Grants for foreign and Italian citizens living abroad awarded by the Italian Government
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) offers grants in favour of foreign citizens living abroad and Italian citizens living abroad (IRE) for the 2025-2026 academic year, in order to foster international cooperation in cultural, scientific and technological fields, to promote the Italian language and culture and to support Italy’s economic system in the world. Grants are offered to complete […]
Read moreHong Kong Pays homage to Benedetto Croce
On 8 April, the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong organised a special evening dedicated to Italian philosopher and historian Benedetto Croce. The event, entitled ‘A Night with Benedetto Croce’, included the screening of the docufilm ‘Un Natale a casa Croce’ by director Pupi Avati, which explores the life […]
Read moreCall for Applications: Grants and Awards for Translation and Audiovisual Production 2025
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation promotes the dissemination of Italian books abroad and supports audiovisual production through a new call for applications for grants and awards for 2025. The program offers funding for:📖 Translation and publication of Italian literary and scientific works into foreign languages (including e-books).🎬 Production, dubbing, and subtitling of […]
Read moreHong Kong Vlogger’s visit to EU Headquarters in Brussels
Hong Kong Youtuber Yi-fu (@iwalkutake) was invited by Office of the European Union to Hong Kong and Macao to the Headquarters of European Union in Brussels. Check out this video to find out what he discovered!
Read moreRegistrations now open for the “2025 Secondary School Model UNESCO International Conference”
“UNESCO Hong Kong Association (UHKA)” and “Hong Kong Institute of Education for Sustainable Development (HiESD)” invite Italian high school students to take part in the “2025 Secondary School Model UNESCO International Conference” to be held in Hong Kong from 18 to 21 July 2025. Model UNESCO is an educational event open to students from […]
Read moreHong Kong Performing Arts Expo – PAID EVENT
Date: 16 – 18 October 2024 Time: 9am – 12:30pm Venue: Great Lawn, Art Park, West Kowloon Cultural District Click here fore more information *** Italian Cultural Institute is happy to take part in the exhibition at the first Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo (HKPAX). For 3 consecutive days, we would present our events and look forward to […]
Read moreHKWALLS 2024 on RAI CULTURA website
We are glad to announce that RAI CULTURA has dedicated an article (in Italian) to the HKWALLS 2024 Festival which was held in Hong Kong between the 22nd and 31st of March and in particular to the Italian artists Alice Pasquini and UNO who were both invited by this Institute to participate to this project. […]
Read moreItalian Culture taking over RTHK Radio 4’s The Culture Show
Italian Culture is taking over The Culture Show of RTHK Radio 4 this July! Our director Alice was interviewed by the host Stacey Rodda to talk about the places, art, and music that have left an indelible mark on history. In the four-part interview, Alice talks about the work we are doing and different aspects […]
Read moreItalian movie “La Chimera” was screened in Hong Kong during EUFF 2024
This year’s European Union Film Festival was opened by a speech by Mr. Thomas Gnocchi, the Head of the EU office in Hong Kong and for the third year in a row, the first screening was a Ukrainian movie to demonstrate the support for Ukraine. As far as Italy was concerned, “La Chimera” by Alice […]
Read moreAIRES TANGO played during the Jazz Marathon 2024
The Italian – Argentinian band composed of four members, who last performed in Macau 20 years ago – as confirmed by the lead saxophonist and composer Javier Girotto while on stage – played again during the Jazz Marathon 2024 at the end of April. The Festival was initially opened by a Cuban-Moroccan duo that played […]
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