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Monday, 25 June 2018 07:00
Athens Celebrates World Music Day With Ancient Greek Instruments
Athens, Greece recently celebrated World Music Day, an annual celebration taking place on the summer solstice, at the National Archaeological Museum with a performance by Lyravlos. Using natural materials such as animal shells, bones, hides, and horns, this group of musicians recreated exact replicas of ancient instruments, including string and wind instruments called the phorminx, the kitharis, the krotala, and the aulos.
Panayiotis Stefos, a member of Lyravlos, travels to museums close to home and abroad in order to study ancient Greek antiquities and texts, which help him recreate the instruments. Stefos' son, another member of the musical group, told Reuters, "Music was an integral part of almost every aspect of ancient Greek society, from religious, to social to athletic events. Today only some 60 written scores of ancient Greek music have survived." Both Panayiotis and Michael rely on their interpretation of ancient Greek music to recreate the instruments as best they can.
Their performance included a hymn to the god Apollo, a piece played at the musical festival of the ancient Pythian Games in Delphi and during wine-laden rituals to the god Dionysus. One member of the audience commented that the performance was "inspiring."
Article Source: Reuters
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Sunday, 24 June 2018 14:30
Electra By M. Cacoyiannis - Ancient Epidaurus Little Theatre
The 8th Athens Open Air Film Festival and the Athens & Epidaurus Festival are happy to organise and present together a unique screening at the Ancient Epidaurus Little Theatre, which opens its doors for the first time to cinephile audiences!
On Saturday, June 30th the little atmospheric theather of Epidaurus invites the public on a fascinating experience with the emblymatic screening of "Electra, 1962" by Michael Cacogiannis.
The theater, which has been hosting events of the Athens & Epidaurus Festival for years, is located between orange and olive groves, on a slope overlooking the mountain and the sea and is considered as a favorite destination for friends art.
In the last few years, the theater has hosted many alternative performances of ancient drama, so it was considered as an ideal place for the venue for this screening, which brings the legend of Euripides' Electra to the big screen!
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Sunday, 24 June 2018 14:05
Hospitality Sponsors Embrace “Santorini Experience”
Summer has arrived, and as we approach the holidays, we also move into the rhythms of “Santorini Experience”, and participants need to book their stay in the breathtaking island of the Cyclades, for October 5-7, 2018, taking advantage of the discounts offered by the hospitality sponsors that apply to this specific period for the event.
Registration and special offers continue with an undiminished pace, with the local community offering its very best, as hospitality sponsors are loyal to their “appointment” this year, offering dynamic support to the island and special accommodation prices to those participating in Santorini Experience.
Hospitality Sponsors are: Santorini Hoteliers Association, Meltemi Hotels & Resorts, Aqua Vista Hotels, Athina Luxury Suites, Santo Maris Oia Luxury Suites & Spa, West East Suites, Desiterra Luxury Suites & Villas, 270 Oia’s View, Central Fira Hotel, Fanouris Condo, Monolithia, Casa Iphigenia, Sienna Resort.
Registrations will close on August 31, 2018. Register now HERE!
For those choosing to travel to the island by plane, Ryanair, the official airline partner of the event for the 3rd consecutive year, will connect Santorini with safety and comfort in privileged fares that will be announced soon.
At the same time, all those wishing to travel to the island by ferry, will be able to enjoy once again this year the safety and comfort of Blue Star Ferries. The top Greek shipping company offers 50% discount on the ferry tickets and vehicles to all those visiting the event and the island from October 1 st to 12 th 2018. Each person who has completed his/her registration is entitled to the same discount for 3 more people (if these are his/her escorts) or for 4 people (if these are family members).
