The splendid "European Fairy Tales" series of animated films made in the 1970s and based on folklore tales and stories from various European nations, from Italy to France, from Belgium to Hungary, from Switzerland to England. The shorts in rotation take their cue from Carnival: fifteen short animated films resulting from international co-productions, each of which tells a fairy tale belonging to the folk tradition of a European country.

Emma Stone is one of the most acclaimed and versatile actresses in contemporary cinema. On the occasion of the launch at Giunti Odeon (from today) of Yorgos Lanthimos' new film starring her, Kinds of Kindness, we dedicate a day to her with two of the most famous and iconic films she has starred in.

To mark the release of Bugonia, the new film by her favourite director, Yorgos Lanthimos, in which she plays the lead role, Giunti Odeon pays tribute to Emma Stone, one of the most important and beloved actresses in contemporary cinema, with two of her most famous films.

New event on stage: Lo stalking. Analisi criminologica, aspetti normativi, strategie di prevenzione e contrasto  (Edizioni Del Faro) by Armando Ago.

In addition to the author, the event will feature journalist Gianmaria Frati, lawyer Annalisa Gordigiani, and psychologist Elisa Bongini, head of the men’s violence unit at Artemisia.

Drawing on his professional experience and in-depth criminological and legal research, the author offers a comprehensive analysis of the roots of stalking — from traditional forms to cyberstalking and its most recent developments. The book also examines the Italian and international legal and jurisprudential frameworks, highlighting prevention strategies and concrete legal and operational tools to protect victims and counter perpetrators.

This presentation offers a valuable opportunity to reflect on one of the most disturbing and pressing phenomena in our society.

The author:
Armando Ago, Lieutenant Colonel of the Carabinieri and instructor of Investigative Techniques at the Carabinieri Non-Commissioned Officers School in Florence, is the author of Lo stalking. Analisi criminologica, aspetti normativi, strategie di prevenzione e contrasto, published in April 2025 by Edizioni del Faro (Trento).

For Halloween Giunti Odeon pays tribute to the dark universe of Tim Burton, one of the creative geniuses of world cinema and one of the most versatile and fascinating artists of our time, thanks to his ability to shape a unique and unmistakable poetic universe. We celebrate the great American director and artist with a selection of his most famous films, all in original version with Italian subtitles.

The Australian who reinvented the musical and sentimental genre, conquering Hollywood. Giunti Odeon pays tribute to the visionary, colourful and pop talent of Baz Luhrmann, one of the most original and controversial directors of contemporary cinema, with two of his most famous films.

At Giunti Odeon the traditional Sunday appointment with the great Disney and Pixar classics! To see and see again the great animated films that over many years have enchanted generations of viewers, young and old!

Giunti Odeon offers 2 unmissable films dedicated to Dante Alighieri, in restored version. Inferno (1911), produced by Milano Films, the first adaptation of the Dante's Divine Comedy. Long available only in damaged, mutilated or censored copies, Inferno has been restored to its princeps edition, to the correct sequence of shots, to the fullness of its light and colours by a lengthy restoration work carried out by the Cineteca di Bologna. One hundred years later, the spectator finds himself once again enveloped in the horrific and marvellous vision of figurations inspired by Gustave Doré (and other illustrators), but as if revisited by a cruel Méliès: desolation of the moors pierced by open sepulchres, sudden flashes, the petrousness of the gorges, the acuteness of the dry brambles, damned crawling or proceeding decapitated mutilated disembowelled, the bizarre features of mythological creatures, the monstrous metamorphoses. Next is one of the first films made on the life of Dante Alighieri. Released more than a century ago (in 1922) Dante in his life and times was shot entirely in Florence and is one of the longest films (92') in the history of Italian silent cinema. In the film, Dante is at the centre of political plots and the love affair between Segna de' Calligai and Coronella, the latter a nun who is kidnapped from the convent. The abduction triggers a series of reactions in which Guelphs and Ghibellines are the protagonists. After Dante's death in Ravenna, where he had gone to avert war with the Venetians, his son finds, thanks to a night vision, the last part of the Divine Comedy, which had been lost.

