Since 1974 · Albinea, Italy
One screen, 320 seats and the same idea for fifty years: bringing films worth watching to Albinea. First runs, arthouse cinema, restored classics.
What's on
The programme changes every week. Up-to-date showtimes and seat availability are on the online box office.
First runFeatured
2026·by Christopher Nolan
Adventure · Drama
The film follows the legendary hero Odysseus on his gruelling ten-year journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, facing mythological monsters, hostile gods and the fight to protect his family.
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Cult & classics1979·by Hayao Miyazaki
Animation · Adventure
An unmissable date for lovers of great animation: the film that in 1979 marked Hayao Miyazaki's directorial debut — today celebrated as one of the world's greatest masters of animation — returns to the big screen, restored and remastered in 4K.
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First run2026·by Pierre Coffin
Animation · Family · Comedy
The Minions conquer Hollywood and become movie stars, but fame goes to their heads and they lose everything. Trying to make amends, they accidentally release monsters from a secret island and unleash chaos on the world.
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The cinema
No multiplex corridors, no screen number seven. Just one big screen and a raked auditorium designed so that every seat is a good seat.
320
Seats
9,6 × 4,2 m
Screen
Dolby Digital 7.1
Sound system
Sony 4K
Projector
Accessible auditorium
Wheelchair access
Throughout the venue
Air conditioning
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Accessibility
The auditorium is wheelchair accessible and air conditioned. We take part in the CinemAmico network: for films that support it, you can follow audio description and subtitles on your phone with the MovieReading app.
Tickets
Standard and reduced tickets, passes and concessions.
The reduced price applies every day to under-12s and over-65s; on weekdays only, it also applies to AGIS, CRAL, student and Younger Card holders, and to members of the Albinea public library.
Pass
€39.00
6 admissions, valid for 12 months from the date of issue
On Wednesdays and Thursdays, the best of arthouse cinema at a reduced price.
Pass
€24.00
8 admissions, valid until 31 December 2026
Carta del Docente and Bonus Cultura
The Italian teacher and youth culture vouchers are accepted for tickets and passes, both for first-run films and for the season.
Booking
You can book a seat by email or by phone during opening hours, or buy online.
Since 1974
Cinema Apollo is a historic single-screen cinema, opened in 1974 by the Vaccari family. Padded seats, a raked auditorium and air conditioning: for the time, it was an advanced venue, built on a simple idea — the best possible film at the lowest possible price.
It has been a landmark for Albinea and the surrounding area ever since, run by the same family. The programme is still built on patient research: from crowd-pleasing first runs to the midweek quality-cinema seasons that have become a fixture for arthouse lovers.
"Padded seats, a raked structure and air conditioning: for those years it really was a cutting-edge venue."
1974
The Vaccari family buys the building and turns it into a cinema.
2001
The entrance is enlarged and refurbished.
2013
A 4K digital projector arrives, funded in part by the Emilia-Romagna Region.
Today
A community cinema, open all year round.
Recognition
Cinema Apollo belongs to the Italian and European arthouse cinema networks, receives public funding for its programme and takes part in accessibility networks.
A member of FICE, the federation of Italian cinemas that programme arthouse and quality films — Emilia-Romagna regional association.
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A member of Europa Cinemas, the European network supported by the Creative Europe MEDIA programme, which brings together cinemas committed to screening European films.
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Supported by the Ministry for its arthouse film programme (Law 220/2016) and a beneficiary of the tax credit for strengthening cinema exhibition.
Visit the websiteContributed to the digitisation of the venue and to the installation of the 4K projector.
Visit the websiteFor films that support it, audio description and subtitles are available through the MovieReading app.
For companies and groups
Meetings, private screenings, presentations, recitals and talks: 320 seats, a 4K screen and a Dolby 7.1 system at your disposal. Write or call us for availability and a quote.
Would you like to appear in the adverts we screen before every film, or on the flyers of the Quality Cinema season? La Bussola società cooperativa handles this for us.
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Address
Via Morandi, 1A few minutes from Reggio Emilia, in the centre of Albinea.
Via Morandi, 1 — 42020 Albinea (RE)
Contact
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