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All events taking place at the Italian Institute of Culture are free unless otherwise
stated. In order to minimise disappointment, we strongly recommend booking
your seat in advance. Please check booking requirements in the following pages.
Please note that the programme is subject to change: up-to-date details
can be found on our website and Facebook page.
SPECIAL EVENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS
DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL // 26 FEBRUARY - 8 MARCH
The Dublin International Film Festival, sponsored by Virgin Media, is Ireland’s premier
event, taking place in February each year. DIFF curates and presents the best in
emerging international and Irish film and moving image culture for a wide audience
through its flagship annual festival, which aims to offer memorable experiences
through audience interaction and engagements with filmmakers, actors and industry
professionals, along with informed debate about the future of film as an art form.
Marking the centenary of one of cinema’s most prolific auteurs, Federico Fellini, in
this year’s edition DIFF will celebrate the filmmaker’s work through a very special
series of free concerts across the city, in collaboration with the IIC and the Screen
Composers Guild. Viva Fellini highlights the music of Fellini’s close collaborator and
esteemed composer, Nino Rota. Focusing on some of the greatest musical work across
Fellini’s filmography, the concerts will feature music from La Strada (1954), La Dolce
Vita (1960), Il Bidone (1955) and Amarcord (1973). These performances take place at
different locations throughout the city with renditions of Rota’s work performed by
The Tiny Quartet, a Dublin based ensemble who put their unique stamp on any music
that they lay their hands on. From David Bowie to Spandau Ballet, from The Prodigy
to Future Islands, they span the decades with their strikingly eclectic performances,
veering effortlessly from beautiful, melodic bliss to fiery, foot-stomping dance tunes.
They are Sarah Lynch on violin, Donal Gunne on guitar, and Graham Heaney on
double bass. For Viva Fellini, the quartet will be joined by the super talented Alison
Reynolds on saxophone, bringing the soundtrack of Fellini to the streets of Dublin.
Moreover, a number of unique contemporary films by Italian directors will be screened
during the festival. More details in the following pages and TBA on www.diff.ie
IV GIORNATA DEL DESIGN ITALIANO NEL MONDO
4th Italian Design Day // 25 MARCH
The Italian Design Day, an integrated promotion project launched
by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to highlight the excellence and
peculiarities of Italian design around the world, reaches its fourth
edition. The IIC will celebrate the uniqueness of Italian design
by organising special events and making available a variety of
online resources on the topic. More details TBA on our website
www.iicdublino.esteri.it
LUNEDÌ AL CINEMA Lunedì al Cinema / Monday at the Cinema is a series of screenings dedicated to Italian contemporary cinema, made possible thanks to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. These free screenings (in Italian with English subtitles) are a great opportunity to get familiar with the Italian language while enjoying a good film! All details, including the dates of the screenings, are available in the following pages. PICCOLO FESTIVAL DEL CINEMA ITALIANO // 19 - 21 MARCH Five captivating contemporary films by acclaimed Italian directors, presented and screened over three days in the beautiful Lighthouse Cinema, one of Dublin’s most vibrant cultural spaces in the heart of Smithfield: this is the Little Italian Film Festival, a brand new cinema event presented in collaboration with RAI Cinema. All films will be screened in the original Italian version with English subtitles.Tickets will be made available on Eventbrite closer to the event date. Please refer to our website www. iicdublino.esteri.it for up-to-date information on tickets, films, special guests and more. IL CINEMA DEI PICCOLI Il Cinema dei Piccoli is back! A treat for the little ones as well as the grown-ups, whether they want to polish up their Italian or just lose themselves in a great story on the big screen. This edition will focus on the spellbinding works of Enzo D’Alò, Italy’s best-loved animator and director of children’s movies. Come share an hour of pure magic with your kids at the Italian Institute! More details in the following pages. Special thanks to Enzo D’Alò and Maricla Affatato. BLACKWATER VALLEY OPERA FESTIVAL 2020 The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival was established in 2010 by a small group of opera professionals and is Ireland’s only summer opera festival. The Festival attracts international visitors to the heritage town of Lismore and the scenic Blackwater Valley where audiences can discover emerging new talent performing alongside international stars