Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

JEWISH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - 60 FILMS FROM 23 COUNTRIES EXPLORE THE HUMAN CONDITION

The Jewish International Film Festival is in full swing and it is a fascinating time of the year for avid cinemagoers looking for films outside the mainstream, that challenge and engage all at once.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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11/11/2019

Migrants
Global & Social Engagement

A tribute to Sisto Malaspina

A life taken during a random act of terror.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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27/11/2018

Art & Culture

The ambition that drives Lazzaro Felice

Lazzaro Felice (Happy as Lazzaro) is a cinematic feat that spans across time and place and is rich in complexity.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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6/9/2018

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

20th Lavazza Italian Film Festival. Review - 'If life gives you lemons' by Ciro D'Emilio

Lemons carry symbolic importance and become a metaphor for life in Ciro D'Emilio's sombre but captivating debut feature and coming-of-age story Un giorno all'improvviso (2018), which premiered at the Venice Film Festival

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Jytte Holmqvist

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28/8/2019

Art & Culture

Put grandma in the freezer - A given crowd-pleaser

Nastro d'Argento award-nominated black comedy Put Grandma in the Freezer (2018), codirected by Giancarlo Fontana and Giuseppe G. Stasi, is one of the highlights in this year's Lavazza Film Festival.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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6/9/2018

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

Luca Guadagnino's film is a serious contender for the Oscars

Luca Guadagnino's multi-award nominated film Call Me by Your Name is an ageless celebration of love and life, of scenic beauty and parallel human beauty - particularly that of the male body.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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10/2/2018

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

Carpignano's A Ciambra makes it to the Oscars

Italo-American cineaste Jonas Carpignano's second full-feature film (co-produced by Martin Scorsese) A Ciambra is shot on location in the Reggio Calabria seaside municipality of Gioia Tauro, on the Tyrrhenian coast.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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6/3/2018

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

Il padre d'Italia - a feisty film covering universal themes

Fabio Mollo's 2017 film Il padre d'Italia has been called "una storia di amore assoluto, puro e universale" [1] .

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Jytte Holmqvist

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13/6/2018

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

The Tenderness of La Tenerezza (Gianni Amelio, 2017)

Rarely these days do we find small yet big films that explore the very depths of our emotions and encapsulate the essence of our human existence, with all its beauty and many heartaches.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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6/9/2018

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

Interview with award-winning Italo-Australian filmmaker Lisa Camillo

You are an accomplished filmmaker concerned with humanitarian and human rights issues.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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2/12/2018

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

Jytte Holmqvist meets Alina Marazzi at the recent screening of "Vogliamo anche le rose" at Co.As.It. in Melbourne

Interview with award-winning Italian documentary filmmaker and screenwriter Alina Marazzi, Melbourne, 17 February, 2019

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Jytte Holmqvist

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28/2/2019

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

Italian Cine-scapes: Urban space and architecture portrayed in 9 Movies

The Italian Cine-scapes #2 film festival, running from May to November, 2019, and co-organised by the Italian Institute of Culture and Palace Cinemas, is a visual feast awakening the senses.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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14/6/2019

Music
Art & Culture

The 2019 Melbourne Taranta Festival: CGS seduces in a hypnotic performance at the Thornbury Theatre

Electrifying, hypnotic, cutting-edge and eclectic, uncover the ground-breaking music of Italian award-winning and world-renowned group Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, from Puglia in southern Italy.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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18/3/2019

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

The Giffoni Film Festival. Promotion and development of cinema for young people

Running for its 48th consecutive year, Giffoni Film Festival organised in the small town of Giffoni Valle Piana, near Salerno in Campania, attracts all the more people during this artistically vibrant time of the year.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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29/7/2019

Music
Art & Culture

In conversation with Tango connoisseur and member of the Melbourne Tango Orchestra, Stephen Cuttriss

Stephen Cuttriss has been praised by the media as one of "Australia's heavyweight tango musicians" and a bandoneon player who "ignites the sonic soundscapes of Argentina on this unique instrument"

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Jytte Holmqvist

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12/8/2019

Art
Art & Culture

Curator Miriam La Rosa talks about an exhcange artist residency between Sicily and Australia

Miriam La Rosa is currently involved in the cross-cultural and cross-regional artistic project "Preservation is an act of political warfare. An exchange artist residency between Sicily and Australia".

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Jytte Holmqvist

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14/11/2019

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

Special guest at 2019 Lavazza Italian Film Festival, Mimmo Calopresti talks to Segmento

Interview with Italian filmmaker Mimmo Calopresti, winner of three David Di Donatello awards.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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26/9/2019

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

Seductive, courageous, and heartbreakingly honest. La Nonna - Performance review

Sell-out crowd-pleaser show La Nonna is an intimate portrayal of a young man's journey to self-discovery benefitted by his close bond with his Italian grandmother, or nonna, and their cross-generational dialogue.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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20/9/2019

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

20th Lavazza Italian Film Festival. Review - 'The vice of hope' by Edoardo De Angelis

Winner of two Nastro d'Argento awards and one David di Donatello award, Edoardo De Angelis' dark and sombre Il vizio della speranza (2018) reminds of his narrative and cinematographic style in forerunner Indivisibili.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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28/8/2019

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

20th Lavazza Italian Film Festival. Review - 'Bangla' by Phaim Bhuiyan

Feel good movie Bangla, with high audience ratings and awarded a Nastro d'Argento for best comedy in 2019, is light-hearted while at the same time it delivers an important social and political message.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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28/8/2019

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

Interview with performer, human rights activist and director of 'La Nonna' Samuel Dariol

