Montreal Events

In the early 20th century, a new wave of European immigrants made its way to Québec and to Montréal. Among them were thousands of Italians who brought with them their traditions, their values, and their customs, going on to form one of the oldest and largest immigrant cultural communities in Montréal.

Showcasing the community’s important contribution to economic, social, and cultural life in Montréal—as well as its ingenuity, talent, and resilience—Pointe-à-Callière, thanks to the support of the IIC, is presenting the exhibition Italian Montréal. This exhibition will shine a spotlight on the daily lives of Montréal’s earliest Italian immigrants and on the ways in which the community has evolved over the past century—with a quarter of a million Montrealers today describing themselves as having Italian roots.

The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal is pleased to announce that this year, thanks also to its support, the film “All together” by Marco Simon Puccioni will participate in the 34th edition of the Festival de film LGBTQ+ de Montréal Image+Nation.

While his twins are six, the director films his homo-parental family for three years. A touching documentary on the daily life of this happy family and on the parents’ long struggle for the legal recognition of their status. The film is in Italian with English subtitles.

The film is also presented on the Festival platform. For more information, please visit the website of the Festival de film LGBTQ+ de Montréal Image+Nation

Date: Da Thursday, November 18, 2021 a Sunday, November 28, 2021

Organized by : Festival de film LGBTQ+ de Montréal Image+Nation

In collaboration with : IIC Montréal

Entrance : With fee

An exhibition designed by Tempora in partnership with Civita, based on the scientific research of the Archeological Park of Pompeii and the Naples National Archeological Museum with the Museo Galileo in Florence and adapted by the Musée de la civilisation.

Thursday, November 18, 2021 a Sunday, September 11, 2022

From November 18, 2021 to September 11, 2022
Musée de la civilisation
85, Rue Dalhousie
Québec (Québec)

Pompeii. The Immortal City is based on the most recent archeological and scientific research and showcases more than 120 artefacts. These objects are staged in a spectacular immersive installation, which allows visitors to truly feel the atmosphere and the daily life of the time, up to the moment of the volcanic eruption, when the earth trembles under the visitor’s feet and everything collapses. A unique museum experience, rich with discovery and emotion!

Real master of artificial and industrialized stone, the “reinforced concrete”, Pier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979) is surely among the most influential structural engineers of the 20th century. During his career, Nervi has participated in the realization of iconic buildings of 20th century architecture, such as the Sports hall in Rome (1958), the Palace of labour in Turin (1960) and the Pirelli skyscraper in Milan (1960). Another important construction, directly linked to Montreal, is the Place Vittoria tower (1964), designed by him in collaboration with the architect Luigi Moretti.

The exhibition, named Pier Luigi Nervi. The art and the science of construction, is an itinerant, lightened and adapted version of the exhibition Pier Luigi Nervi: Architecture as challenge, presented for the first time in Bruxelles in 2010. This exhibition will be presented at the Centre de design de l’UQAMfrom 24th november 2021. A local part of the exhibition will be curated by Carlo Carbone and Réjean Legault, teachers at the Centre de Design de l’UQAM. The exhibition is related to the documentation, analysis, and modelling representation of a selection of projects realized by Nervi, that testify to his atypical approach to design in the production of the constructed environment.

Further information will follow shortly.

The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, on the occasion of the XVII edition of the Contemporary Day, is pleased to present the photographic exhibition “Drive tour” by Cristian Chironi, winner of the “Cantica 21” project in the “Over 35” category.

Thursday December 9th 2021, 6:00pm
Istituto Italiano di Cultura
1200, Av. du Dr. Penfield
Montréal (QC), QC H3A 1A9
RSVP – Obligatory, wearing of mask and Vaccine passport

Drive Tour is the photographic evolution of two interdisciplinary projects, My house is a Le Corbusierand Drive. Like the other two it is an itinerant work, which combines architecture, design, travel and landscape: a constellation of paths that leads the artist to move from his native village in Sardinia, towards the main Italian cities and European. On the street he is aboard a Fiat 127 Special called “Camaleonte” designed by Chironi himself because of his ability to change color according to the places where he stops and following the chromatic combinations typical of the architectures in which the artist lives and works. out of twelve countries in the world.

Cristian Chironi, was born in Nuoro in 1974, lives and works between Bologna and Europe. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna Bologna. He uses different languages, making them often dialogue together.

The Contemporary Day  is the great annual event promoted by AMACI that celebrates contemporary art by bringing out, with force and in a single day, the network of subjects and realities that promote contemporary art throughout the year, in Italy and abroad, through the diplomatic-consular network and the Italian Cultural Institutes. The initiative is carried out with the support of the General Direction for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with the MAECI.

