The Association Amitalia, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Zurich, starts again with a new film festival presenting new films dedicated to italian Art and Fashion.
Programme:
25 July | Art and Culture
Hidden Away (2020), a film about the life of Antonio Ligabue, the naïve Emilian painter rejected by Switzerland, who built his identity and desire for redemption through art. The film won the Silver Bear in Berlin (2020) and seven David di Donatello (2021) awards.
8 August | Art and Fashion
House of Cardin (2019) is the story of Pierre Cardin, a native of Italy and a naturalized Frenchman, one of the most revolutionary fashion designers of the twentieth century.
15 August | Art and Fashion
La moda proibita (2018), the first documentary made on Italian haute couture dedicated to a ‘sculptor of silk’ such as Roberto Capucci.
22 August | Art and Fashion
Borsalino City (2016), the story of the most famous hat in the world and its inventor Giuseppe Borsalino.
29 August | Art and Fashion
Ottavio Missoni 100 (2021), a founding father Made in Italy, ‘master of colour’ and phenomenal athlete celebrated on the centenary of his birth.
3 September | Art and Culture
Maledetto Modigliani (2020) a film by Valeria Parisi about the Livorno painter narrated by Jeanne Hébuterne, the artist’s last companion.
To find out more, go to iiczurigo.esteri.it
