Festival

Culture
by John Bensalhia | Sun, 08/31/2014 - 03:00
With summer drawing to a close, the events are stacking up in Italy throughout September. John Bensalhia looks at some of the best-known examples... Summer…
Lifestyle
by Katia Amore | Sat, 08/30/2014 - 02:00
Italian actress Luisa Ranieri hosted the opening of the 71st Venice International Film Festival this week. On Wednesday, she posed for the paparazzi on the…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 08/27/2014 - 02:00
[In the photo: Elio Germano in "Il giovane favoloso", one of the three Italian films competing for the Golden Lion.] The 71st Venice Film Festival begins at…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Sun, 08/24/2014 - 02:30
A sagra not to miss, especially if you like hand-made pasta and would like to see the experts at work! The 29th edition of the Sagra delle Sfogline begins on…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 08/22/2014 - 01:30
The 27th edition of the Ferrara Buskers Festival, the biggest event in the world dedicated to street art, is currently under way in Ferrara. Founded in 1988…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 08/08/2014 - 02:00
The 71st Venice Film Festival, which opens August 27, unveiled the lineup of this year’s edition in Rome last week. Festival director Alberto Barbera said many…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 08/05/2014 - 04:29
La Notte della Taranta, one of Europe’s most important folk music festivals, begins today in the Salento area of Apulia, continuing until August 23. Now in its…
Culture
by John Bensalhia | Sat, 07/26/2014 - 02:30
Miracles, music and movies combine to make August a month to remember in Italy, as John Bensalhia finds out... The last sweltering month of summer brings some…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 07/23/2014 - 02:00
Every summer, Livorno hosts the “Effetto Venezia” summer festival, the town’s biggest event of the season, taking its name from the neighborhood, La Venezia,…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 07/22/2014 - 02:00
The 44th edition of the Giffoni International Film Festival is under way in the small town of Giffoni Valle Piana, 40 kilometers from Salerno. More than 3,500…