Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Angela is a thirty-four year old Sicilian woman who talks about her unusual job. She’s a street artist who performs as a clown and as a fire dancer. For a hobby she collects vintage clothing.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Ezio Lottieri, a lover of music and especially the Rolling Stones, always carries his harmonica with him. In this video he tells about his experience at the Dedalo Festival 2009, where he met the well-known artists Davide Ravera and Patrizia Ferrarini. Ezio performed various songs with these two artists at the Festival in Caltabellotta.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Ezio recalls that Davide, a well-known artist, asked him to join him in playing a song at a festival. Davide had written the piece and it's called "Road to Hell." Obviously Ezio accepted.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Video from QNM (online lifestyle magazine aimed at men) featuring an interview concerning the new Citroen DS3 WRC at the 2010 Bologna Motor Show.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Franco Commisso, an emerging Italian artist, talks about his latest song "Mai, mai ormai," [Never, Never by Now]. The interview covers subjects like his early start in music, competing at age three, and his performing in Korea. Video provided by PA 74 Music.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
Serena, Milena and Flavia tell us about how they spend their days on the beautiful beach of Maratea. The girls and their friends come to this popular beach on hot summer days as well as on winter days, just to get together and see one another.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy Lucano
Flavia is from Maratea, but she now lives in Rome, where she attends university. She misses her native town.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy Sicilian
Salvo Agria is a painter and according to him, art is the most liberating way of expressing oneself. He believes that a person doesn’t choose art, but that art chooses the person. He shows a painting that depicts three generations: a little girl, an adult woman, and an old woman.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Sofia is eight years old, and lives in Palermo. She likes going to school, doing her homework, and going out with her mother and friends. She tells us about the last film she’s seen at the cinema. She also recites the alphabet and counts.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
First, we meet a young couple: Christian and Michela. They live in Tuscany and are engaged to be married. Both are from Basilicata, where they have come on holiday. Next, we meet three friends. They're all happy to live in the sea-side town of Maratea.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Video on Romina Power’s comments at a conference of the Animalisti Italiani [Italian Association for the Rights of Animals]. Power voices her complete disapproval of the abuse of animals killed to make fur coats.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Milanese
An interview with Cipriano Moneta, the national manager of Xing Italy, a social network for professionals. He tells us why Xing is much more useful than Facebook or Twitter.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy Lucano
Serena is near one of the beaches of her town, Maratea, where she lives with her family and she tells us a few things about herself.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Milanese
Interview with Cipriano Moneta, Italian Country Manager of XING. Moneta talks about his work on this start-up social network, and why it will succeed. Moneta worked for many years in recruitment and believes XING will be extremely useful for job hunters.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Jake, Matt and John form Radio Smile, a new Italian Rock Band. They show us their new space and promise to keep all their fans updated on their activities.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Venetian
Alberto has a wine shop at the Lido di Venezia and he tells us about his world renowned business, which exclusively sells local and Italian wines.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
QNM interviews Valentina Vezzali, Italian fencing pro, specialized in foils. She's the first female fencer in the world to receive three consecutive Olympic gold medals. She's also won five other world titles and five European titles (in individual matches). You should watch our video proverbi italiani afterwards.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Interview with Walter Caporale, national president of Animalisti Italiani [Italian Association for the Rights of Animals], whose mission is safeguarding the life of domestic animals and the prevention of cruelty towards them.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This video is a Sky Sport advertisement, and was filmed with some of the most important players, for example, Totti, Marchisio, and Perrotta.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
In this video, Andromeda tells us about her love for animals and especially for her three cats: Nina, Shiva, and Lawrence. She compares them with people since these cats, like all animals, have recognizable human behavioral traits.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Kaleidoscopio is a family-owned business which one could define as an almost artistic business. In fact, they create objects, such as paintings, lamps, and panels in colored glass.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Kaleidoscopio is a Neapolitan company that sells its works through two shops, one in Rome and the other in Naples. Most of its business, however, is conducted at fairs and special events, where new collections are launched.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Neapolitan
Antonio is a teacher and we find him at Somma Vesuviana, on the slopes of Vesuvius, near Naples. For some time he has tending a small garden, where he grows vegetables, which he sees as miracles of the earth, with seeds developing into fruits.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
We continue the discussion on animal rights, asking the question why dogs and cats, among other animals, have to suffer injustices from humans, solely because they're too weak to defend themselves. The atrocity of religious ritual exemptions to animal dazing before slaughter are also discussed.
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