IDA PELLICCIOLI PIANO TOUR
A journey from Spanish keyboard music to the Viennese Classic Style The Italian Cultural Institute in Pretoria is proud to present the mini-tour of Italian pianist Ida Pelliccioli, that will be back in South Africa as follow: 3.11 – Wagner Society, Cape Town 5.11 – Music Society of Makhanda, Grahamstown 10.11 – OAK, Hermanus 12.11 – […]
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Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu: Educational and Historical links between South Africa and Reggio Emilia
This teacher training, with the participation of Chiara Torcianti, director of the archives of the municipality of Reggio Emilia, will focus on the educational pathways developed in Reggio Emilia and South Africa over the last 40 years, with the further aim of highlighting the long-term historical and political links between these two entities. In particular, […]
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Literary Cocktail
This year, on the occasion of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Dante Alighieri Society of Johannesburg cordially invite you Sunday 13 October 2024 at 4:30 p.m. for 5 at Dante Alighieri Society in Johannesburg for a Literary Cocktail With the exclusive participation of […]
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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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