Director, performer and human rights activist Samuel Dariol engaged in conversation with renowned Deakin University scholar Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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12/9/2019

Soccer
Global & Social Engagement

Diego Maradona - Worshipped and deposed by the city of Naples

Multi-award-winning British filmmaker Asaf Kapadia's eye-opening new documentary on Argentinian soccer legend Diego Maradona draws a fascinating connection between Maradona and the city of Naples.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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15/8/2019

Art
Art & Culture

Alfredo Malabello, “The voice of romance”, talks to Segmento

Alfredo Malabello, many thanks for taking time out to see me. You are a fascinating and impressive man with many strings to your bow and balls in the air.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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21/10/2019

Music
Art & Culture

In conversation with Italian pianist Lucia Brighenti

Lucia Brighenti is a young and successful Italian pianist currently touring and traveling in Australia. She has garnered numerous awards and accolades both in her native territory and abroad.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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19/12/2019

Food trends
Tourism & Places

Arancini Art, Puopolo Salumi & Vannella Cheese: blending Italian traditions with Italo-Australian business practices

With the step into the 21st century the Australian food landscape has become widely diverse, with this vast nation's food industry also heavily influenced by foreign values and trends - particularly in the urban areas.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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26/3/2020

Music
Global & Social Engagement

"Imagine there are no countries"

Melbourne-based Argentinian pianist Andrea Katz is steeped in a storytelling tradition. Director of Songmakers Australia, she is as familiar with the Australasian music scene as the international stage

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Jytte Holmqvist

on

19/4/2023

Food trends
Cuisine & Food

From the south of Italy to the south of the world

“We need to reflect on the way we live and the way we eat – and the south of the world is importantly sitting at the table of the decision-makers.”

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Jytte Holmqvist

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1/5/2023

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

A fortunate screening: Fortunata (2017) captivates Melbourne viewers

This year's Lavazza Italian Film Festival (Melbourne 14 September - 8 October, 2017) offered a selection of fine films, some of which have recently been released.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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15/1/2018

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

Interview with local Italo-Australian filmmaker Vita Catalano

An aficionado of Italian arts and culture as well as a regular Segmento event attendee, Italo-Australian writer and teacher, producer and filmmaker Vita Catalano is a woman and force to be reckoned with.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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4/7/2019

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

HOW STRANGE TO BE NAMED FEDERICO

"“Either a film has something to say to you or it hasn't. If you are moved by it, you don't need it explained to you. If not, no explanation can make you moved by it." - Federico Fellini (1920-1993)

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Jytte Holmqvist

on

25/3/2020

Literature
Art & Culture

JYTTE HOLMQVIST MEETS MARY MARCUCCIO, VICE PRESIDENT AT THE DANTE ALIGHIERI SOCIETY

To honour Dante Alighieri on the 750th anniversary of his birth, 2020 sees celebrations worldwide of his life and great literary endeavours.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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25/3/2020

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

Interview with Italian actress Valeria Solarino

Valeria Solarino is impressively prolific, starring in several movies almost every year since the inception of her acting career in the early 2000s.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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2/12/2018

Immigration
Art & Culture

Looking at Italian Migration with Dr. Maddalena Tirabassi

Dr Maddalena Tirabassi is a Fulbright scholar, Director of the Centro Altreitalie on Italian Migration, Globus et Locus, and editor of the journal Altreitalie.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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15/12/2020

Culture
Art & Culture

THE SHIFT THE ITALIAN CULTURE UNDERGOES FROM NEWLY ARRIVED ITALIANS

Rosaria"¯Zarro has acted as VMC Commissioner since 2017, when she was first appointed for this role by Minister for Foreign Affairs Robin Scott acting on behalf of the Daniel Andrews Labour government in Victoria.

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Jytte Holmqvist

on

7/1/2020

Chefs
Tourism & Places

CUSTODIAN OF ONE OF THE RAREST PASTA IN THE WORLD

Chef Leo Gelsomino tells Jytte Holmqvist how he learned to master the mystical art of Sardinian pasta Su Filindeu.

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Jytte Holmqvist

on

26/3/2020

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

The Venice Film Festival and its role in bringing to the fore arthouse movies from all over the world

The Venice International Film Festival 2017 (30 August to 9 September) marked 74 years since its inception in 1932.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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4/12/2017

Music
Art & Culture

THE TRANSCULTURAL VERSATILITY OF THE MANDOLIN

In conversation with Carlo Aonzo, leader of "Carlo Aonzo Trio" that will be performing at Co.As.It. on 7 February

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Jytte Holmqvist

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28/1/2020

Chefs
Tourism & Places

AT SASSY.X ASIAN CUISINE INFLUENCES ITALIAN TRADITION

Sassy.x is a highly successful fusion-type restaurant. Modern and funky but still steeped in traditional Italian culinary traditions.

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Jytte Holmqvist

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22/1/2020

Cinema & theatre
Art & Culture

Bernardo Bertolucci's epic legacy: a homage to an unorthodox filmmaker

I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to poetry for me, or at least an attempt to create a poem (Bertolucci).

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Jytte Holmqvist

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20/2/2019

Art & Culture

Dogman - Matteo Garrone's successful return to noir

Attention-grabbing and non-conventional Dogman (2018) by Matteo Garrone is one of the films included under Special Presentations in this year's Lavazza Italian Film Festival, and rightly so.

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Jytte Holmqvist

on

6/9/2018

Art & Culture

My big gay Italian wedding

A light-hearted comedy delivers an important message

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Jytte Holmqvist

on

6/9/2018

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