Author Archives: Luca Paci
The White Sheik by Fellini
Dear Friends,
It’s been a long time since our last email! We hope you are all well. Just a quick message to say that now that cinemas and theatres are back we are in the process of slowly resuming our activities. We would like to pick up where we left before the pandemic hit us all, with the celebrations of Fellini’s centenary in partnership with Snowcat Cinema. Therefore our first event will be the screening of Lo Sceicco Bianco (The White Sheik) by Federico Fellini on Friday 22nd of October at Penarth Pier Pavilion at 7:30pm. The screening will feature an introduction by Luca Paci to contextualise it within the Italian culture of the period and Fellini’s immense cinematic and artistic production.
You can book your tickets here:https://www.snowcatcinema.co.uk/listings/2021/10/22/whitesheik
We hope to see many of you next week at the Pier.
More about ICCW and IFFC in the following weeks. A presto!
Bondo – Gronde
Virtual Book launch
Please come and join us tomorrow at 17:00 GMT for the launch of in Italian BONDO-GRONDE Presentazione libro di e con MENNA ELFYN Yfory 5 o’r gloch #lansio Bondo yn Eidaleg! Book your space info below #translated #poetry #cymraeg #italiano
Charity Dinner at Casanova Cardiff 29 Sept 12p.m.
Come and taste a top lunch in one of the most exclusive restaurants in Cardiff and help funding the Italian Film Festival Cardiff .
Please call Casanova’s Restaurant on 029 20344044 and book before it’s too late!
Charity dinner
Happy as Lazzaro by Alice Rohrwacher
Loro by Paolo Sorrentino
Friday, 19 April 2019 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm @Chapter Arts
Looking for Europe
Italian Carnival @ Penarth Pier Pavilion
Penarth Carnival starts Saturday 2nd March at 11.00am – Archer Terrace /Sully Terrace Green
The event includes:
Crowning the First Fool the king of the carnival.
Singing, band & a ceremony.
Also a man will set off on a bike to Harlech in North Wales (yes, really!) to tell them four days of happiness have broken out in Penarth.
We’ll then dance down to the Pier Pavilion for midday.
There’ll be an hour’s Italian Carnival mask workshop in the Pier Pavilion from 12.00 and a children’s
film in the Pier Pavilion in the afternoon. Wear costume/ festive thing
The World Saved by Kids and Other Epics
Friday, October 19, 2018 at 6 PM – 9 PM Lookout Cafe
Poet and translator Cristina Viti will read from her translation of Elsa Morante’s The World Saved by Kids.
First published in Italian in 1968, The World Saved by Kids was written in the aftermath of deep personal change and in the context of what Elsa Morante called the “great youth movement exploding against the funereal machinations of the organized contemporary world.”
Morante believed that it was only the youth who could truly hear her revolutionary call. With the fiftieth anniversary of the tumultuous events of 1968 approaching, there couldn’t be a more timely moment for this first English translation of Morante’s work to appear.
Charity Lunch at Casanova’s Sun 30 Sept 1 PM
This year the Italian Film Festival Cardiff is taking place on 16-18 November and our friends and sponsors at Casanova’s have generously agreed to host a Charity Lunch on 30th September to help us raise some money for the Festival.
All proceedings from the lunch will go to the ICCW to cover costs of the Festival.
If you would like have a fab meal at a very fair price in one of the top restaurants in Cardiff and at the same time help us with funding our rich festival programme, please call Casanova’s Restaurant on 029 20344044 and book before it’s too late!
Danilo Balducci. The Invisible Line of Migration
Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM
Glamorgan Council Chamber, Cardiff University
This is a unique opportunity to meet leading international photographer, photo journalists and documentary photographer Danilo Balducci. His recent work focuses on migration and its contemporary routes. The event will include the projection of two short films and a selection of photographic material, accompanied by a discussion with the author. Further details can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/danilobalducciphotography
We are hosting this event in partnership with the School of Modern Languages at University of Cardiff.
8½ Fellini @ Penarth Pier Pavilion 11 October
In association with Snowcat Cinema official partner of Italian Film Festival Cardiff 2018
Thursday, October 11, 8:00 PM 10:30 PM @ Penarth Pier Pavilion
Fellini’s 8 1/2 tells the story of a film director trapped in a creative cul-de-sac. It’s surreal style, icy-cool atmosphere and crisp monochrome cinematography have led to wide regard as one of the finest works of avant-garde film-making and a true masterpiece of world cinema.
Advance tickets £7.50 / £6 (conc) – door sales +50p
7pm doors for 8pm start.
Snowcat Cinema does not screen adverts before the feature. There are usually one or two trailers for films that will be shown soon but we encourage people to arrive promptly for the advertised start time.
