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symphonic orchestra in
Washington DC on April
5th, 2016. The two orchestras perform with two
great singers soloists, one
American and one Italian,
Cheryl Porter and Rossella
Caporale .
Even in the field of cinema, AIFIC is working on
an interesting project,
the first edition of the Italian Film Festival in DC
(IFFinDC). As you know,
in many American cities
the Italian cinema is very
well represented and appreciated, but our ambition is to bring young
and emerging filmmakers
in Washington, a city that
does not enjoy, like others
across the United States, a
kermess entirely dedicated to the new Italian cinema. It is quite challenging
for us in a city that is more
traditional and conservative. But if we want to succeed we need to focused
on education by involving
universities, planning workshops, lectures, panel discussions. AIFIC considers
this project an opportunities for dialogue with the
American public, an element of study and analysis in addition to the pure
exhibition.
8 | WE THE ITALIANS
www.wetheitalians.com
One of your most important activity is the Book
Award The Bridge. Please
tell us something about it
Italian and one American
ready to evaluate the books belonged to the opposite country.
I would like to start by
saying that this ambitious
project comes from its
curator Maria Ida Gaeta,
Director of Casa Delle Letterature in Rome. She has
worked for many years on
the promotion of Italian
literature in the United
States, in particular with
the Literary Award of Zerilli-Marimo in New York
since 1998 and ended in
2012.
AIFIC has fully embraced
this initiative. As Cinema,
Music and Contemporary
Art, Literature is one of the
culture activities to which
we devote more energy.
Our great interest is to
tell more about the latest
literary trends and make
visible the best books of
fiction and non-fiction in
the two countries. The Bridge, in fact, connects two
cultures.
The Bridge takes the reins
of that great experience, introducing new elements, such as an award
for non-fiction, generally
not considered in literary
awards, the participation
of American writers along
with Italian authors, the
creation of two juries, one
The Bridge is divided therefore into two sections
and has a specular structure.
In the US 10 new books of
Italian writers, 5 for fiction
and 5 for nonfiction, are
judged by a jury made up
of American academics,