To Remember, To Listen will see Marisa Garreffa sit alone in the Sala Lungarno of The British Institute of Florence based in Palazzo Lanfredini, Lungarno Guicciardini, 9, patiently sewing together hundreds of pieces of paper and slowly creating a flowing sculptural form. It is a river of stories, and as she works, she listens to voices telling these and other stories. The tales told are of Florence during the pandemic, a year which has hurt us in so many ways, which has kept us apart, alone and sometimes despairing. Although we cannot touch, we can still share our thoughts and our dreams, our sadness and our moments of joy, our hopes and the dark comedy of life under lockdown. By sharing our emotions and experiences, and by listening to the stories of others, we can start to heal, as ourselves and for our communities in the beautiful though battered city to which we all connect and belong. The performance will take place from 2-9pm each day from May 17-23, livestreamed on The Br
Call for Submissions - Fiction and Non-fiction Cinema Narratives - Growing Up. Narratives from All Over the World.
Organisation Issuing the RFP: UNICEF Innocenti Film Festival (UIFF)
UIFF is a showcase of the best independent world cinema on childhood. The theme for 2021 is once again: Growing up. Narratives from all over the world. The main organizer of the festival is the UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence Italy. We are equally interested in fiction and non-fiction cinema narratives.
The aim of UIFF is to curate the best cinema art narratives of childhood to take stock of the dynamic forces shaping childhood and promote reflection on children’s experiences in different contexts. There are many global cinema traditions that have produced compelling bodies of work depicting childhood. Childhood is a universal human theme that filmmakers everywhere return to, again and again, to connect audiences to memories of the forces that shape
Best events in Florence this January, 2021
Our top picks for the month of January, 2021
Jane Farrell
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Over 30 Florentine cultural instituations come together to celebrate Dante Alighieri s 700th anniversary in 2021. Inaugurated with an exhibition by Massimo Sestini at the Santa Maria Novella complex in October, the full calendar of events takes off this January with an enthralling range of events dedicated to the Supreme Poet. Over 50 events have been scheduled over the upcoming year, digital and otherwise, as well as an updated Facebook page with plenty to delight literary lovers. Highlights of this month s Dante calendar include 88 rarely seen drawings of Dante s