The Week of the Italian Language in the World
The Week of the Italian Language in the World is an international event aimed at promoting the Italian language as the representative language of the classical and contemporary culture. Every year, on the third week of October, the cultural and diplomatic network of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic organizes the event on a different topic, on which conferences, exhibitions, shows and meetings are based.
Born in 2001, by an agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Accademia della Crusca, under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic, the initiative has grown from edition to edition, involving, in addition to Italian Cultural institutes, also Embassies and Consulates.
L’Italiano al Cinema, l’Italiano nel Cinema
The central theme for 2017 is “Italian at the Cinema, Italian in the Cinema”.
Italian cinema has always beena model for other countries, bringing on the big screen stories that have involved a huge international audience, making them cry, laugh and dream. This has been made possible thanks to the high value of our actors, directors, soundtrack composers, directors of photography, set designers, costume designers and all those who work hard in the backstage.
The Italian Embassy in Azerbaijan promotes a dense calendar of events aimed at presenting the richness of Italian culture to the Azerbaijani public, starting with the screenings of important Cinema masterpieces, and then embracing music, art, technology and so on. The various events are planned to involve a wide audience, young students, experts in the cinema industry, personalities of the institutions, enthusiasts of Italian culture in general.
Special guest: screenwriter and director Francesco Bruni.
Born in Rome, Bruni started his professional career as a screenwriter in 1991. In 1994 he started a long collaboration with director Paolo Virzì. In 2011 Bruni made his directorial debut with Scialla! (Staisereno)(Easy!),this got him the David di Donatello for Best New
Director.Bruni teaches screenwriting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. His last masterpiece, presented in 2017, is Tuttoquellochevuoi (Everything you want). For this movie, Francesco Bruni was awarded with a prize at the “Nastrod’Argento 2017”
(Silver ribbon) for the Best Screenplay.
Program of the Week
Monday – 16 October
19.00-21.00 Opening Ceremony – Cinema Music Concert 35 MM Music in Movies
International Mugam Center(only by invitation)
Tuesday – 17 October
10.30-13.00 MasterClass – The Sound Engineering in Italian Cinematography- Gilberto Martinelli
Baku Media Center (free entrance)
18.30-21.00 Screening of Il Giovane Favoloso (Leopardi)- Mario Martone
Landmark (free entrance)
Wednesday – 18 October
18.30-20.00 Screening of I Malavoglia (I Malavoglia)- Pasquale Scimeca
Landmark (free entrance)
Thursday – 19 October
18.30-20.30 Screening of IVicerè (I Vicerè) – Roberto Faenza
Landmark (free entrance)
Friday – 20 October
18.30-20.00 Screening of La Mafia uccide solo d’estate (The Mafia Kills only in Summer)- PierfrancescoDiliberto
Landmark (free entrance)
Saturday – 21 October
17.00-18.00 – Press conference for the presentation of: Tutto quello che vuoi (Everything you want), with the movie director Francesco Bruni
18.00-19.45 – Screening of Tutto quello che vuoi (Everything you want)- Francesco Bruni
19.45-20.30 – Debate with the movie director
Park Cinema (free entrance)
Sunday – 22 October
18:30-20.05 Screening of Scialla! (Stai sereno) – Francesco Bruni
20.05-20.35 Debate with the movie director
Landmark (free entrance)
Monday – 23 October
10.00-12.00 MasterClass – Scialla! Generations and language in contemporary Italian cinema – Francesco Bruni
Language University – Italian Department (for students)
During the Week, along with the proposed events, an itinerant exhibition of Italian classic film posters will be presented!
For more information and RSVP you can contact italianweek2017@united-cultures.org
