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IIC Membership
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Discounts on some of the events with which the Institute is involved in either a supporting or collaborative capacity such as the Italian Film Festival and Melbourne City Opera
Frequent give aways such as cinema and concert tickets
Information regarding over 100 scholarships to Italy exclusively available to Institute members
Access and borrowing rights to the Institute library and resources including over 11,000 volumes, magazines, DVDs, CDs and videocassettes
$10.00 discount off
NGV membership
10% discount of
Italian Villa Vacation
10% discount off
Restaurant Partners
(Please note that benefits at partner restaurants may only be redeemed upon presentation of Member's non-transferable Card. Offers are valid once only per day at any given restaurant.)
10% discounts at:
- Café Latte (Toorak)
- Ecco Restaurant (South Yarra)
- Fleischer Cakes (Malvern)
- Pizzette (South Yarra)
- San Luca (South Yarra)
- Sotto e Sopra
(Melbourne)
-Seasons Provedore (Carlton)
20% discount off drinks at:
-The Italian Corner
(Fitzroy)
(On the evenings "Aperitivo Italiano" every Friday evening from 6.30pm onwards)
A free glass of wine upon purchase of a meal at:
-La Notte
(Carlton)
2 for 1 gelatos at:
-Tutto Bene
(Southgate)
A free cup of coffee with a purchase of $3.00 or more at:
-Brunetti
(Camberwell)
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Coming soon
at the IIC
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MARCO POLO
Mandarin
Chinese
for Kids
(Age 6 - 9 yrs)
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to download
the flyer.
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The P olitics of Corruption: Francesco Rosi's Engaged Cinema
Wednesday, May 02 - Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at ACMI Cinemas, Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne
Francesco Rosi (1922-) is one of the most important & least appreciated of postwar Italian filmmakers, prompting David Thomson to suggest that there "are not many masters as little known outside their own countries". The best of Rosi's work is fully engaged with the sweep & minutiae of politics, corruption, history & Italian culture. It is also attentive to the specificity of place & the changing patterns & realities of contemporary Western Europe. Many of his films are equally preoccupied with the particularities of Italian society & deal with actual historical & contemporary figures.
Educated as a lawyer, & with a background in radio & as a book illustrator, Rosi worked as an assistant to such key Italian filmmakers as Visconti, Monicelli & Antonioni. In some ways his cinema reflects the influence of all these filmmakers, particularly Visconti's concern with regionalism, history & politics, & Antonioni's modernist examination of the relation between cinema and its environment. Rosi's films are also marked by an objectivity & sense of environment that shows the influence of Rossellini, a connection best illustrated by the director's most celebrated film, Salvatore Giuliano, a remarkable reconstruction of the police inquiry into the life of the legendary Sicilian bandit.
This season of specially imported 35mm prints includes many of Rosi's most important & telling films, ranging from his evocative 2nd feature, I Magliari, to the groundbreaking series of Mafiosi & crime-based films that define his popular reputation: Salvatore Giuliano, Lucky Luciano & Illustrious Corpses.
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6.30pm-8.00pm, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at the IIC Melbourne
Marcello D'Amico trained and graduated at the National Gallery Art School (Now Victorian College of the Arts). He trained at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in sculpture and participated in over 60 Group and Solo Exhibitions and won major prizes and scholarships. His work is represented in private and public collections in Australia, Canada and Europe. He has worked as an art teacher in Australia, Italy and Canada.
"My love affair with art started even before I went to primary school in Malfa, a small village in the Island of Salina, one of seven islands forming the Aeolian Archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea, being an artist I wanted to pay proper homage to my native land and all its natural and human beauty. This latest exhibition represents a very important stage of my life. All the works were created especially for this exhibition in the past eight months. In these new colored and black drawings I try to bring out the essence, femininity and sensuality of the figure, by focusing on the female bodies of all ages. .... My appreciation of all women is demonstrated through the use of models varying in ages ( this inspired the title of the Exhibition), yet all of them remain anonymous. .... This anonymity and poses are influenced by the sirens in Homer's epic Odyssey, who sang from the rocks of these magnetic islands to allure for ever passing sailors. .... The sirens represent the sensuality of women, which is embraced in my colored drawings where they feel and are free".
