. a panel discussion involving the artist, eve of World War I, when a famous Italian Tessitori Hall the collector Antonio Stellatelli and his consultants, Marina Pizziolo and Romano tenor called Giovanni Zenatello organised Ravasio will focus on the path from the eight performances of Giuseppe Verdi’s creation of the work to the desire of masterpiece to celebrate the centenary of possession and purchase decision. the composer’s birth.
Event organised by Art Consulting in This year, the world will celebrate the collaboration with Project 88 and Istituto bi-centenary of the great composer. Italiano di Cultura. Event organized by Alliance Française d’Ahmedabad and Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura. cinema cinema 6 feb 13 feb
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LA KRYPTONITE LA SCOMPARSA DI NELLA BORSA PATÒ Kryptonite! The Vanishing of Patò 2010, 99 min. Based on the homonymous novel by 2011, 98 min. Peppino is seven years old and lives in what Director:Ivan Cotroneo today would be called a dysfunctional family. Director: Rocco Andrea Camilleri: the sudden disappearance Cast: Valeria Golino, His mother Rosaria goes into depression Mortelliti of the bank-teller Patò during a “Passion Cristiana Capotondi, after discovering that her husband is having Play” in a Sicilian small village in 1890 two Luca Zingaretti, Libero an affair. Peppino is adopted by his aunt hilarious characters shall start investigating, de Rienzo, Fabrizio and uncle in their twenties who lead him 13th February, finding out that nothing is as it seems in the Gifuni around the Swinging Naples, between 6:30 p.m. life of this irreprehensible man. parties in basements, feminist groups, Greek 16th February, communities dancing in the streets. 2:00 p.m. 6th February, Tessitori Hall 6:30 p.m. 9th February, 2:00 p.m. Tessitori Hall cinema cinema 20 feb 27 feb
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SCIALLA! LA VERA LEGGENDA Easy! DI TONY VILAR
2011, 95 min. The true legend of Director: Francesco Bruno Beltrame has let it all hang out, for Tony Vilar Tony Vilar is an extraordinary figure. An Bruni quite a while. All that’s left of his old talent 2006, 92 min. extremely popular singer in almost all of Cast: Fabrizio as a writer is just enough to ghost-write Director: Giuseppe Latin America throughout the 1960’s, he first Bentivoglio, Barbora “other people’s books”. His passion for Gagliardi came to Argentina as a child in the early 50’s. Bobulova, Stefano teaching has given way to an apathetic Cast: Peppe Voltarelli, Born in the town of Carolei, in the Calabria Brunori, Franco routine of tutoring equally apathetic Roy Paci, Dario De region of Italy, he came to Buenos Aires Campiti students, including fifteen-year old Luca. Luca, Saverio La Ruina, with his parents. He met with success in the One day the boy’s mother turns up, like a Totonna Chiappetta, early sixties, achieving stardom as a singer ghost from the past, revealing a secret that Cristina Mantis of popular Italian songs. He was renowned 20th February, turns Bruno’s life upside down: Luca is his for his Spanish versions of Italian hits. In the 6:30 p.m. son, a son he knew nothing about… 27th February, course of his career, he sold more than a million records, and he was the first performer 23rd February, 6:30 p.m. to make “Cuando calienta el sol” a worldwide 2:00 p.m. 2nd March, success. Today Tony Vilar runs a used car Tessitori Hall 2:00 p.m. Tessitori Hall dealership in New York. exhibition language
VOYAGE TO INDIA Highlights of by Ludovico De Spring Session Varthema January-April, 2013: (1502 - 1508) • Enrollments from documentary Monday, 17th Exhibition December 2012; The place was Rome and the year 1510 • Week-end classes learning Italian language National Library when the first book ever on India was from Saturday, 12th Belvedere Road published by a European. The Bolognese January 2013; Learn Italian at the Italian Cultural Centre, Alipore, Kolkata author Ludovico De Varthema, left Venice in • Week-day classes the official centre for the promotion of 1502, travelled extensively to the east of the from Monday, 14th Italian language and culture in India. Dates to be confirmed Mediterranean Sea and reached the Indian January 2013; Courses in Italian are offered on week- peninsula, where he stayed for a long time. • Special Courses: day mornings, afternoons, evenings and He chronicled his journeys in the volume first Travel & Tourism, on week-ends providing training in all published in 1510. The exhibition contains a Conversation, Italian basic communication skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing, with a large number of contemporary cartographic in your Pocket – with systematic study of grammar. images and dwells on other curious and variable duration on fascinating aspects related to plants, animals formation of specific Spring and Autumn Sessions for Regular and trade in the great Asian peninsula. groups. Courses start each year in January and August respectively and are offered on all Event organized by Istituto Italiano di Cultura Choose a course which levels in accordance with the Common in collaboration with Archivio di Stato, Rome is best suited to your European Framework of Reference for Languages: and National Library, Kolkata. level and requirement and enjoy the congenial - Elementary (A1- A2) atmosphere along - Intermediate (B1 - B2) with the facilities of - Advanced (C1- Part 1) the Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Each regular course is offered for 120 hours per session of four months, unless “The testimony of one For further details visit eye-witness is worth www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it otherwise specified. more than ten hear-says” Ludovico De Varthema All teachers are university qualified. Classrooms are equipped with audio visual facilities. education education
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