of the classical music world. The opera itself is held in the breathtakingly beautiful surroundings of Lismore Castle and Gardens on the shores of the Blackwater River. Lismore Castle, the privately-owned residence of the Duke of Devonshire and his family, plays host to intimate, close-up opera in the transformed upper stables in the grounds of the castle by kind permission of Lord and Lady Burlington. The Festival believes in nurturing young talent, providing opportunities for up and coming artists, and also in introducing the next generation to the beauty of classical music and opera. A much- anticipated annual event on the European music festival calendar, the festival attracts local and international music lovers and visitors to the region. As a festival for lovers of music and the good things in life, it incorporates beautiful locations, unique historic venues, landscape, architecture, gardens, music, food and wine. For more information and to book tickets from 8 February 2020 visit www.blackwatervalleyoperafestival.com
Monday 13th January - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
From Matera to Galway
European Capital of Culture handover event
With Rossella Tarantino, Craig Flaherty and Kate Howard
Musical interlude by Music for Galway
Exclusive guests include Rossella Tarantino, Development and Relations Manager
of the Foundation Matera-Basilicata 2019, whose commitment to local projects on
development empowered by creativity came to the forefront thanks to the opportunities
offered by the Capital of Culture endorsement. Cultural producers of Galway 2020 Craig
Flaherty and Kate Howard will also take the stage to discuss how the Irish city intends
to handle this important legacy. The event will include a musical interlude (courtesy of
Music for Galway).
Wednesday 22nd January - 8pm
The Big Romance, 98 Parnell St., Dublin 1
No booking required
Italian Records Night
A night of Italian tunes on vynil
In collaboration with Nowhere Music
The IIC, in collaboration with Nowhere Music, is delighted to present the first “Italian
Records Night”. We selected a number of DJs based in Dublin (both beginners and
experts) to play their Italian LPs loud and clear on a fantastic Hi-Fi system kindly
provided by The Big Romance. We will play some jazz, rock, indie, punk, soundtracks,
post rock, Italian songwriters, electronics, pop and rare Italian psychedelia. It will be
an open decks night, so feel free to bring your own records: we will find a spot for you on
our playlist!
Thursday 23rd January - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Giancarlo Alfano
Just before Suburbia
Literature and big cities in Italy during the 1950s
In collaboration with UCD Foundation for Italian Studies
According to historiography, the economic boom in Italy started in 1956: 11 years after
the end of World War II, Italy had been rebuilt and was propelled toward its own destiny
of industrial leadership. However, its territory continued to show signs of what had
happened: bombed cities, shattered families, broken individual identities. This talk by
Giancarlo Alfano, introduced by Enrica Maria Ferrara, will revolve around some great
Italian narratives of those times, which show what ties together the devastation of war
and the enthusiasm of reconstruction.
Monday 27th January - 6.30pm
Robert Emmet Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin 2
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Remembering the Jews of Italy
Screenings from Il ghetto di Venezia and Binario 21
In collaboration with TCD Herzog Centre
The story of the Jews of Italy is characterised by successful cultural innovation and an
exciting intellectual tradition. The presence of Jews in Rome pre-dated Christianity and,
while the ghetto of Venice marked a period of separation, it was the rise of fascism and
the introduction of the racial laws in 1938 that led to the further persecution and mass
murder of the Jewish community. This event commemorates the lives and culture of the
Jews of Italy and will include a screening of Il Ghetto di Venezia by Emanuela Giordano
(Tangram Film) and an interview to Liliana Segre by Moni Ovadia from Binario 21, by
Moni Ovadia and Felice Cappa. Both videos are subtitled in English.
Thursday 30th January - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Shaping Italian society
with Niamh Cullen, Patrick McGauley
and John Foot
In English
This event marks the publication of two new books exploring Italy’s recent history from
different angles. Patrick McGauley’s Matera, 1945-1960: The History of a ‘National
Disgrace’ is a case study of Italy’s ‘southern question’ and ideas of national shame, while
Love, Honour and Jealousy: The Intimate history of the Italian Economic Miracle by
Niamh Cullen (Queen’s University, Belfast) explores the impact of the post-war ‘economic
miracle’ on the emotional lives of Italian families. John Foot, renowned historian of
modern Italy, will introduce and discuss the books with their authors.