Exhibition
Thursday, May 10 - Saturday, June 02, 2012
(Opening hours: Monday -Thursday 9.00-13.00, 14.00-18.00, Friday 9.00-13.00)
Free Admission
For bookings please contact 03 9866 5931 or bookings.iicmelbourne@esteri.it
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 Dislocations: language, loss and discovery in narratives of migration with Amara Lakhous and Archimede Fusillo(In English)
7.30pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the IIC, Melbourne
On this occasion Italian author, Amara Lakhous, and local Italian Australian author, Archimede Fusillo, will each speak briefly about their writing experiences, focusing on migration and the situation of those finding themselves on the periphery. They will also read relevant excerpts of their works and respond to questions from the audience at the conclusion of their presentations.
Amara Lakhous was born in 1970 in Algiers and has been living in Rome since 1995. He has a degree in philosophy from the University of Algiers and another in cultural anthropology from the University la Sapienza, Rome. Lakhous doesn't only use the unadulterated perspective of the immigrant to focus on the central issues which natives overlook. He also experiments with language by enriching his Italian prose with expressions, imagery and terms from his original language: "I Arabise the Italian and Italianise the Arabic". Amara Lakhous has been awarded, among others, the Premio Flaiano per la narrativa in 2006 and Algeria's most prestigious literary award, the Prix des libraires Algeriens in 2008.
Archimede Fusillo, the son of Italian migrants, was born and grew up in Melbourne. Surrounded by wonderful storytellers, he learnt early on the value of stories in shaping our lives and connecting people, irrespective of backgrounds. Success with short stories about growing up in a multi¬cultural Melbourne led Fusillo to try his hand at writing a novel. In 1997 his first novel, Sparring With Shadows, was a Notable Children's Book Council of Australia book and went on to be shortlisted for the Italy in the World Literature Awards. He followed this up with The Dons and later Last of the Braves, among others.
Free Admission
Booking is essential on bookings.iicmelbourne@esteri.it or call us on 03 9866 5931.
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 A magnificent betrayal - Amara Lakhous on translation and the film adaptation of Clash of Civilizations(In English)
3.00pm-5.00pm on Friday, May 18, 2012 at Monash University (Auditorium Japanese Studies Centre (Bld 54), Clayton Campus)
Award-winning Italian Algerian writer Amara Lakhous was born in 1970 in Algers. In 1995 he moved to Rome to escape the threats brought on by his work on Algerian radio. Scontro di civilta' is his second book, published in Italy in 2006 and translated into English in 2008 as Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio. The book tells with irony and precision the story of a murder in Rome, and with its descriptions of the idiosyncrasies of the people who have come from all over the world and now live there, it looks at the theme of identity in a multicultural environment.
Click here to download the flyer.
Free Admission Booking is essential on bookings.iicmelbourne@esteri.it or call us on 03 9866 5931.
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 A Rota(In Italian)
2.30pm, Sunday, May 20, 2012 at Preston Town Hall (411 High St, Preston)
All the poems refer to the life of the author and to his way of thinking and living. It is probable that may recognise themselves in them. He wished to pay homage to nature with "A luna, u suli, u mari", to highlight his peasant origins with a series of poems including "Cascunu i fogghi". He praised the authentic cuisine of his background with the poems "A sasizza" and "A sinapa", as well as the habits of his village with "A villa" and "A conca".
His dream is to manage to build, with the revenue from the sales of the book, a school in a country where children have a desperate need of knowledge.
Help him to contribute to support the future of the world, "Children".
Free Admission Please book by 15 May by ringing Giuseppe Cannata on 03 9462 1804.
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 SOPRAVVIVERÀ L'EURO? IL FUTURO DELL'ITALIA NELLA CRISI ECONOMICA GLOBALE - Loretta Napoleoni a Melbourne, presso la Federazione Lucana (In Italian)
7.00pm, Monday 21 May 2012, at the Federazione Lucana Club (3 Cameron St, Brunswick)
Noted economist and writer will be returning to Australia! Loretta Napoleoni will be presenting her latest book 'Il Contagio', which takes a penetrating look at the new global economic protest movement.
Click here to download the flyer.
Free Admission
Booking is essential on bookings.iicmelbourne@esteri.it or call us on 03 9866 5931.
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 European Languages Festival(In Italian, French, German and Spanish)
Monday, May 21 - Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at Anakie Fairy Park (2388 Ballan Road, Anakie)
2012 is the Year of the Brothers Grimm: 200 years ago their fairy tales were first published. The topic of fairy tales fascinates young and old, and has its firm place in the language classroom. Therefore we Europeans decided on using the Grimm year as a reason to stage the first European Language Festival in Victoria - and where else but in the Fairy Park?
