Join us to watch the best films that Greece has to offer and to meet and greet many of the directors and actors who brought these films to life. We welcome them from Greece!

We look forward to bringing you Greek films that entertain, inform, and inspire.

Schedule of Events

October 3, 2024

7 pm - Opening Night Screening: LITTLE THINGS THAT WENT WRONG at Village East Cinema

ΜΙΚΡΑ ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΑ ΠΟΥ ΠΗΓΑΝ ΛΑΘΟΣ
Direction, screenplay: Haris Vafeiadis

2023, 96 mins, New York premiere

This intense drama juxtaposes the lives of two fathers. One is an increasingly unhinged former TV celebrity who, having hit rock bottom, is anxious to win the affection of his estranged young daughter. The other, smug and seemingly successful, is in total denial of his shaky career prospects and his fraying marriage. Life brings the two men together in a situation that captures the desperation lurking in each man's psyche.

Mature audiences only - brief nudity, adult situations.

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October 4, 2024

7 pm - ANIMAL at Village East Cinema

Direction, screenplay: Sofia Exarchou

2023, 116 mins, New York premiere

Over the course of her ninth summer as a seasonal performer at a second-rate resort, a modestly talented entertainer realizes that aging will soon bring an end to her career.

Mature audiences only - nudity, adult situations.

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October 5, 2024

8:30 pm - ATHENS MIDNIGHT RADIO at Village East Cinema
ΝΥΧΤΕΡΙΝΟΣ ΕΚΦΩΝΗΤΗΣ

Direction, screenplay: Renos Haralambidis

2024, 75 mins, US Premiere

On the evening of his 50th birthday, a former evzone, now a midnight radio announcer, decides to use the airwaves to locate the woman he loved and lost years ago. Always on the cutting edge as a director, Haralambidis has made an enchantingly poetic film, a meditation on aging, an ode to romance and to Athens, the city he loves.

Followed by audience Q&A with director-lead actor Renos Haralambidis.

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6 pm - THE LAST TAXI DRIVER at Village East Cinema

Ο ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙΟΣ ΤΑΞΙΤΖΗΣ
Direction, screenplay: Stergios Paschos

2023, 115 mins, New York premiere

A middle-aged cab driver grappling with his thwarted ambitions suddenly finds his life upended when he witnesses the suicide of one of his customers. Convinced that he needs a way out of his dead-end life, he becomes obsessed with a beautiful young woman.

Mature audiences only - nudity, adult situations.

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October 6, 2024

1 pm - GUEST STAR at Village East Cinema

Direction, screenplay: Vasilis Christofilakis

2023, 88 mins, New York premiere

This satirical dark comedy centers on the hapless son of famous actors who is given a chance to earn his own place in the public eye by hosting a late-night TV talk show. Things get complicated when a fake love affair with an eccentric singer is set up to enhance his public image.

Followed by audience Q&A with director Vasilis Christofilakis

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3:30 pm - ΤΗΕ PROMOTION at Village East Cinema

ΕΞΕΛΙΞΗ
Direction, screenplay: Periklis Choursoglou

2023, 99 mins, New York premiere

Promoted to a higher rank, a professor invites his father to travel with him from Athens to Thessaloniki to attend the university's promotion ceremony. The trip provides an opportunity for father and son to sharpen their connection by reliving past experiences and memories. A plot twist toward the end of the film deepens the drama and points to the value of cathartic healing.

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6 pm - THE RHAPSODIST at Village East Cinema

ΡΑΨΩΔΟΣ
Direction: Nikolai Hamel
Screenplay: Prometheus Aleifer, Nikolai Hamel

2023, 97 mins, New York premiere

In classical Greece, a rhapsodist was a professional performer of epic poetry. Here he is a storyteller in a bar, captivating patrons with increasingly bizarre tales of magic and petty crime. The "anything goes" vibe makes for an actors' tour de force and a film that is as zany as it is entertaining.