A documentary series venturing inside the cinema of one of the most beloved directors of all time: Woody Allen. An exciting journey into the films, background and creative process of an authentic icon of world cinema and culture.

Exactly fifty years after Pier Paolo Pasolini's tragic death, five meetings dedicated to the great director will allow participants to venture into one of the most original and exciting authorial journeys in the entire history of cinema. Pasolini explored the possibilities of cinematic language from a very personal point of view, defining it as “the written language of reality”, capable of showing the changes and contradictions of Italian society at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s. This research brings together some of Pasolini's great cultural influences, including Marxism, religion, myth, the body and painting, which were never separate from one another.

Meeting 2: The “written language of reality”
After his debut film, Pasolini began to reflect on cinema from a theoretical point of view, defining cinematic language as “the written language of reality” and reasoning allegorically about some of its forms, such as editing, sequence shots, indirect free subjectivity and image-time. These ideas are clearly visible in the two films Mamma Roma (1962) and La ricotta (1963), combined with his ongoing poetic exploration of the underprivileged.

Three films released in recent years that have entered the collective imagination of our time. Winners of numerous Oscars, directed by great directors and starring famous actors, these three films are now to be regarded as true new cinema classics.

Wes Anderson is one of the masters of contemporary cinema, beloved by audiences all over the world for his unmistakable style and poetics. Giunti Odeon dedicates a tribute to the great American director with a selection of his most famous films, all in original version with Italian subtitles.

At Giunti Odeon, in the Hall of Mirrors on the 1st floor, the photographic exhibition Etichette Buchette – Stories of Imaginary Wines will be on display from November 7 to 20, 2025 (with the official opening on November 8 at 5:30 PM, following the presentation of the book of the same name at 4:30 PM).
Free admission every day from 10:00 AM to 8:30 PM.

The Exhibition and the Book

Twelve labels of imaginary wines are paired with twelve buchette del vino (wine windows) of Florence.

Each label, placed on an empty bottle, was photographed inside or beside one of these small historic wine windows in Florence’s old town.

These same labels—and thus the imaginary wines they evoke—became sources of inspiration for twelve professional writers whose short stories are collected in the book Etichette Buchette (BDV Editions).

The exhibition is conceived and curated by Lorenzo Scacchia (Incipitojo) and Matteo Faglia (President of the Associazione Buchette del Vino and publisher of the book).

Supported by: Ruffino, Babae, Café Odeon, Vetreria Etrusca.

About Etichette Buchette (a.k.a. EtiBu)

The project was born from the meeting between the creative worlds of Lorenzo Scacchia and Matteo Faglia.

Incipitojo has been exhibiting imaginary book covers since 2019, inviting visitors to imagine what unwritten pages might contain and to compose poems or short stories inspired by those covers.

The Associazione Buchette del Vino, founded in Florence in 2015, is dedicated to studying and promoting these small openings—first “invented” in the late 1500s to sell wine directly from the noble palaces that produced it in the surrounding countryside.

The first step of the project was an invitation to twelve authors, each of whom selected one of Scacchia’s labels, “tasted” the imaginary wine, and wrote a story inspired by it—freely, with only one constraint: a length of about 10,000 characters.

Thus, images and imagination intertwine to celebrate the world of wine.

The participating authors are:
Valentina Barile, Paolo Di Paolo, Carlotta Fruttero, Leonardo Gori, Lia Levi, Sacha Naspini, Anna Prandoni, Alessandro Raveggi, Vanni Santoni, Marco Vichi, Christine Von Borries, and Paola Zannoner.

The stories are collected in a volume published by Edizioni BDV (an imprint of the Associazione Buchette del Vino), with design and layout by Simonetta Scaglione.

The Photographs

Another cornerstone of EtiBu is the series of photographic portraits by Scacchia, set in Florence and featured in this exhibition.
Each label was applied to an empty bottle kindly provided by Vetreria Etrusca.