The multilingual program includes puppet show, magician, short student performances of fairy tales, the language trail in each of the participating languages, prizes for the best fairy tale costume (yes, students may come dressed up as fairy tale characters) and much more.
Registrations will be taken on a first come-first served basis and will close once maximum numbers are reached.Click here to download the brochure.
Admission: Adults $13.00 - Students $6.00
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 IIC Language and Culture Courses
Term 2:
Monday 23 April - Saturday 30 June The Institute offers 6 progressive levels in accordance with the CEFR (Common European Framework of References for Languages):
Beginners (1,2,3,4),
Pre-Intermediate (1,2,3)
Intermediate (1,2,3,4)
Upper-Intermediate (1,2,3,4)
Advanced (1,2,3,4)
Proficiency with Culture and Literature courses
There are 4 terms during the year and the course duration is 10 weeks. The minimum number of students required in order to form a class is 4, with a maximum of 12. It is recommended that students undertake a brief evaluation test in order to determine their level and be placed in the appropriate class. Term 2 for Group lessons already started on 23 April 2012.
Private tuition is still available during Term 2 and can be arranged by purchasing a prepaid block of 5 or 10 hours. For more information about Private Tuition at the IIC, click here to download the brochure.
For further information visit our website or call 03 9866 4729.
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 Bell'Italia - Italy and the Italian 'Tricolore' in Paolo Simonazzi's photos
Untill 30 June 2012 at the IIC Melbourne
The photographic exhibition Bell'Italia is part of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Italian Unification and comprises photos taken by Paolo Simonazzi over the last decade throughout the whole Italian peninsula. Leitmotiv of the exhibition are the Italian flag and its three colours: red, white and green.
In Simonazzi's photos the Italian flag and its colours are intersected with photos depicting a daily, at times banal reality: a little town square, a family reunion, the inside of a house, the Italian countryside characterised as it is by a strong human presence. Immediately after, however, the eye runs over the picture to find out where the Tricolore lies and ends up discovering it in the colours of murals, umbrellas, on a wall, a plant and a brush, in an little red van parked in front of a half green, half white wall, in the clothes of the people that are seated at the tables covered with green table cloths, in a vase of flowers, in a shrine and so forth. Finally, other photos depict the flags themselves, waving every now and then, but more frequently just hanging from their flagpoles. These flags appear everywhere, in towns and on the beaches, before the presidential palace and on the balcony of a provincial house, becoming in Simonazzi's photos the truly unifying motif of the countryside(....click here to read more)
Free Entrance
Mon-Thu 9.00-13.00, 14.00-18.00, Fri 9.00-13.00
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 Tandem Language Learning
Every Friday at the IIC, Melbourne (*Saturday morning from June onwards)
Language exchange is a method of language learning based on mutual language practicing by learning partners who are speakers of different languages. Language exchange is sometimes called Tandem language learning. Language exchanges are generally considered helpful for developing language proficiency, especially in speaking fluency and listening comprehension.(Cit.)
One intensive hour of conversation, 30 minutes in Italian and 30 minutes in English.
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 L'Italia in posa 
Cento anni di cartoline illustrate
- Give Away 5 copies for IIC Members
The IIC, Melbourne will be giving away 5 copies of this rare catalogue of postacards of Italy (Retail price € 36)edited by Electa - a prestigious Publishing House in Naples - to the first five IIC members to respond to this e-newsletter.
To receive a copy of L'Italia in posa, please e-mail us at bookings.iicmelbourne@esteri.it with your details (Name, address and contact number). We have only 5 copies available for this MEMBER'S ONLY give-away. Only winners will be notified via email. |
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Our members and students are entitled for short term scholarships to study in Italy as one of our membership benefits. This month we would like to recommend to our students and members:
- Universita' per Stranieri Dante Alighieri, Reggio Calabria. 2 scholarships that cover enrolment and attendance fee; 15 scholarships (enrolment and attendance fee) for "Advanced Training Course for teachers of Italian as a Foreign Language"
- Italiaidea, Roma. 1 scholarship for a 70% reduction
- A door to Italy, Genova. 1 scholarship for a 100% reduction on a 2 weeks course. 2 scholarships for a 50% reduction for 2, 4 weeks course.
- SEMA, Genova. 10% reduction on all courses. Photography competition for foreigners, prizes include 3 free Italian courses.
To see the full list of our scholarships and for further information click here.
Short term scholarships are available only to current members and students. To become a member please click here.
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