VitaNTravel, as the official travel agent of the event, will take care and assist all athletes and escorts with information about the ferry routes, ferry tickets, car rentals and accommodation in the island while a special accommodation package has been prepared for the period October 5-7, 2018. You may book this special package for a two- night stay that includes your hotel accommodation, ferry tickets with Blue Star Ferries, in economy class for the itineraries: Piraeus - Santorini (5/10), departure: 07.25 am, arrival: 14.55 pm and from Santorini - Piraeus (7/10), departure: 15.30 pm, arrival:
23.25 pm as well as extra transfers from the hotel to the event venues. The privileged package starts from 130€/person. For more information visit VitaNTravel or call +30 2103249070.
In addition, for the 4 th consecutive year Ford Motor Hellas will strengthen Santorini Experience with its presence, with the safety and efficient engines of its cars, as the official sponsor of the event.
For the first time in Santorini Experience, Hellenic Recovery Recycling Corporation (Herrco) will assist the event. In cooperation with the Municipality of Santorini, they aim at a better environmental control of the event and the promotion of recycling in the island. “Vikos” continues on the side of Santorini Experience for the 4 th consecutive year, as an official supporter offering athletes who will take part, the opportunity to quench their thirst with the natural mineral water “Vikos” which contributes to the better functioning of the body.
As far as the open water swimming race is concerned, we must highlight that any event involving an open water swimming race should take place with the approval of the Hellenic Swimming Federation, in accordance with FINA’s safety rules; as is always the case with “Santorini Experience”.
Watch the video teaser of Santorini Experience 2018 HERE!
In addition, official sponsors of the event are once again Alafouzos Sport and Athina Luxury Suites. Official supporters are Avance, Santorini Hoteliers Association, Meltemi Hotels & Resorts, Aqua Vista Hotels, Santo Maris Oia Luxury Suites & Spa and Boatmen Union Santorini. National Geographic is for one more year a Strategic Partner of the event.
“Santorini Experience” is a co-organization of Municipality of Santorini, Municipal Sports Cultural Environmental Organization of Santorini (DAPPOS) and Active Media Group. The event is held for one more year under the auspices of the Greek National Tourism Organization. More info at: www.santorini-experience.com
Official Airline Partner: Ryanair
Official Sponsors: Ford Motor Hellas, Blue Star Ferries, Alafouzos Sport, Athina Luxury Suites
Official Supporters: Natural Mineral Water “Vikos”, Avance Rent A Car, Santorini Hoteliers
Association, Meltemi Hotels & Resorts, Aqua Vista Hotels, Santo Maris Oia Luxury Suites & Spa, Boatmen Union Santorini Assisted by: Lifeguard Patrol, Assyrtico Wine Restaurant Café, Hellenic Recovery Recycling Corporation
Official travel agent: VitaNTravel
Strategic Partner: National Geographic
Official Hashtag: #SantoriniExperience
Photo Credit: Santorini in October @ Santorini Experience by Elias Lefas
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Wednesday, 20 June 2018 10:38
CYA International Conference - Thucydides The Athenian
This conference seeks to put Thucydides back into his native city, exploring the man within his political and social circles, and delving deeper into the realities of Periclean policy and ideology.
An international group of scholars will address these questions through analyses of Pericles’ allies and enemies, and Thucydides’ staging of these characters in his narrative as they experience the post-Periclean legacy. Additionally, they will investigate the Periclean building program, and present new ways of using the evidence from the recently discovered cup inscribed by Pericles and members of his milieu.
Organizing Committee:
An international group of scholars will address these questions through analyses of Pericles’ allies and enemies, and Thucydides’ staging of these characters in his narrative as they experience the post-Periclean legacy. Additionally, they will investigate the Periclean building program, and present new ways of using the evidence from the recently discovered cup inscribed by Pericles and members of his milieu.
Organizing Committee:
Nanno Marinatos, Professor and Head, Department of Classics and Mediterranean Studies, University of Illinois, Chicago
Alexis Phylactopoulos, President, College Year in Athens
Robert Pitt, Classics professor, College Year in Athens
Theoni Scourta, Vice President for Academic Affairs, College Year in Athens
To view the conference's full program please click HERE!