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October 8, 2024

7:30 pm - ΤΗΕ PROMOTION at Barrymore Film Center

ΕΞΕΛΙΞΗ
Direction, screenplay: Periklis Choursoglou

2023, 99 mins, New York premiere

Promoted to a higher rank, a professor invites his father to travel with him from Athens to Thessaloniki to attend the university's promotion ceremony. The trip provides an opportunity for father and son to sharpen their connection by reliving past experiences and memories. A plot twist toward the end of the film deepens the drama and points to the value of cathartic healing.

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October 9, 2024

7:30 pm - LITTLE THINGS THAT WENT WRONG at Barrymore Film Center

ΜΙΚΡΑ ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΑ ΠΟΥ ΠΗΓΑΝ ΛΑΘΟΣ
Direction, screenplay: Haris Vafeiadis

2023, 96 mins, New York premiere

This intense drama juxtaposes the lives of two fathers. One is an increasingly unhinged former TV celebrity who, having hit rock bottom, is anxious to win the affection of his estranged young daughter. The other, smug and seemingly successful, is in total denial of his shaky career prospects and his fraying marriage. Life brings the two men together in a situation that captures the desperation lurking in each man's psyche.

Mature audiences only - brief nudity, adult situations.

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October 11, 2024

7 pm - LITTLE THINGS THAT WENT WRONG at Museum of the Moving Image

ΜΙΚΡΑ ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΑ ΠΟΥ ΠΗΓΑΝ ΛΑΘΟΣ
Direction, screenplay: Haris Vafeiadis

2023, 96 mins, New York premiere

This intense drama juxtaposes the lives of two fathers. One is an increasingly unhinged former TV celebrity who, having hit rock bottom, is anxious to win the affection of his estranged young daughter. The other, smug and seemingly successful, is in total denial of his shaky career prospects and his fraying marriage. Life brings the two men together in a situation that captures the desperation lurking in each man's psyche.

Mature audiences only - brief nudity, adult situations.

October 12, 2024

6 pm - FONISSA at Museum of the Moving Image

Murderess
Direction: Eva Nathena
Screenplay: Katerina Bei

2023, 97 mins
Based on the classic novel by Alexandros Papadiamantis

Driven to despair over women's oppressive living conditions in her island community circa 1900, a midwife finds a violent solution to confront the evils of a male-dominated society. Seeing herself as a savior of sorts, she takes the lives of young girls to spare them from a future of hardship and servitude.

Mature audiences only - adult situations.

October 13, 2024

3 pm - ΤΗΕ PROMOTION at Museum of the Moving Image

ΕΞΕΛΙΞΗ
Direction, screenplay: Periklis Choursoglou

2023, 99 mins, New York premiere

Promoted to a higher rank, a professor invites his father to travel with him from Athens to Thessaloniki to attend the university's promotion ceremony. The trip provides an opportunity for father and son to sharpen their connection by reliving past experiences and memories. A plot twist toward the end of the film deepens the drama and points to the value of cathartic healing.

5:30 pm - YANI SPANOS: BEHIND THE MARQUEE at Museum of the Moving Image

ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΣΠΑΝΟΣ: ΠΙΣΩ ΑΠ' ΤΗ ΜΑΡΚΙΖΑ
Direction: Aris Dorizas

2023, 118 mins, New York premiere

This tune-filled documentary traces the life of Yani Spanos from the Greek village of Kioto to Paris to Athens, and captures the legacy of the prolific composer who died suddenly in 2019 at the age of 85. Low profile and adverse to self-promotion, Spanos felt that his music speaks for him. Many of his memorable songs are performed here by a veritable who's who in Greek popular music.

Screening is followed by audience Q&A with director Aris Dorizas

Date: October 3-13, 2024

Locations:
Village East Cinema, 181 - 189 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10012
Barrymore Film Center, 153 Main Street, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Museum of the Moving Image , 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria, NY 11106

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