13th Athens Open Air Film Festival

"Hakuna Matata" means "no worries.” It also perfectly describes Greek summer, including the experience of attending a film screening at one of Athens’ marvellous open-air cinemas. Queue for the 13th Athens Open Air Film Festival for a special screening of the all-time, all-ages favourite Lion King, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Disney. Enjoy fun activities such as face painting, as well as live music by El Sistema Greece Youth Orchestra at this special screening of the “Hamlet, but with lions” animated classic at Zappeion Megaron.

The festival's official opening film is Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988) during which El Sistema Greece Youth Orchestra will perform live works of music created as part of the initiative "B-ME: Blending Melodies: Bridging Cultural Identities" where 15 composers and 15 musicians from refugee or immigrant backgrounds collaborate to create original compositions. 

Let the therina (summer) cinema season begin! 

23/06: Cinema Paradiso, Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988, Open Theater of Kolonos
26/06: The Lion King, Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, 1994, Zappeion Megaron
27/06: Mississippi Mermaid, François Truffaut, 1969, Gardens of the French School at Athens
28/06: Escape from Alcatraz, Don Siegel, 1979, Dionysiou Areopagitou
30/06: Rumble Fish, Francis Ford Coppola, 1983, Technopolis
11/07: The Love of a Woman, Jean Grémillon, 1953, Gardens of the French School at Athens
14/07: Enter the Dragon, Robert Clouse, 1973, Kotzia Square
18/07: Lola Montès, Max Ophüls, 1955, Gardens of the French School at Athens
21/07: Queen Margot, Patrice Chéreau, 1994, Palace of the Duchess of Plaisance
22/07: Something Wild, Jonathan Demme, 1986 & Body Double, Brian De Palma, 1984 (back to back screenings), Konistra Park
26/07: Johnny Guitar, Nicholas Ray, 1954, Logginou Park
28/07: Moulin Rouge, Baz Luhrmann, 2001 & Romeo & Juliet, Baz Luhrmann, 1996 (back to back screenings), Plato's Academy
23/08: Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet, 2023 (Winner of the 2023 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival - Pre-booking required at aoaff.gr), Cine Aegli Zappeion
31/08: Beauty and the Beast, Jean Cocteau, 1945, Gardens of the French School at Athens
05/09: The Long Absence, Henri Colpi, 1961, Gardens of the French School at Athens