Scacchia and Faglia spent a day wandering across both sides of the Arno, pairing each label with a wine window. In most cases, they involved unsuspecting passersby in building the scene—their hands, arms, and bodies became essential parts of the photographs.

Each portrait in the exhibition is accompanied by:

• the address of the wine window (and name of the palace, if relevant),

• information about the window,

• the bottle model name,

• and the opening lines of the corresponding story.

A display panel features all twelve empty bottles.

The photographs are also included in the book, which thus serves as the exhibition’s catalog.

Incipitojo

{for the purpose of imaginative wandering}

An exhibition of imaginary book covers. Visitors are invited to fantasize about what unwritten pages might contain and to write poems or short stories inspired by those covers—thus retracing the usual editorial process in reverse, since the cover here precedes the work itself.

Created and curated by Lorenzo Scacchia, the project—while revolving around the same founding idea—adapts its form to each hosting venue and its collaborations.
It often includes a literary competition, and sometimes the covers are born from social inclusion workshops.
Writing sometimes happens on seed paper, later planted elsewhere, weaving connections between writers and sowers.

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The Associazione Buchette del Vino

Founded in Florence in October 2015 and presided over by Matteo Faglia, the Association’s mission is to survey, study, document, promote, and safeguard a heritage unique to Tuscany: a network of small architectural openings once used for selling wine directly from producers to consumers of all social classes.

These buchette del vino originated and spread only in Florence and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany from the late 1500s onwards. Created to sell wine by the flask directly from noble palaces, they fell into disuse by the mid-1900s—until their rediscovery in 2019, with the reopening of one at Babae in Via Santo Spirito, soon followed by several others that revived the tradition with a contemporary twist.

The ongoing census now records almost 300 wine windows throughout Tuscany.
The Association’s communication—via its website and social media profiles—shares discoveries, research, guided tours, video tours, “wine window hunts,” and other initiatives.

🔗 buchettedelvino.org
🔗 facebook.com/buchettedelvino
🔗 instagram.com/buchettedelvino

At Giunti Odeon the traditional Sunday appointment with the great Disney and Pixar classics! To see and see again the great animated films that over many years have enchanted generations of viewers, young and old!

Erin Doom comes to Giunti Odeon to present Racconti perduti (Magazzini Salani) in conversation with our bookseller, Sabrina Patanè.

The Book:

THE TEARMAKER AND OTHER LEGENDS. THE BOOK THAT STARTED IT ALL.
EVERY DESTINY HOLDS A STORY, EVERY STORY DESERVES TO BE TOLD.
The overwhelming emotions of The Tearmaker, the selfless sacrifice of The Queen of Miracles, and the feelings that, like a golden thread, have connected Erin Doom’s novels take on new life in a collection of short stories about love for oneself and for others, bonds that transcend distance, dreams, inner beauty, and kindness powerful enough to change the world.
With the beautiful illustrations by Kelly Chong, each page is a piece of an unmistakable and unforgettable narrative universe.

The author:

The pen name of a young Italian writer, Erin Doom began her career on Wattpad, the world’s most popular social reading platform, under the nickname DreamsEater. In a short time, her stories captured the hearts of readers.
For Salani Editore, she has published The Tearmaker (2021) — a true Italian bestseller — and The Way Snow Falls(2022). In 2023, also with Salani, she released Stigma, the first novel in a saga, followed in 2024 by Arcadia. Stigma 2.

“At this point, it feels natural for me to introduce myself with my real name, Matilde. But I am also Erin Doom, and that’s how I will continue to sign my books,” the young author revealed in interviews with Corriere della Sera and on Che tempo che fa with Fabio Fazio, unveiling her identity.
She added that she originally chose her pseudonym out of shyness — to live the experience without being too personally involved, true to her nature. But now, feeling the need to meet her readers, she has decided to show them the real face behind the well-known name Erin Doom.

At Giunti Odeon the traditional Sunday appointment with the great Disney and Pixar classics! To see and see again the great animated films that over many years have enchanted generations of viewers, young and old!