Refunds will only be provided if the screening does not go ahead.
Alla ribalta! Theatre Workshop
The ICCW has organised a theatre workshop in Italian for children: four meetings from the end of September to the beginning of December.
The workshop is led by teacher, actress and musician Alice Muzzioli.
The children will create a story, write the script and invent the scenic realisation by bringing into play a variety of artistic and linguistic skills. All this in a playful and fun group atmosphere, completely immersed in the Italian language.
The workshop is designed for children and young people aged between 6 and 13 years. It will be held in Chapter on the following dates from 15.00 to 17:00:
Saturday 29/09; Saturday 13/10 ; Saturday 10/11; Saturday 01/12
Dome Bulfaro @ Casanova Restaurant
Italian poet, artist and performer Dome Bulfaro will be @Casanova Restaurant, Cardiff the 5th of August at 5:30.
Tickets on the door £6 including a glass of wine. £5 for ICCW members. Vi aspettiamo !
Rome Open City & Dome Bulfaro
The Italian Cultural Centre Wales has organised a screening of Roberto Rossellini’s Rome, Open City, a classic tale of life in Nazi-occupied Rome, in collaboration with Snowcat cinema and supported by Wales PEN Cymru.
The screening is preceded by a performance by Dome Bulfaro, a renowned Italian poet and artist.
We are putting this event on since we think that Italy is crossing a very critical phase and its fragile democracy is in real danger.
Since Matteo Salvini was sworn in as Italy’s Interior Minister, his controversial stance on immigration, Roma people and the European Union has made the headlines.
The press have dubbed him the European Donald Trump and commentators say he could pose a threat to the existence of the European Union as we know it.
This week he was in the news again, for refusing to allow another migrant rescue ship to dock in Italy and for his radical proposals to crack down on migration.
Here is the facebook link:
Pinocchio Retold and Scampagnata
Dear friends,
We hope you are enjoying the good weather!
We thought you might be interested in the following events coming up soon supported by the ICCW.
12 and 13 June 7:30 pm: Becoming Human. Pinocchio Retold
Becoming Human – Pinocchio Retold tells the story of the world’s most famous puppet, set against the demands and prerogatives of modern Western society.
This tragicomedy takes an unflinching look at social values and structures, while inviting the audience to laugh and be mesmerised by a caravan of characters (all played by Alice Muzzioli and Inari Soinila).
12+ Strong Language
Location: The Big Top 11A Church Street, CF10 1BG Cardiff
£7 £5 concessions (students, unemployed patrons, disabled, senior citizens, children under 18)
17 June from 10 am: Scampagnata
Annual picnic organised by Amici Val Ceno for the Welsh-Italian Community.
Everyone welcome. Children’s games, Tug-o war, Bocce and Raffle prizes.
Location: St.Michael’s Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, NP7 5UD
Gates open: 10:00
Price: £5 per person (free for under 12s)
Hopefully we will see you there.
A presto!
Remix the Cinema Tour of Wales
Remix @ Volcano Theatre Swansea
Remix the Cinema Workshop and Screening
Remix the Cinema
Penarth Pier Pavilion
Sunday 20 May 2018 8:30pm
The brainchild of two Ita
lian artists who set original soundtracks to a montage of black and white films, Remix the Cinema is an immersive experience combing live music performance and cinema screening. Italian Cultural Centre Wales and Snowcat Cinema are delighted to host this unique event at Penarth Pier Pavilion promoting international artistic engagement and innovation in Cardiff and the Vale.
Before the screening there is an open workshop with the artists, offering hands-on experience of creative sound and image editing. Penarth-based artists Parry & Glynn will facilitate conversations and live drawing in and around the event.
Alberto Casati and Luca Acito are part of Action 30, a collective of artists, musicians, thinkers and activists who draw inspiration from the cultural ferment of 1930s Europe.
Screening: 8.00pm. Admission £8 | £4 concs available on the door and ticketsource
Workshop: 6.00pm. Admission free on the door.
Remix the Cinema @ Volcano Theatre Swansea – 18 May
We are delighted to announce the Italian duo, Remix the Cinema, will be visiting Swansea for their first UK event on their tour of Europe.
Taking place on Friday 18 May, 7pm @ Volcano Theatre in Swansea, Remix the Cinema is the brainchild of two Italian artists, who set original soundtracks to a montage of classic black and white films.
Remix the Cinema is a fully-immersive experience, combining both live music performance and a cinema screening.
Please help us spread the word`among friends, supporters and aficionados!
This is a ticketed event: £10 full price /£5 concessions on the door
Eventbrite link: Buy your ticket here