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An office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation promoting Italian culture. More info at: www.iiclosangeles.esteri.it
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The Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles (IIC) is an office of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation founded in 1984 to promote Italian Culture in Southern California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Directed by Emanuele Amendola, the Institute promotes Italian language and culture through courses and events organized in

collaboration with numerous local institutions, with the goal of presenting Italy’s cultural richness and contributions in architecture, cinema, design literature, music, science, technology, theater and the visual arts. In an effort to continue offering a rich program during the pandemic, the Institute organizes also a series of webinars and online events which are also posted on its YouTube channel. In addition, the IIC publishes daily on its social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram).

08/11/2026

𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐤𝐲: 𝐍𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮, 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚 is a new Los Angeles exhibition that explores what ancient places can teach us about being human.

A mix of photography, live performance, projected imagery, sound, and
storytelling by Los Angeles interdisciplinary artist Elizabeth Yochim in collaboration with Italian photographer 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐞 create an immersive encouter with Nuraghe Piscu, one of Sardinia's Bronze Age stone monuments.

📅 August 15–September 6, 2026
📌𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Saturday, August 15, 7:30–9:30 p.m.
📌𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 8:30 p.m.
📍YA!, 3379 Robertson Place, Los Angeles, CA 90034More at
📌𝐑𝐒𝐕𝐏 required at https://partiful.com/e/UdVsYljZFqvDAA35yVxO

Rather than presenting archaeology as something confined to the past, the exhibition invites us to experience the archaeological landscape as a living presence where memory, landscape, and human experience converge. It also launches an international initiative connecting contemporary art, archaeology, and embodied cultural heritage research.

🔗More about the project at https://yaproject.space/nuraghe-piscu

08/01/2026

🇮🇹🍉Countdown to FERRAGOSTO!
In two weeks, experience the magic of an Italian summer in San Pedro thanks to Little Italy of Los Angeles Association + + and producer , Councilmember and CD15!

🎞 Cinema Under the Stars featuring Disney & Pixar's Luca, will transport you to the beautiful Italian Riviera! Bring your friends and family, and your lawn chairs, blankets, or cushions! Delicious Italian food and beverages will be available for purchase.

🗓️ Date: August 15, 7.45pm
📍 Piazza Miramare, San Pedro
🎟️ FREE Admission

07/29/2026

"Mamma That's All Right" the story of two Italian musicians chasing their American Dream in Tennessee written and directed by Valentina Signorelli and starring Luca Chiappara and Mario Monterosso is an official selection at the 2026 L.A. Shorts International Film Festival!

🗓 August 5, 2026 at 1 - 3pm
📍 Laemmle NoHo 7 in North Hollywood
Get your 🎟 here https://tinyurl.com/ycywbjfm

Daitona
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF)

07/27/2026

🇮🇹 Issnaf - Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation 𝗬𝗜 𝗥𝗻𝗕𝟰𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 — 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 🏛️

This award, promoted byRnB4Culture, recognizes early-career Italian researchers in the US and Canada working across literature, history, philosophy, art, linguistics, and cultural studies — fields that keep Italian culture alive and relevant in the global academic conversation.
Applying means having your scholarship seen and assessed by someone deeply invested in this area of study. All finalists present at the 𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗡𝗔𝗙 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 at the Embassy of Italy in US, in Washington, DC.

📅 Deadline for applications: August 9, 2026
🔗 Apply now https://tinyurl.com/yauz7e82

The 2026 edition is chaired by:
📖 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼 — Full Professor at the University of Toronto and 𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝑺𝑺𝑵𝑨𝑭 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍. A distinguished scholar in Italian linguistics and philology, and a long-standing advocate for the preservation and promotion of Italian cultural heritage.
🎭 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗖𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶 — Professor in the Department of Italian at Georgetown University, 𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝑺𝑺𝑵𝑨𝑭 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍. A specialist in the history of Italian theater from the Renaissance through the 18th century, from opera, to Baroque religious theater, and Italian cinema.

07/21/2026

Do not miss THE KIDNAPPING OF ARABELLA - In Theaters is SoCal this weekend!

Q&As with Filmmaker
🎞Fri 7/24 at 7 pm Laemmle Theatres NoHo
🎞 Sat 7/25 at 7:10 pm Laemmle Theatres Santa Monica

Holly spends days at her dead-end job fantasizing about holes in the space-time continuum and wondering where her life went wrong. When she meets Arabella, an eight-year-old rebel hoping to run away from her self-absorbed author father, Holly becomes convinced their meeting is a cosmic sign, and that Arabella is, in fact, her past self sent back for a second chance. The two embark on an unconventional road trip between two lost souls who might be exactly what the other needs.

Directed by Carolina Cavalli
Starring Benedetta Porcaroli, Lucrezia Guglielmino, Chris Pine, Marco Bonadei e Milutin Dapcevic

05/14/2026

Last Tuesday at the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, we celebrated through cinema, conversation, and community with our European Short Film Night — one of the very first initiatives of the new EUNIC Los Angeles cluster.

is the European network of organizations dedicated to international cultural relations. Founded in 2025, the Los Angeles cluster currently brings together the Austrian Consulate General, Consulate General of the Czech Republic, Honorary Consulate of Denmark, Alliance Française de Los Angeles, Goethe-Institut, Italian Cultural Institute, Consulate General of Ireland Los Angeles, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, Instituto Cervantes, and Honorary Consulate of Sweden, with the support of local partners including .losangeles and

For the occasion, seven countries — Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Austria, and Poland — came together through a selection of short films exploring the theme of truth through memory, identity, and relationships.

The evening continued with a panel discussion featuring Vera Mijojlić from the South East European Film Festival, filmmaker Boris Schaarschmidt, prof. Gian Maria Annovi from , Mateusz Gmura from the Consulate General of Poland in Los Angeles, and Nils Longueira Borrego from , followed by a reception inspired by the culinary traditions of the participating countries 🇪🇺

Thank you to everyone who joined us for such a warm and meaningful beginning for EUNIC Los Angeles!

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04/30/2026

Last week we celebrated the Italian Design Day in Los Angeles 🇮🇹✨
An initiative of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, marked in over 100 cities worldwide, IDD brings Italian design into a global conversation.

This year’s theme, “Re-Design: regenerating spaces, objects, ideas and relationships,” invited us to re-think design as a tool for transformation, connecting sustainability, communities, and new ways of living.

At the Florim showroom in West Hollywood, we were honored to host Damiano Gullì (Curator for Contemporary Art and Public Program at Triennale Milano), in conversation with author and producer Frances Anderton—a dialogue between Italy and California, between tradition and experimentation.

A special grazie to our partners:
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Because design is, above all, about building connections between places, ideas, and people!

04/25/2026

On 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 Italy honors the courage that shaped our freedom.
We celebrate the end of the N**i occupation, the fall of the Fascist regime and the victory of the Italian resistance movement that gave us democracy and the foundation of the modern Italian Republic.

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Los Angeles, CA
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Monday	9am - 1pm
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Tuesday	9am - 1pm
	2pm - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 1pm
	2pm - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 1pm
	2pm - 5pm
Friday	9am - 1pm
	2pm - 5pm

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https://iiclosangeles.esteri.it/en/

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