ICBIE

Today the ICBIE Cineforum is presenting the wonderful Pasolini film Oedipus Rex.  This is particularly appropriate, seeing as the lead actress is Silvana Mangano, the wife of Dino de Laurentiis, who died yesterday at the age of 91, ending an amazing era of Italian cinema. O ICBIE, juntamente com a SECULT, através do Projeto Leitura,…

ATTIVITÁ ALL´ABEAC (Portuguese and English translations below) La collaborazione tra l´ICBIE e l´Associazione della Ribeira, ABEAC (Associação Beneficente Educação Arte e Cidadania) é stata sempre molto attiva. Quest´anno si é rafforzata in occasione della visita delle volontarie del Manhattanville College che hanno realizzato presso l´ABEAC, per poco piú di un mese,  alcune attivitá di insegnamento…

It’s been awhile since news about ICBIE Europa has appeared here, but that doesn’t mean that it has been on vacation.  On the contrary, the team of Roman supporters has been busy cooking up new initiatives.  Two language courses have been set up and are just getting underway, and to celebrate, there will be a…

Today at 5 PM the ICBIE is hosting a seminar/workshop on health and wellness, led by the physiotherapist Benedito C. Gandra. O ICBIE em parceria com a SECULT, através do Projeto Leitura, Arte e Inclusão Digital na Cidade Baixa, Têm o prazer de convidá-lo para uma palestra que se fará realizar no dia 6 de…

With the new month, the ICBIE Cineforum moves on, away from modern Brazilian cinema to Italy, kicking off with Dino Risi’s milestone film, Il Sorpasso (1961).  And we’re back to the usual total confusion in the title’s translation for foreign releases.  In the U.S., it appeared as The Easy Life, whereas in Brazil it’s called…

The ICBIE took an active part in the various activities at the UFBA (Federal University of the State of Bahia) marking the 10th Annual Italian Language in the World Week;  last Tuesday, October 26th, President Pietro Gallina intervened, speaking of the cultural activities of the ICBIE in the Cidade baixa, while Professor Marlene spoke on…

Another fine Brazilian film will be shown at the ICBIE Cineforum tomorrow night.  The 1998 film by Paulo Thiago explores the case of a wild idealist in Recife, who has all kinds of original plans to make Brazil a great country. ———————- O ICBIE, juntamente com a SECULT, através do Projeto Leitura, Arte e Inclusão…

This week, the city of Salvador, like hundreds of important cities around the globe, is celebrating the Italian language, and the ICBIE is playing a major role, along with the Federal University of Bahia.  Yesterday Marlene, together with our friend Stefano Barbi Cinti (director of “Italia Amica”) and two university professors, Jade Cabral (ILUFBA) and…

(Italian & Portuguese translations below) During the event on the 12th of October, celebrating Children’s Day in Saramandaia, one of Salvador’s televisions, Globo, captured some footage of the activities that were going on. TV Bahia then put together a sequence that was broadcast the same evening, during the 7 PM news, and you can see…