Screening of the film “Troppa Grazia” by Gianni Zanasi
A comedy about the encounter between a woman and a celestial being. Lucia, a young land surveyor, has to face a choice: facilitating, with her work, the real estate speculations of a local entrepeneur, or listening to the divine apparitions that order her to build a church on the same land.The film obtained three nominations […]
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Screening of the movie “Ride” by Valerio Mastandrea
After the death of Mario Secondari, a victim of an accident at work, his family members have to deal with the absence and the elaboration of mourning. His wife Carolina, though tortured, cannot cry; little Bruno, his son, staged his funeral, simulating a journalistic interview; Mario’s father and brother, on the other hand, will deal […]
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Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio
The Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio arrives in Addis Ababa! On December 10th, at 6.30 pm, this renowned collection of artists from around the world will perform for the first time ever in Ethiopia at the National Theater together with the Ethiopian dancer Melaku Belay and his famous Ethiocolor band! The Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio was founded in […]
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Movie – “Mid-August lunch”
In the frame of the Week of Italian Cuisine we propose an exhilarant comedy, “Mid-August Luch” by Gianni de Gregorio, on Tuesday 19th Novemeber 2019 6.30pm at Italian Cultural institute. English subtitles PLOTGianni, a sixty-year-old man covered in debts, spends his mid-August in a condominium in the scorching Rome with his mother, Donna Valeria, a capricious, […]
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European Film Festival – “Perfetti Sconosciuti” (“Perfect Strangers”)
On 14-17 and 21-24 November the European Union Film Festival will take place at Vamdas cinema, and Italy will participate with the selected movie “Perfetti Sconosciuti” (“Perfect Strangers”) on Saturday 16th November at 7pm! Italian language with English subtitlesFree entrance PLOTOn a warm summer evening, the loving couple of Rocco, a plastic surgeon, and Eva, […]
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Art exhibition – “Poetic Paintings” by Million Birhane
“Poetic Paintings” is the title that the artist Million Birhane gave to her art exhibition hold at Italian Cultural Institute, starting from 12th November until 6th Dicember. The opening will be on 12th November alle 6.00pm. Free entrance and refreshments. ABOUT THE ARTISTMillion Birhane was born on September 11th, 1989, in Addis Ababa. In 2002 […]
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CHISCO & MISTILLA with EARTH BEAT MOVEMENT
The energy and the power of reggae music will thunder at Italian Cultural Institute Thursday 7 November, 7pm! Artists who had performed on very important stage, for the first time they will take their beat in Addis Abeba. They are Chisco, MisTilla and Earth Beat Movement! Chisco was the main voice of the Working Vibes […]
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Italian language on stage, between Comedy and Tragedy
Italian language, the language of fusion and contamination, which gave life and a very clear distinction between the languages used to describe the “epic” from everyday life, often separating “Tragedy” from “Comedy”. This event attempts to show the cross between the purity of a language with its thousand regionalisms, its contaminations with Latin, with foreign […]
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Theatre – “Processo a Pinocchio”
The Italian Cultural Institute invites you on Wednesday 23rd October, 6pm, to the theatrical performance, organized by the Italian School, in which we will see the characters of the most famous story ever in a free adaptation of the play “Pinocchio (mal)visto dal Gatto e la Volpe” by Andrea Camilleri and Ugo Gregoretti. A review […]
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Atse Tewodros Project – Maqeda Tour
The artists of Atse Tewodros Project are back in Addis Abeba on tour with their new musical project “Maqeda” in a show of quality, talent and energy that is absolutely not to be miss, which will be presented on October 21st at the Ethiopian National Theater. The Atse Tewodros Project was created in 2010 by […]
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