Alexis Phylactopoulos, President, College Year in Athens
Robert Pitt, Classics professor, College Year in Athens
Theoni Scourta, Vice President for Academic Affairs, College Year in Athens
To view the conference's full program please click HERE!
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Wednesday, 01 August 2018 21:10
August Screenings - Athens Open Air Film Festival 2018
The beloved film-loving summer date, the Athens Open Air Film Festival, in collaboration with the City of Athens Cultural, Sport and Youth Organization, returns in its 8th edition with magical screenings from June to August. Special city corners, archaeological monuments, parks, squares, beaches and some of the most beautiful museums and sites in Athens transform into an open-air cinema with free entrance to the audience.
This article outlines all of the screenings for August so keep scrolling for full program info...
Wednesday, Agust 22nd / Rematia Theater, Chalandri
The Collector, 1965 by William Wyler
Tribute «Classics Illustrated: Reading on the big screen» in collaboration with the British Council. A young and lonely man (Terence Stamp) has kidnapped a student of fine arts (Samantha Eggar) aiming to win her love, even through violence if necessary. Twice awarded with an Oscar, one of the top creators of Hollywood’s golden era, William Wyler left aside the social concerns found in John Fowles’ book and focused on the coexistence of the two main characters forming an unusual (and unique in its kind) erotic film, through the conflict of different worldviews.
This article outlines all of the screenings for August so keep scrolling for full program info...
Wednesday, Agust 22nd / Rematia Theater, Chalandri
The Collector, 1965 by William Wyler
Tribute «Classics Illustrated: Reading on the big screen» in collaboration with the British Council. A young and lonely man (Terence Stamp) has kidnapped a student of fine arts (Samantha Eggar) aiming to win her love, even through violence if necessary. Twice awarded with an Oscar, one of the top creators of Hollywood’s golden era, William Wyler left aside the social concerns found in John Fowles’ book and focused on the coexistence of the two main characters forming an unusual (and unique in its kind) erotic film, through the conflict of different worldviews.
Starring: Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne
Duration: 119’
Starting Time: 21:00
Friday , August 24th / Dionysiou Areopagitou Pedestrian Precinct
The Long Day Closes, 1992 by Terence Davies
Tribute «Classics Illustrated: Reading on the big screen» in collaboration with the British Council. Four years after the artistic triumph of his first feature film «Distant Voices, Still Lives» (1988), the great Terence Davies returns again in the past and his hometown: in Liverpool – 1956, in the house he grew up, in the arms of his beloved mother, in the days where the whole world seemed to begin at his family home’s doorstep and finish at the end of the road.
Starring: Leigh McCormack, Marjorie Yates, Anthony Watson, Nicholas Lamont
Duration: 85’
Starting Time: 21:00
Wednesday, August 29th / Numismatic Museum Garden
Lord of the Flies, 1963 by Peter Brook
Tribute «Classics Illustrated: Reading on the big screen» in collaboration with the British Council. One day, out of the blue, war breaks out and a bunch of British schoolchildren find refuge in an exotic island in the middle of nowhere. All alone and unable to contact the outside world, the boys try to organize a society from scratch, despite the constant disputes that threaten the already fragile new circumstance. If hope for a better world effectively lies within the children, this same hope sinks in the most dramatic way in the sea of the Cold-War pessimism which surrounds the island of the «Lord of the Flies» and this masterful adaptation from William Golding’s legendary novel.
Starring: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards
Duration: 92’
Starting Time: 21:00
«Athens 2018 World Book Capital»
The screenings of the 8th Athens International Film Festival that express literary interest are integrated in the «Athens 2018 World Book Capital» framework, an international distinction received by the Athens municipality and our town from UNESCO which lasts for a year, from April the 23rd 2018 until April the 22nd 2019.