Monday 3rd February - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Lunedì al Cinema
L’uomo che non cambiò la storia
Directed by Enrico Caria, 2016
In Italian with English subtitles
The “man who didn’t change history” was a university professor: Ranuccio Bianchi
Bandinelli, esteemed Italian scholar of Roman art, a founding father of modern
archaeology and staunchly anti-fascist. Things came to a head over Hitler’s famous
journey to Italy in 1938, when Bandinelli was invited to accompany Mussolini and the
Führer, serving as tour guide and interpreter at the museums and archaeological sites,
face to face with the two dictators for four whole days. He soon realised that history was
offering him an amazing opportunity: he could stop them for good if he wanted…
Monday 10th February - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Lunedì al Cinema
Puccini e la fanciulla
Directed by Paolo Benvenuti, 2008
In Italian with English subtitles
In 1909, while famous opera composer Giacomo Puccini is totally engrossed with the
writing of La fanciulla del West, a complex intrigue swirls around him, his step-daughter
Fosca, the young maid Doria, Fosca’s mother Elvira, and Giulia, who works as a waitress
in the “Chalet da Emilio” in front of Puccini’s villa in Torre del Lago. Romance, envy,
jealousy and death are the protagonists of this intense silent drama, a labyrinth of
ambiguities and secrets revealing the controversial demise of the composer’s youngest
maid and a hidden love affair.
Monday 17th February - 6pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Il Cinema dei piccoli
La freccia azzurra
Directed by Enzo D’Alò, 1996
In Italian with English subtitles
Every year at Christmas time the good witch Befana flies on her broom delivering toys
to all the well-behaved children of Italy. But this year Befana falls ill and is forced to
hand her delivery duties over to the sneaky and conniving Scarafoni, her evil assistant,
who only wants to please the children of the rich who have paid a fortune for their toys.
When the toys discover Scarafoni’s plans to sell them off come Christmas morning, they
rebel and start a journey to give themselves to the children they choose.
Based on a story by Gianni Rodari, original soundtrack by Paolo Conte.
Monday 24th February - 6pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Il Cinema dei piccoli
Pinocchio
Directed by Enzo D’Alò, 2012
In Italian with English subtitles
Geppetto the carpenter carves the object of his hidden desires out of a log: a puppet that
will keep him company and will be like a son to him. He calls him Pinocchio. Imagine his
surprise when he discovers that the puppet moves, as if by magic, and is gifted with a
life on its own. But the lively Pinocchio gets carried away by bad company quite easily
and ends up running into endless misadventures while following his dream of becoming
a real boy. Based on the novel by Carlo Collodi, original soundtrack by Lucio Dalla.
Tuesday 25th February - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Do Re Quack Gulp
Turning comic strips into music scores
with Eleonora Lima and Francesca Placanica
In collaboration with TCD and NUI Maynooth - In English
Event supported by the AHRC-funded project Interdisciplinary Italy: Interart/Intermedia
In 1966 Cathy Berberian — called ‘Callas of the avant-garde’ by numerous contemporary
composers — was in search of new vocal stimuli. With the support of Eco, her friend
and admirer, she composed and performed a “Comics Opera” made of a series of
comic-strip onomatopoeias. The painter Eugenio Carmi then joined in and illustrated
the material. The Stripsody project was born. Eleonora Lima (TCD) and Francesca
Placanica (University of Maynooth) will discuss how comics, music, and visual arts
came together in this extraordinary collaboration centering the larger-than-life talent
of Cathy Berberian.
Dublin International Film Festival
The Dublin International Film Festival, sponsored by Virgin Media, is Ireland’s premier
event, taking place in February each year. DIFF curates and presents the best in
emerging international and Irish film and moving image culture for a wide audience
through its flagship annual festival, which aims to offer memorable experiences
through audience interaction and engagements with filmmakers, actors and industry
professionals, along with informed debate about the future of film as an art form.
