For more than a decade, the College of Charleston's Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival (NCIFF) has brought contemporary Italian cinema and award-winning Italian filmmakers, actors, and screenwriters to Charleston for a four day showcase.  To raise money for this annual affair, NCIFF has teamed up with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra for an evening of Italian music and film at the Music Hall Thurs. Feb. 22.

The event begins at 6 p.m. with a "movie-ready" cocktail party featuring Italian wine and Prosecco and live Italian music. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. with CSO performing music from famous Italian films as scenes from those movies are shown on a screen above the stage.