The 17th Week of Italian Language
in the World kicks off Monday.
This years event, which runs until October 22, has the theme:
"Italian at the Cinema, Italian in the Cinema".
"Italian is becoming increasingly known abroad as a language
capable of transmitting the values of beauty and quality that
constitute the cornerstones of a lifestyle appreciated
worldwide," said Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano.
"With the Week of Italian Language we celebrate the bond that
exists between our language and the Country's great creative and
economic points of excellence."
The event is organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation together with the Dante Alighieri
Society and with the support of the Swiss Confederation.
Over the years it has become the most important event on the
calendar dedicated to promoting the Italian language abroad.
As part of the week, an event entitled "Italian in a Changing
World" will be held at the Rome facilities of the Dante
Alighieri Society on 18 October.
The wide variety of initiatives offered by Italian Embassies,
Consulates and Italian Cultural Institutes to all the lovers of
the Italian language can be found on the Italian Language Portal
which, starting this year, is also available in the new English
version.
Film screenings are the highlight of this year's programme,
with the presence, among others, of Pierfrancesco Diliberto
"PIF" in Copenhagen, film director Gianfranco Cabiddu in Minsk,
Nicoletta Braschi at the Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto,
and with the participation of 8 Italian films at the 33rd Film
Festival of Haifa.
At the Italian Cultural Institute in New York film director
Nanni Moretti will illustrate the importance of the choice of
language in his films, together with Giuseppe Antonelli,
university professor and presenter of the radio programme "La
lingua batte". Brussels will host the Conference "The Italian we
speak and write".
In London, as part of the "Festival of Italian Literature in
London", co-organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and the
community of Italian authors residing in London, Giancarlo De
Cataldo will talk of the relationship between literature,
language and TV series while Pietro Bartolo, based on the film
"Fuocoammare" by Gianfranco Rosi, will describe his experience
as a medical doctor on the Island of Lampedusa.
Lastly, numerous Italian language scholars will analyse the
relationship between Italian and the cinema: among these,
special notice should be taken of the lectures by Prof. Carlo
Marazzini, the President of the Accademia della Crusca, at the
Italian Consulate in Lugano and by Prof Giuseppe Patota at the
Italian Cultural Institute in Zurich.
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