The following Italian films will be screened at this year’s edition:
2nd March: Martin Eden (Pietro Marcello, 2019) - 8.20pm, Lighthouse Cinema
7th March: Deux - Two of us (Filippo Meneghetti, 2019) - 4pm, Lighthouse Cinema
7th March: Santiago, Italia (Nanni Moretti, 2019) - 6.30pm, Lighthouse Cinema
Friday 6th March - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
International Women’s Day
Italian Renaissance (of) women
In collaboration with UCD, NUI Maynooth and NGI
In English
According to the poet Ludovico Ariosto, “Le donne sono venute in eccellenza, / di
ciascun’arte ov’hanno posto cura” (Orlando Furioso, XX, 2, 1-2; “What art so deepe, what
science is so hie, / but worthy women have thereto attayned?”). The topic of women’s
excellence in Italy will be discussed through the images, voices and words of women
readers, writers, editors, musicians and artists who contributed to the development of
the Italian Renaissance. With Francesco Lucioli (UCD), Maria Canavan and Letizia
Marcattili (NGI), Francesca Placanica and Antonio Cascelli (NUI Maynooth).
Monday 9th March - 6pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Il Cinema dei piccoli
Pipì, Pupù e Rosmarina in Il mistero delle note rapite
Directed by Enzo D’Alò, 2012
In Italian with English subtitles
Someone has stolen all the notes from the musical score composed by Mapà for the Great
Concert of Ferragosto, and the three little adventurers Pipì, Pupù & Rosemary carry the
delicate task of discovering the culprit behind this villainous theft and thus recover the
music. They have no clues to go on, but they know one very important thing: notes have
a life of their own, and they are attracted to music. They decide to put on three great
classical works with the help of the forest animals, hoping this will bring all the notes
back together and resolve the great mystery of their kidnapping.
Thursday 12th March - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Yes, we still drink coffee
Stories of women human rights defenders
Launch of the collection and readings of the pieces
In English
Published by Fighting Words and Front Line Defenders, this collection tells the stories
of women human rights defenders from several countries. These incredible women have
shared their powerful stories with writers Laura Cassidy, Catherine Dunne, Hilary
Fannin, Lia Mills, Azra Naseem, Sheila O’Flanagan and Melatu Uche Okorie. ‘Reading
these remarkable essays is a jolt to the conscience. The women interviewed [...] have
chosen activism over apathy. They live with threats and fear, and confront them with
courage’ (Monica McInerney, foreword).
Friday 13th March - 7.30pm
National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
Tickets available on www.nch.ie
International Guitar Series
SoloDuo
Info and tickets: www.nch.ie
In collaboration with TU Conservatory of Music
As SoloDuo, Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli have performed throughout Europe,
Asia, the USA, Canada and Latin America, and have been universally acclaimed - from
New York’s Carnegie Hall to Seoul’s Sejong Chamber Hall, from Kiev’s Hall of Columns
to Vienna’s Konzerthaus - as one of the best ensembles ever heard. The Washington
Post wrote about their performance: “Nothing less than rapturous – profound and
unforgettable musicianship of the highest order.” The performance is part of NCH
International Guitar Series, a six concert series of music for solo guitar, guitar duo and
guitar quartet.
Piccolo Festival del Cinema Italiano
Five captivating contemporary films by acclaimed Italian directors, presented and
screened over three days in the beautiful Lighthouse Cinema, one of Dublin’s most
vibrant cultural spaces in the heart of Smithfield: this is the Little Italian Film Festival,
a brand new cinema event presented in collaboration with RAI Cinema.
All films will be screened in the original Italian version with English subtitles.
Tickets will be made available on Eventbrite closer to the event date. Please refer
to our website www.iicdublino.esteri.it for up-to-date information on tickets, films,
special guests and more.
