Italian Cinema Online Event

Dive into the fascinating world of Italian Cinema.

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From home

It’s an online event, so you can attend from the comfort of your home.

Popcorn ready

No queues, no expensive combos, choose your snacks and get them ready.

Oscar™ Awards

Learn about award-winning Italian directors and watch their masterpieces.

Your Lecturer

Federica Giovannelli

  • Lecturer at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University “La Sapienza” of Rome, also in the role of thesis supervisor (o advisor) and co-supervisor (o co-advisor).
  • Organizer, coordinator and speaker in workshops and seminars on Cinema and Visual Culture. Editor of essay collections and monographs.
  • Author and co-author of writings on Film History and Theory published in books and journals, as well as numerous translations from English into Italian that appeared in various anthologies.
  • Expert in blended learning techniques aimed at supporting students in their path to active learning.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • November 2012: Bulzoni, “Imago 5”, La configurazione del soggetto nel cinema, curated by Paolo Bertetto and Giulia Fanara, Femme Maison 
  • May 2005: Bulzoni, Frontiers. Cinema and identity narratives. Nation, sex, gender, race between tradition and translation 
  • February 2004: Liguori, The heretics and the erotics. Women, ideas, cinema, with Giulia Fanara. 

 

Journey through history

Learn about the various phases of the Italian Cinema through history.

Take-outs

It’s a fun event. Let’s order takeouts during the sessions and make it a fuller experience.

Your ticket

The event’s price is R 900 per family (per connection) for 10 sessions. This means that you can share the event with your loved ones at no extra cost. Check the Programme.

Italian Cinema Event Programme

Sessions

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1) Neorealism A triumphant evolution of the language of cinema

2) Neorealism Proper

3) Bellissime – Anna Magnani, Silvana Mancano, Sophia Loren

4) Extending the frontiers of Neorealism

5) The mature authors: Antonioni and Fellini

6) La commedia all’italiana – Comedy Italian style

7) Sergio Leone and the Spaghetti Western

8) Nostalgia for the past
9) The Eighties: the Personal and the Political
10) The new Aestheticism

Price and time

The price for the event is R 900 per family (per connection)

The event will take place online on Wednesdays from 19:00 to 20:00

Duration: 10 sessions

Event dates: 28 September – 30 November

You can apply at any time.  

The Movies in the Event (in 10 sessions)

1) Neorealism A triumphant evolution of the language of cinema

Roma città aperta (Rome, Open City)

Roberto Rossellini, 1945

2) Neorealism Proper

Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves)

Vittorio De Sica, 1948

La terra trema (The earth trembles)

Luchino Visconti, 1948

3) Bellissime – Anna Magnani, Silvana Mangano, Sophia Loren

Bellissima

Luchino Visconti, 1951

(with Anna Magnani)

Riso amaro (Bitter rice)

Giuseppe de Santis, 1948

(with Silvana Mangano,)

La ciociara (Two women)

Vittorio De Sica, 1960

(with Sophia Loren)

4) Extending the frontiers of Neorealism

Viaggio in Italia (Journey to Italy)

Roberto Rossellini, 1954

La strada (The road)

Federico Fellini, 1954

5) The mature authors: Antonioni and Fellini

L’avventura (The adventure)

Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960

La dolce vita

Federico Fellini, 1960

6) La commedia all’italiana – Comedy Italian style

I soliti ignoti (Big deal on Madonna street)

Mario Monicelli, 1958

Il sorpasso (The easy life)

Dino Risi, 1962

7) Sergio Leone and the Spaghetti Western

Per un pugno di dollari (A fistful of dollars)

Sergio Leone, 1964

C’era una volta il West (Once upon a time in the West)

Sergio Leone, 1968

8) Nostalgia for the past

As part of the Life Trilogy:

Il Decameron (The Decameron)

Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1971

As part of the Life Trilogy:

Ultimo Tango a Parigi (Last Tango in Paris)

Bernardo Bertolucci, 1972

9) The Eighties – The Personal and the Political

Palombella rossa

Nanni Moretti, 1989

Mediterraneo

Gabriele Salvatores, 1991

10) The new aestheticism

La grande bellezza (The Great Beauty)

Paolo Sorrentino, 2013

Reality

Matteo Garrone, 2013

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Event Price and Time

The price for the event is R 900 per family (per connection)

The event will take place online on Wednesdays from 19:00 to 20:00

Duration: 10 sessions

Event dates: 28 September – 30 November

You can apply at any time.