At Giunti Odeon,

Valentina Barile, Paolo Di Paolo, Carlotta Fruttero, Leonardo Gori, Lia Levi, Sacha Naspini, Anna Prandoni, Alessandro Raveggi, Vanni Santoni, Marco Vichi, Christine Von Borries, and Paola Zannoner
will present the volume Etichette Buchette – Storie di vini immaginari (BDV Editions). Following the presentation, in the Hall of Mirrors on the 1st floor, will be the official opening of the namesake photographic exhibition, on view from November 7 to 20, 2025.
Free admission every day from 10:00 AM to 8:30 PM.

The Exhibition and the Book

Twelve labels of imaginary wines are paired with twelve buchette del vino (wine windows) of Florence.

Each label, placed on an empty bottle, was photographed inside or beside one of these historic wine windows in Florence’s old town.

These same labels—and thus the imaginary wines they evoke—became sources of inspiration for twelve professional writers whose stories are collected in the book Etichette Buchette (BDV Editions).

The exhibition is conceived and curated by Lorenzo Scacchia (Incipitojo) and Matteo Faglia (President of the Associazione Buchette del Vino and publisher of the book).

Supported by: Ruffino, Babae, Café Odeon, and Vetreria Etrusca.

About Etichette Buchette (also known as EtiBu)

Etichette Buchette was born from the meeting of the creative worlds of Lorenzo Scacchia and Matteo Faglia.

Incipitojo has, since 2019, exhibited imaginary book covers, inviting visitors to imagine what unwritten pages might contain and to write, in poetry or prose, freely inspired by those covers.

The Associazione Buchette del Vino, founded in Florence in 2015, is dedicated to these small architectural openings—originally “invented” in the late 1500s to sell wine by the flask directly from the palaces of noble families who produced it in the countryside around the city.

The first step of EtiBu was an invitation to twelve authors. Each chose one of Scacchia’s labels, “tasted” the imaginary wine, and wrote a story inspired by it—completely freely, with only one guideline: a length of about 10,000 characters.

Thus, images and imagination come together to explore the world of wine.

The following writers took part in the project:
Valentina Barile, Paolo Di Paolo, Carlotta Fruttero, Leonardo Gori, Lia Levi, Sacha Naspini, Anna Prandoni, Alessandro Raveggi, Vanni Santoni, Marco Vichi, Christine Von Borries, and Paola Zannoner.

Their stories are collected in a volume published by BDV Editions (an imprint of the Associazione Buchette del Vino), with design and layout by Simonetta Scaglione.

The Photographs

Another key component of EtiBu is the series of photographic portraits by Lorenzo Scacchia, set in Florence and featured in this exhibition.
Each label was applied to an empty bottle kindly provided by Vetreria Etrusca.

Scacchia and Faglia spent a day wandering on both sides of the Arno, pairing each label with a wine window—and in most cases involving unsuspecting passersby in the creation of the scene: their hands, arms, and bodies became an essential part of the photographs.

Each portrait in the exhibition is accompanied by:

• the address of the wine window (and the name of the palace, if relevant),

• information about the window,

• the name of the bottle model,

• and the opening lines of the corresponding story.

A panel displays all twelve empty bottles.

The photographs are also included in the book, which thus serves as the exhibition’s catalog.

Incipitojo

{for the purpose of imaginative wandering}

An exhibition of imaginary book covers. Visitors are invited to imagine what words those yet-unwritten pages might contain and to compose their own poetry or prose inspired by the covers—thus retracing, in reverse, the usual editorial process in which the cover comes last.

Created and curated by Lorenzo Scacchia, the project—while orbiting around the same founding idea—adapts its form to each hosting venue and its collaborations. It often includes literary contests, and sometimes the covers are created through social inclusion workshops.

Writing occasionally takes place on seed paper, later planted elsewhere, weaving connections between writers and sowers.