PROGRAMME:
Thursday 19th March
6.30pm: Il grande spirito (Sergio Rubini, 2019)
Friday 20th March
6.30pm: Il bene mio (Pippo Mezzapesa, 2018)
8.45pm: Sembra mio figlio (Costanza Quatriglio, 2018)
Saturday 21st March
6.30pm: Momenti di trascurabile felicità (Daniele Lucchetti, 2019)
8.45pm: Vivere (Francesca Archibugi, 2019)
Tuesday 24th March - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Paolo Rumiz
Il filo infinito
A journey to the roots of Europe
In English
Born in 1947, Paolo Rumiz is a journalist, writer and columnist. He covered several major
conflicts, like the civil war in former Yugoslavia and the Nato attack on Afghanistan, and
was awarded important prizes for journalism, including the Hemingway Prize for his reports
from Bosnia in 1993, the Max David Prize for best Italian correspondent in 1994 and the San
Vidal Prize in 2003. Alongside his activity as a war correspondent, he is also a passionate
travel writer. His most recent book, Il filo infinito, explores Benedictine monasticism today,
revealing it through places, voices, faces, silences, music and ventures, and giving content to
the much misused formula of the “Christian roots” of Europe.
Thursday 26th March - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Battle of the Nations in Restoration London
A talk by Adrian Le Harivel
In collaboration with the National Gallery of Ireland
In English
After Charles II regained the throne in 1660, Italian artists, musicians, even Catholic
priests, descended on London, while its paintings, fabrics and foods were again imported.
There was stiff competition with other European nations and native interests. Amongst
the eye-witnesses to this tussle were diarists Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn who bring
it all vividly to life. Adrian Le Harivel, Curator of British Art at the National Gallery
of Ireland, explores this lost world, evoking its atmosphere with some recorded music.
Tuesday 31st March - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Screening religions in Italy
Why religion still matters in Italian cinema
With Clodagh Brook
In English
Religion still appears provides a framework for interpretating the world and a profound
sense of belonging in Italy… even where there is no believing. Despite the rise of
secularisation, religion has not gone away: it persists on Italian screens. This talk by
Clodagh Brook will show and discuss some of the recent spectacular images of the
Catholic church in Italy, exploring the reasons behind this persistence and examining
how this might affect the emergence of a cinematic voice on the part of Italy’s minority
religions, especially Islam.
Thursday 2nd April - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Irish-Italian stories
on paintings and conservation
With Alessandra Ferlito and Aoife Brady
In collaboration with the NGI - In English
A painting tells and hides many stories: how was it conceived and created? But also:
how was it neglected and eventually restored? This event focuses on the collaboration
between the people and institutions without which the conservation of such essential
patrimony would be impossible. Alessandra Ferlito from the Istituto Centrale per il
Restauro in Rome and Aoife Brady, Curator of Italian Art at the National Gallery
of Ireland, will explore the collaborations that took place between Ireland and Italy
since the 1960s and the fascinating results and discoveries we can now admire in the
rooms of the National Gallery of Ireland.Monday 20th April - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Lunedì al Cinema
Sei mai stata sulla luna?
Directed by Paolo Genovese, 2015
In Italian with English subtitles
30-year-old Guia works for a renowned international fashion magazine, drives a luxury
Spider, travels on a private jet and lives between Milan and Paris. She thinks she has
got everything going for her until she inherits a farm from her father and ends up in a
remote town in Puglia, where she meets Renzo, a charming farmer who shows her that
the one thing she is missing is love – true love. But just when happiness is within reach,
she won’t be able to grasp it.
Thursday 23rd April - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Le navi antiche di Pisa
Stories from the Museum of Antique Boats
With Giuliana Pace
In English
In 1998 a working site started near the San Rossore railway station (Pisa) to build a
control centre for the railway line Roma-Genoa. During the excavation, a deposit with
at least 30 shipwrecks was unearthed; it was associated with a watercourse, probably
a tributary of an ancient river called Auser. The ships, some with cargo still on board,
were embedded under eight centuries of silt, sand and clay, due to exceptional floods.
The huge amount and variety of findings and the shipwrecks, in an excellent state of
preservation, demonstrate the heavy commercial activities which characterised this
area from the Late Republican Roman period to the Late Antiquity.