Cantica21 is an initiative launched jointly by MAECI and MiBACT (current MiC) that promotes and enhances Italian contemporary art, supporting the production of works by emerging or already established artists, and exhibiting them in Italian Cultural Institutes, Embassies and Consulates.

Thanks to the MAMbo Museum of Bologna and the Collezione Anna e Francesco Tampieri of Nonantola (Modena) for their collaboration

“Le meraviglie” di Alice Rohrwacher [It.Sv.Ger., 2014, 110 min, VOSTF] racconta il percorso di esplorazione del mondo esterno da parte di una ragazzina di 12 anni che ha sempre vissuto fuori dal resto del mondo per volere del padre, deciso a voler proteggere lei e le sue sorelle da tutto ciò che secondo lui porterebbe alla fine dell’universo nel quale sono abituati a vivere.

Venerdi 10 Dicembre, 18:00
“Le meraviglie” [It.Sv.Ger., 2014, 110 min, VOSTF]
Biglietti
Cinémathèque Québécoise
335, boul. De Maisonneuve Est
Montréal

“Dove cadono le ombre” di Valeria Pedicini [It., 2017, 95 min, VOSTI] – Anna e Hans, infermiera e suo assistente di un istituto per anziani, l’ex orfanotrofio che li ha visti prigionieri nell’infanzia, vivono come intrappolati nel tempo e nello spazio. Dal passato riappare Gertrud e il nastro dell’orrore sembra riavvolgersi. L’istituto torna a essere ciò che era; ricovero di bambini jenisch sottratti alle famiglie, tempio di un progetto di eugenetica capitanato da Gertrud. Anna, schiava di quel luogo e di un’infanzia dolorosa che non termina mai, riprende le ricerche di Franziska, amica amata che cerca ovunque e senza sosta.

“Figlia mia” di Laura Bispuri [It.Sv., Ger., 2018, 97 min, VOSTI] – Nell’estate in cui compie 10 anni, Vittoria scopre di avere due madri: Tina (Valeria Golino), madre amorevole che vive in rapporto simbiotico con la piccola, e Angelica (Alba Rohrwacher), una donna fragile e istintiva, dalla vita scombinata. Rotto il patto segreto che le lega sin dalla sua nascita, le due donne si contendono drammaticamente l’amore di una figlia. Vittoria (Sara Casu) vivrà un’estate di domande, di paure, di scoperte, ma anche di avventure e di traguardi, un’estate dopo la quale nulla sarà più come prima.

Venerdi 17 Dicembre, 21:00
“Figlia mia” [It.Sv., Ger., 2018, 97 min, VOSTI]
Biglietti
Cinémathèque Québécoise
335, boul. De Maisonneuve Est
Montréal

“Dopo la guerra” di Annarita Zambrano [It.Fr., 2017, 92 min, VOSTF] – Bologna, 2002. La protesta contro la riforma del lavoro esplode nelle università. L’assassinio di un giuslavorista riapre vecchie ferite politiche tra Italia e Francia. Marco, ex-militante di sinistra, condannato per omicidio e rifugiato in Francia da 20 anni grazie alla Dottrina Mitterand che permetteva agli ex terroristi di trovare asilo oltre Alpe, è sospettato di essere il mandante dell’attentato. Quando il governo Italiano ne chiede l’estradizione, Marco decide di scappare con Viola, sua figlia adolescente. La sua vita precipita, portando nel baratro anche quella della sua famiglia italiana, che, da un giorno all’altro, si (ri)trova costretta a pagare per le sue colpe passate.

Sabato 18 Dicembre, 15:30
“Dopo la guerra” [It.Fr., 2017, 92 min, VOSTF]
Biglietti
Cinémathèque Québécoise
335, boul. De Maisonneuve Est
Montréal

“Piccolo corpo” di Laura Samani [It.Fr.Sl., 2021, 89 min, VOSTF] – In una piccola isola del nord est italiano, in un inverno agli inizi del ‘900, la giovane Agata perde sua figlia alla nascita. La tradizione cattolica dice che, in assenza di respiro, la bambina non può essere battezzata. La sua anima è condannata al Limbo, senza nome e senza pace.

Sunday December 19th, 4:00pm
“Small body” [It.Fr.Sl., 2021, 89 min, OVSTF]
Tickets
Cinémathèque Québécoise
335, boul. De Maisonneuve Est
Montréal