Look Back Anouk: short film by Gurrieri and Montini honors Fulvia Ferragamo's scarves

The short film Look Back Anouk, directed by Florentine filmmakers Rocco Gurrieri and Irene Montini, premieres as part of the exhibition Seta at Museo Ferragamo in Palazzo Spini Feroni, Florence, running until April 18. The film explores the dreamlike unconscious of the ethereal character Anouk, moving through symbolic landscapes like secret gardens and a forest animated by tigers, zebras, and crystallized flowers. The project originated from Gurrieri and Montini's earlier exhibition Incanto at Museo Novecento in Florence, where they conceived a symbolist fairy tale about the boundary between unconscious and magic. Ferragamo then commissioned them to create a film for Seta, using Fulvia Ferragamo's scarves as backdrops. The film also pays homage to Czechoslovak animator Jiří Trnka, particularly his 1959 version of A Midsummer Night's Dream, which influenced Fulvia Ferragamo. Structured in three acts (two dreams and one awakening), Anouk's journey parallels Alice in Wonderland, navigating non-places and ghostly stages. Gurrieri describes Anouk as simultaneously victim and accomplice, embodying fear and joy of growing up. The film is accessible via a virtual tour on Ferragamo's website.