Friday 24th April - 7.30pm
St Ann’s Church, 18 Dawson St., Dublin 2
Tickets available on www.eventbrite.ie
La Follia
The charme of disorder in music
With Alfredo Bernardini
Organised by the Irish Baroque Orchestra
The Irish Baroque Orchestra welcomes regular guest and oboist extraordinaire Alfredo
Bernardini. Alfredo will present a programme about madness in music based around
the ‘La Follia’ variations of great Italian master and one-time Irish resident Francesco
Geminiani. “Follia” (madness or frenzy) was originally the name of a 16th century
Spanish dance based on a distinctive chord progression. During the 17th century this
chord series became associated with a particular melody which grew to be extremely
popular, and the material was snatched by hundreds of composers.From 24th April to 3rd May
Various locations, Co. Galway
Tickets available on www.cellissimo.ie
Cellissimo
A cello festival on the Western edge of Europe
Info and tickets: www.cellissimo.ie
Organised by Music for Galway
Photo credits: Shobha
Visit Galway for Cellissimo - a major new international triennial cello festival. Meet the
Galway Cello, an instrument made from locally grown trees. Star cellists from all over
the world will gather in Galway city and county, including Mischa Maisky, Giovanni
Sollima, Nicolas Altstaedt, Tatjana Vassiljeva, Marc Coppey and Natalie Haas. Enjoy
orchestral performances, world premieres of works by Bill Whelan, Gerald Barry and
Julia Wolfe, solo Bach concerts each day, Beethoven Sonatas, a cello trail to Inishbofin,
a trad strand, talks, an exhibition, children’s theatre and a closing cello extravaganza.
Monday 27th April - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Lunedì al Cinema
Stai lontana da me
Directed by Alessio Maria Federici, 2013
In Italian with English subtitles
Despite being a brilliant marriage counselor, Jacopo is unable to sort out his own
disastrous love life: because of a curse put upon him by his ex-girlfriend Simona, he
is unbelievably unlucky and all the women who fell for him have always ended up in
some unexplicable accident or misfortune. Therefore, Jacopo has vowed to stay away
from women. Once he meets charming architect Sara at a birthday party, however, his
vow is put to an agonizing test.
Tuesday 28th April - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
La misura dell’uomo
A conversation with Marco Malvaldi
In collaboration with Europa Editions
In English
October 1493. Florence is still mourning the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Columbus’
ships have only recently reached the New World. Meanwhile, Milan is experiencing a
renaissance under the leadership of Ludovico il Moro. In those years, people wandering
the environs of Milan’s Castle often encounter a strange character: his name is Leonardo
da Vinci. When a man is found dead in the Castle’s courtyard, il Moro turns to Da Vinci
for help. 500 years after Leonardo’s death, Marco Malvaldi combines literature, science,
history, and mystery to bring back to life one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance.Thursday 30th April - 6.30pm
Italian Institute of Culture
Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it
Blackwater Valley Opera Festival
Launch of the 2020 edition
with Deirdre O’Grady
For info: www.blackwatervalleyoperafestival.com
The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival is established as the leading summer classical
music festival in Ireland. With a fantastic programme of 17 events over a packed seven
days, it is no surprise that thousands of visitors travel to Lismore and West Waterford
for the Festival every year. The 2020 Festival will feature an Italian opera double-bill at
Lismore Castle, with Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. The Recitals
strand of the Festival will bring music to the great houses, churches and historic venues
of the region, including Chamber Music in original settings.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
DAY TIME PLACE EVENT
13/01 6.30pm IIC From Matera to Galway
22/01 8pm The Big Romance Italian Records Night
23/01 6.30pm IIC Giancarlo Alfano - Just before Suburbia
27/01 6.30pm TCD Remembering the Jews of Italy
30/01 6.30pm IIC Shaping Italian society
03/02 6.30pm IIC Screening: L’uomo che non cambiò la storia
10/02 6.30pm IIC Screening: Puccini e la fanciulla
17/02 6pm IIC Screening: La freccia azzurra
24/02 6pm IIC Screening: Pinocchio
25/02 6.30pm IIC Do Re Quack Gulp
26/02-08/03 Dublin International Film Festival
06/03 6.30pm IIC Italian Renaissance (of) Women
09/03 6.30pm IIC Screening: Pipì, Pupù e Rosmarina
12/03 6.30pm IIC Yes, we still drink coffee
13/03 7.30pm NCH International Guitar Series - SoloDuo
19-21/03 Piccolo Festival del Cinema Italiano @ Lighthouse Cinema
24/03 6.30pm IIC Paolo Rumiz - Il filo infinito
26/03 6.30pm IIC Battle of the nations
31/03 6.30pm IIC Screening religions - with Clodagh Brook
02/04 6.30pm IIC Irish-Italian stories on painting and...
