Category: Cinema and Theatres

Cinema events, retrospectives, theater performances. The world of dance, cinema and theater

Turin Film Festival promotes the young and brand new Cinema

The renowned cinema exhibition of Turin called Torino Film Festival is back again with its successful 28th edition. The festival has become on Friday 26th November and it will end on Saturday 4th December.

Here are some numbers of the festival: 234 titles among 3700 movies selected (among short and full-length movies) 30 world premieres, 23 international premieres, 9 European premieres and 73 Italian premieres.

As usual, the TFF is a cultural event promoting youth and the new trends of cinema. Such a cinema exhibition wants to encourage the brand new cinema, art film, historical film and the most experimental and innovative works of international background. So, where are the new talents? Let’s

Lucca Comics 2010 has come back. Take a look at the world of Comics & Games

From October 29th to November 1st 2010, the city of Lucca in Tuscany will host again the special and renowned event Lucca Comics and Games, four days dedicated to the world of comics, books, fantasy, games and fantastic itineraries.
As usual, for this edition many events are scheduled: meetings with special guests, exhibitions, showcases, screenings, Comics Talks and meetings with editors.
On Saturday 30th October, visitors will find at 10 am at palazzo Ducale the event “WONDERLAND – QUANDO ALICE SE NE ANDO’” – where the NPE presents the new book of the series Nuvole In Tempesta. Tuono Pettinato, Alessio Fortunato, Lorenzo Bartoli, Sergio Ponchione, Elisabetta Melaranci and many other authors will tell us about what happened in the Wonderland after Alice left. And this is just one of the many original and interesting events scheduled from October 29th to November 1st.As for the screenings scheduled, the lovers of comics will

The 5th edition of International Film Festival is coming in Rome

Dear cinema lovers, the renowned International Film Festival is coming back in Rome with its fabulous 5th edition.

Such en event has become very popular among both Italian and foreign visitors and it will take place from October 28th to November 5th 2010 in Rome at Auditorium Parco della Musica, the extraordinary building created by the famous architect Renzo Piano.

The event will be held in the 5 rooms of the building: Santa Cecilia, S

50 Days dedicated to International Movies: a special event in Florence!

The fourth edition of “50 giorni di cinema internazionale a Firenze” is coming to Florence.
This is the greatest Italian exhibition of film festival organized by FST – Mediateca Toscana Film Commission in cooperation with Toscana Region, Provincia and the City of Florence.

As usual, the film festival will take place at the Odeon Cinema, the house of cinema in Florence, from October 21st to December 10th 2010.

Among the most expected events by the public, we find Italian Doc

Exhibition, Exhibition: the double face of Art, in Turin (21st Sept. 2010 – 9th Jan. 2011)

Exhibition Exhibition”is the name of the exhibition which has begun on September 21st, and will wait for you until January 9th 2011 at Castello di Rivoli Museum of ontemporary Art, near Turin.

It is an exhibition organized by Adam Carr and includes works belonging to the last 60 years created around the concept of symmetry and duality of things.

Carr sets out to explore and reflect on the roles of perception and

Wine Town Firenze 2010: the 1st Intl. Fair dedicated to high-quality Wines

Florence, the heart of Renaissance, is also one of the nine world capitals of wine, and this year it will host the first edition of WineTown Firenze, an international fair of the highest quality wines, which will take place from 30th September to 3rd October 2010.

A great appointment with the best Italian and international wines for enjoying the flavors of traditions, territory, culture and life style that create such a magic potion called “wine”.

The event, promoted by the City of Florence and the Wine Town Committee,

Roma Europa Festival 2010: take a glimpse into the future!

A great appointment with the contemporary arts is coming back to Rome: the Roma Europa Festival 2010, an event entirely dedicated to music, dance, cinema and theater that this year is going to celebrate its 25th edition. As usual, in the works we’ll find many international artists, performances, surprises and emotions.

On Tuesday 21st September, the festival will be inaugurated with the Orphée of the Montalvo-Hervieu Company at the Auditorium della Conciliazione.

A real journey in the perspectives of the international artists and in the contemporary arts, where changes of our contemporary world will be put on the stage.

The event schedules 38 appointments, among which we find 20 national premieres

MITO 2010 – September rich in Music, between Milan and Turin

The 4th edition of the musical festival MITO is going to take place in Milan and Turin, as the
name suggests (MI+TO), in September.

MITO is not just the connection between such two important cities like Milan and Turin, but
a musical event that schedules over 200 concerts taking place in theatres, churches, villas,
streets and squares, from 3rd to 24th September in both cities.

The 4th edition planned a programme that meets many different musical styles: symphonic,
jazz, folk-rock, pop and ethnic music
. In other words, a programme apart, with different
styles and languages (music, cinema and theater).

In addition to Milan and Turin, the festival schedules concerts also in the following towns:
Brescia, Como, Monza, Lecco, Bricherasio, Magnano,

White Night 2010 in Rome: events, concerts, culture

The craziest night in Italy full of emotions and fun is coming to Rome in the night between 19th and 20th September: the White Night in Rome comes back!

The appointment with the eternal city is just around the corner, and once again it will be totally enlightened showing people the facades of the most beautiful palaces, stately monuments and ancient streets and squares all night long, where thousands citizens and visitors will be looking for fun and crazy events.

Cultural events, initiatives, parties, concerts, museums, galleries and shops open until dawn. If you love the eternal city you can’t miss such a fabulous event! Rome and its large squares and spaces, its fountains, the beautiful gardens, the architecture

67th Venice International Film Festival

From 1st to 11th September 2010, the great event beloved by the many cinema addicts in Italy and abroad comes back in Venice: the International Film Festival, with its 67th edition, once again organized by La Biennale di Venezia.

The aim of the festival is to promote knowledge of the international cinema in all its forms: as art, entertainment and industry, in a spirit of freedom and tolerance.

This year, visitors will have many surprises, including retrospectives and a homage to renowned personages in order to provide the audience a better awareness of the cinema history.

At the festival there will be 5 international juries that will give the official prizes to the winners belonging to the different sections: Venezia 67 (an international contest for full-length movies, with Quentin Tarantino as