On the occasion of the publication of the book World Film Locations: Florence Intellect Books, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura presents Reading the Cinematic City: World Film Locations Florence and Toronto, a panel with editor Alberto Zambenedetti and contributor Luca Somigli, Fiona Luck and Kevin Harrison, contributor and photographer to the World Film Locations: Toronto.

The panel will discuss the symbiotic relationship between the rise of filmmaking as an artistic and social practice and urbanization on a global scale, with particular emphasis on Florence and Toronto. These cities are the subject of two new volumes in the World Film Locations series published in the United Kingdom by Intellect Books and distributed worldwide. Written by leading scholars in the field of location studies, the series also includes books devoted to Venice and Rome. Each volume discusses how a specific urban fabric is used on film, how its representation changes in the hands of different directors, how genres influence its depiction, and how time changes both the cinematographic medium and its privileged set, the city.