🔗 incipitojo.it
🔗 hauchnebelkabinett.eu
🔗 instagram.com/hauchnebelkabinett

The Associazione Buchette del Vino

Founded in Florence in October 2015 and presided over by Matteo Faglia, the Association’s mission is to survey, study, document, promote, and safeguard a heritage unique to Tuscany: a network of small architectural openings once used for selling wine directly from producers to consumers of every social class.

The buchette del vino originated and spread only in Florence and the territory of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany from the late 1500s onward. Created to sell wine by the flask directly from noble palaces, they fell into disuse by the mid-1900s and were gradually forgotten—until their rediscovery in 2019, with the reopening of one at Babae in Via Santo Spirito. Since then, a dozen other venues have reinterpreted the tradition, offering the unique experience of enjoying a glass of wine served through a small window onto the street.

The ongoing census now records nearly 300 wine windows across Tuscany.
Through its website and social media channels, the Association shares updates on its discoveries, research, guided tours, video tours, “wine window hunts,” and other initiatives.

🔗 buchettedelvino.org
🔗 facebook.com/buchettedelvino
🔗 instagram.com/buchettedelvino

At Giunti Odeon the traditional Sunday appointment with all the great Disney and Pixar classics! To see and see again the great animated films that over many years have enchanted generations of viewers, young and old!

Exactly fifty years after Pier Paolo Pasolini's tragic death, five meetings dedicated to the great director will allow participants to venture into one of the most original and exciting authorial journeys in the entire history of cinema. Pasolini explored the possibilities of cinematic language from a very personal point of view, defining it as “the written language of reality”, capable of showing the changes and contradictions of Italian society at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s. This research brings together some of Pasolini's great cultural influences, including Marxism, religion, myth, the body and painting, which were never separate from one another.

Meeting 3: The City of God

The Gospel According to Matthew (1964) represents Pasolini's first film-world, summarising his poetics and style in the first half of the 1960s, as well as the aesthetic and moral form of his idea of cinema. A film in the form of a sacred magmatic representation, where Marxism, Christianity and humanism give shape to a Gospel devoid of rhetoric, with an anarchic Christ above reason, in a South where the signs of the sacredness of life can still be glimpsed.

Exactly fifty years after Pier Paolo Pasolini's tragic death, five meetings dedicated to the great director will allow participants to venture into one of the most original and exciting authorial journeys in the entire history of cinema. Pasolini explored the possibilities of cinematic language from a very personal point of view, defining it as “the written language of reality”, capable of showing the changes and contradictions of Italian society at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s. This research brings together some of Pasolini's great cultural influences, including Marxism, religion, myth, the body and painting, which were never separate from one another.

Meeting 4: Utopias and disillusions

For Pasolini, the second half of the 1960s represented the decline of utopia in a country that the director saw as increasingly doomed to self-destruction. These were years of progressive and melancholic disillusionment: with Uccellacci e uccellini (The Hawks and the Sparrows, 1965), La Terra vista dalla Luna (The Earth Seen from the Moon, 1966) and Che cosa sono le nuvole? (1967), Pasolini explored the form of satirical allegory, while Teorema (1968) was the film that marked Pasolini's conscious intellectual isolation and definitive condemnation of the Italian bourgeoisie.

Exactly fifty years after Pier Paolo Pasolini's tragic death, five meetings dedicated to the great director will allow participants to venture into one of the most original and exciting authorial journeys in the entire history of cinema. Pasolini explored the possibilities of cinematic language from a very personal point of view, defining it as “the written language of reality”, capable of showing the changes and contradictions of Italian society at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s. This research brings together some of Pasolini's great cultural influences, including Marxism, religion, myth, the body and painting, which were never separate from one another.

Meeting 5: In search of the lost myth

In the last part of his career, Pasolini confronted one of the strongest cultural roots of his artistic and intellectual journey: Greek myth. First in Oedipus Rex (1969) and then in Medea (1970), Pasolini showed a strength and richness still available to man today, myth being the dark and vital core of lived experience. This theme continued in the three films of the “trilogy of life”, only to be interrupted in his last film, Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975).