Blind Drawing – A workshop by Marta Roberti
A two days workshop open to everyone: artists, adults and teenagers aged 14 and above. Blind Drawing proposes a challenge for participants, creating the conditions for the rapid transition from using the dominant left hemisphere of the brain (responsible for analytical and verbal functions) to activating the right hemisphere of the brain (which performs visual […]
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Italian meets Amharic
First contest on social networks to think about the numerous linguistic loans of the Italian language to Amharic. The winner will be involved in the activities of the XVIII Italian Language Week in the World and in a dinner prepared by Italian chefs on the occasion of the III Week of Italian Cuisine in the World. […]
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An Ethio-jazz Gig
The Italian guitarist Stefano Carbonelli Music and the cool sound of Kaÿn Lab with some students of Jazzamba meet other special guests of the Addis Ababa Ethio-Jazz scene.
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Asia Pacific Film Festival
The first ever Addis Ababa Asia-Pacific Film Festival will take place from 15 to 23 September at the Italian Cultural Institute. The festival features twelve films – love stories, comedies, thought-provoking documentaries and inspirational true stories – each providing a distinct window into the diversity and vibrancy of life across the Asia-Pacific region.
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Debo a special Jam Session with Jazzamba
on the occasion of the international music day, the Cultural Institute hosts “Debo”, a jam session organized by Jazzamba. Debo is an event where teachers and students from various Ethiopian musical schools meet and play songs together.
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Screening of the movie ‘Cosy Dens’ (1999, by Jan Hřebejk)
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Prague spring, the Czech embassy and the Slovak embassy present “Movies from the Vault”, Golden age of the Czechoslovak cinematography of the 1960’s. A story of three generations, ageing parents, adolescent children and younglings. Set in the Christmas season leading up to the ill-fated Prague Spring […]
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Screening of the movie ‘All my compatriots’ (1968, by Vojtěch Jasný)
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Prague spring, the Czech embassy and the Slovak embassy “Movies by the Vault”, Golden age of the Czechoslovak cinematography of the 1960’s. ‘All my compatriots’ is the epic tale of a Czech village life from shortly after the end of the Second World War: The movie […]
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Screening of the movie ‘Fair Play’ (2014, by Andrea Sedláčková)
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Prague spring, the Czech embassy and the Slovak embassy present “Movies from the Vault”, movies from the Golden age of the Czechoslovak cinematography of the 1960s. The 1980s in Czechoslovakia. The young talented sprinter Anna is selected for the national team and starts training to qualify […]
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Screening of the movie ‘Ear’ (1970, by Karel Kachyňa)
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Prague spring, the Czech embassy and the Slovak embassy “Movies by the Vault”, Golden age of the Czechoslovak cinematography of the 1960’s. ‘Ear’ is the story of a bitter married couple: Ludvik, official of the ruling Prague’s Communist Party, and Anna, his alcoholic wife.They return home […]
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Screening of the movie ‘Non è un paese per giovani’
Sandro and Luciano are waiters in a restaurant but they grow bigger dreams: Sandro, the son of a Pugliese news agent who suddenly becomes an abusive fruit seller, wants to become a writer, while Luciano, son of a journalist, would like to see his horizons widen, even if he does not know well in which […]
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