20/04 6.30pm IIC Screening: Sei mai stata sulla luna?
23/04 6.30pm IIC Le navi antiche di Pisa - with Giuliana Pace
24/04 7.30pm St Ann’s Church La Follia by Irish Baroque Orchestra
25/04 Cellissimo Festival by Music for Galway
27/04 6.30pm IIC Screening: Stai lontana da me
28/04 6.30pm IIC Marco Malvaldi - La misura dell’uomo
30/04 6.30pm IIC Launch of Blackwater Valley Opera FestivalItalian Language Courses
SPRING TERM
From 10th February to 9th June 2020
ENROLMENT PERIOD
From 13th to 31st January 2020
ENROLMENT OFFICE HOURS
Monday to Thursday from 11am to 7pm - Friday from 11am to 3pm
FEES AND DISCOUNTS
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presentation of valid documentation) / € 260 Early Birds (registration by Friday 17th
January).
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DEADLINE
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will be subject to a €50 administrative charge. Refunds will be made by bank transfer.
- Fees cannot be transferred from one term to another or one person to another.
- Please make sure that you will be able to attend the class you registered for on
scheduled days/times.
- Only one class change can be requested during each term and approval is subject to
availability.
- Enrolments after deadline (31st January) require prior approval of the Administrative
Office and will be subject to a €50 administrative charge.
- Teachers are assigned to each class depending on availability and at complete discretion
of the Administrative Office.
- Our courses are strictly reserved for people over 18 years of age.
- The IIC reserves the right to cancel a course if the adequate number of students is not
reached and to alter the timetable where necessary.
Please contact us at classes.iicdublino@esteri.it if you have any questions.THE COURSES
Our Italian language courses will help you develop speaking, reading and writing skills
in a structured and gradual manner. Our teachers are Italian graduates with extensive
experience and special qualifications in the teaching of Italian as a foreign language.
All courses are structured according to the Council of Europe’s Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages.
Each course consists of 15 lessons / 30 hours; each class lasts 2 hours, including a 10
minute break. Classes will have a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 15 students.
TEXTBOOKS
Our courses employ the Contatto, Nuovo Contatto, Nuovo Espresso, Nuovo Magari and
Nuovo Progetto Italiano series of textbooks. Students will be advised about the correct
textbook upon enrolment. Books can be purchased at International Books, 18 South
Frederick St, Dublin 2. Our students can avail of a 10% discount on all textbooks.
A1.1 - A1.2 - A1.3 Nuovo Contatto A1 Loescher Editore
A2.1 - A2.2 Nuovo Contatto A2 Loescher Editore
B1.1 - B1.2 - B1.3 Contatto 2A Loescher Editore
B2.1 - B2.2 Nuovo Espresso 4 Alma Edizioni
B2.3 Contatto 2B Loescher Editore
All levels C (advanced) Nuovo Progetto Italiano 3 Edilingua
Lingua, Società, Letteratura
Nuovo Magari C1/C2 Loescher Editore
(advanced)
ASSESSMENT TESTS
Students not previously enrolled in the IIC who wish to follow a course at a higher
level than A1.1 can avail of an assessment test (free of charge – by appointment only).
To set up an appointment please call us on (01) 662 0509 / 662 1507 or e-mail us at
classes.iicdublino@esteri.it
CONVERSATION CLASSES
Our conversation courses, suitable for students with an intermediate or advanced
knowledge of Italian, aim to improve your vocabulary and speaking skills. They build
your confidence by providing opportunities to discuss, debate and exchange ideas
through communicative activities and tasks.
Please refer to our website www.iicdublino.esteri.it for up-to-date details.Vi aspettiamo!
Special thanks to:
Cover photo: Kai Pilger - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy.
11 Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin 2 D02 KN81
+353 (1) 662 0509 / 662 1507
iicdublino@esteri.it
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