Pimpa arrives in South Africa!
This year, on the occasion of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, and with a special drawing by Altan, exclusively made for the Italian Cultural Institute in Pretoria, Join us on 12 October 2024, at 10:00 am for an unforgettable journey for your children at the Italian Club in Pretoria. We’ll travel […]
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Week of the Italian Language in the World
This year, on the occasion of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, We are pleased to announce our literary and cultural activities: 12 October, 10 a.m. at the Italian Club in Pretoria: Pimpa lands in South Africa! – with a drawing by Altan exclusively for the institute. https://iicpretoria.esteri.it/en/gli_eventi/calendario/pimpa-arrives-in-south-africa/ 13 October, 5 pm, […]
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“Io Capitano” opens the 11th European Film Festival in South Africa
Film lovers can look forward to an entertaining and provocative array of new award-winning films from Europe as the European Film Festival returns for its 11th edition in South Africa from 10-20 October. Women challenging patriarchy and convention; relationships and independence; humour, satire and surrealism; coming-of-age stories; dysfunctional families; grumpy old men; restless youth; the […]
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Contemporary art between Italy and Africa – A conversation with Laura Vincenti, director of Investec Cape Town Art Fair
On the occasion of the 2024 Contemporary Art Day promoted by AMACI – Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums and realized with the support of the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture and the collaboration of the Directorate-General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, […]
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Claudio Pozzani – Poetry Africa
The IIC Pretoria is participating this year in the most prestigious poetry festival “Poetry Africa”. The Italian poet Claudio Pozzani will be in South Africa to participate in the “Poetry Africa” festival in Johannesburg and Durban, from 5 to 12 October 2024. Saturday 5 Octobe, 19h00: Johannesburg – UJ Arts and culture Centre Saturday 12 […]
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ITALIAN SCREENS IN SOUTH AFRICA – SECOND EDITION THE FESTIVAL OF ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY FILMS 27-28-29 Sept.
ITALIAN SCREENS is an initiative promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), the General Directorate for Cinema and Audiovisual of the Ministry of Culture (DGCA-MiC), organized by Cinecittà. After the first successful edition of Italian Screen in 2024, the Italian Institute of Culture in Pretoria, the Italian Embassy, the Italian Consulate […]
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ITALIAN MOVIE NIGHT – LE CENTO DOMENICHE
Le Cento Domeniche Antonio Riva is an early-retired factory worker who still goes to the factory to teach (for free) the trade to younger workers. He looks after his dementia-stricken mother, he’s on good terms with his ex-wife and has a married lover who “just wants to have fun”. When his daughter Emilia announces her […]
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TRIBUTE TO PUCCINI
One hundred years after his death, the Italian Cultural Institute in Pretoria is ready to pay tribute to the genius of Giacomo Puccini and to three of his most famous operas: Madama Butterfly, Tosca and La Boheme. Renowned for his emotionally charged operas, Puccini is a towering figure in the history of classical music. His […]
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GIOVANNI GUIDI JAZZ TRIO
The Italian Cultural Institute in Pretoria, in collaboration with International Jazzday, is proud to announce the long-awaited tour of the Giovanni Guidi Jazz Trio, both in South Africa (May 1-5) and Namibia (May 6). Born in 1985, Giovanni Guidi is an Italian jazz pianist well-known on the European scene as a bandleader and a frequent sideman […]
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FARAUALLA IN SOUTH ARICA
The Italian Cultural Institute in Pretoria, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in South Africa, the Consulate General of Italy in Johannesburg is proud to announce the tour of polyvocal quartet Faraualla who will perform for free in Sasolburg, Johannesburg and Pretoria (April 26-29). Formed in 1995, Faraualla is a female a cappella vocal […]
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