Duration: 119’
Starting Time: 21:00
Friday , August 24th / Dionysiou Areopagitou Pedestrian Precinct
The Long Day Closes, 1992 by Terence Davies
Tribute «Classics Illustrated: Reading on the big screen» in collaboration with the British Council. Four years after the artistic triumph of his first feature film «Distant Voices, Still Lives» (1988), the great Terence Davies returns again in the past and his hometown: in Liverpool – 1956, in the house he grew up, in the arms of his beloved mother, in the days where the whole world seemed to begin at his family home’s doorstep and finish at the end of the road.
Starring: Leigh McCormack, Marjorie Yates, Anthony Watson, Nicholas Lamont
Duration: 85’
Starting Time: 21:00
Wednesday, August 29th / Numismatic Museum Garden
Lord of the Flies, 1963 by Peter Brook
Tribute «Classics Illustrated: Reading on the big screen» in collaboration with the British Council. One day, out of the blue, war breaks out and a bunch of British schoolchildren find refuge in an exotic island in the middle of nowhere. All alone and unable to contact the outside world, the boys try to organize a society from scratch, despite the constant disputes that threaten the already fragile new circumstance. If hope for a better world effectively lies within the children, this same hope sinks in the most dramatic way in the sea of the Cold-War pessimism which surrounds the island of the «Lord of the Flies» and this masterful adaptation from William Golding’s legendary novel.
Starring: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards
Duration: 92’
Starting Time: 21:00
«Athens 2018 World Book Capital»
The screenings of the 8th Athens International Film Festival that express literary interest are integrated in the «Athens 2018 World Book Capital» framework, an international distinction received by the Athens municipality and our town from UNESCO which lasts for a year, from April the 23rd 2018 until April the 22nd 2019.
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Tuesday, 19 June 2018 00:23
The First Social Entrepreneurship Market In Greece
A brand new, non-profit project from Athens Municipality and Impact Hub Athens has begun in the market of Kypseli.
Focusing around people, the environment and a sustainable growth strategy, 8 organisations will be the first stores to set up shop.
The Kypseli Market will include products from local farms, some of which will be given to people in need.
Included at Kypseli Market is a flowershop, which offers opportunities, skills and work to people with disabilities, a store selling second hand products in order to assist people with psychological problems find a job, and many others who will help raise money for the environment and people in need.
The market will become a point of connection between locals in this historic and multicultural area and will promote a collaborative and creative spirit!
See you at the Kypseli Municipal Market on Fokionos Street!
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Thursday, 21 June 2018 07:00
New Ferry Routes To Connect Thessaloniki With More Destinations In Greece
Two new ferry routes, one began on June 15, 2018 and the other to begin soon, will connect Thessaloniki with the Sporades islands, Cyclades, and Crete. The Greek ferry company Golden Star Ferries recently launched their service departing from Thessaloniki and going to Skiathos, Skopelos and Alonissos.
Itineraries of both vessels will be daily and run until September 9.
The Golden Star Super Cat
Itineraries of both vessels will be daily and run until September 9.
The Golden Star Super Cat
Departure 09:00 from Volos - Skiathos - Volos
Departure 12:15 from Volos - Skiathos - Skopelos - Alonissos - Skiathos - Thessaloniki (arrival 19:00)
The Golden Star Super Speed
Departure 10:00 from Thessaloniki - Skiathos - Skopelos - Alonissos - Skopelos - Skiathos - Volos (arrival 17:00)
There will also be a local Volos - Skiathos - Volos route, which will depart every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning.
Additionally, the Cyclades islands will be linked with Thessaloniki and Crete via a bi-weekly ferry service, which will be launched in the near future. This ferry service was recently announced by the Alternate Shipping Minister Nektarios Santorinios during the 15th Regional Conference held on Syros.
The route will run twice a week for three months and will connect Thessaloniki, Skiathos, Syros, and other Cyclades islands with Heraklion, Crete.
Santorinios also announced that every Friday and Sunday, a high-speed ferry will depart from Piraeus linking Heraklion with the Cyclades, Syros, and Santorini.
Please click here and and here to visit Greek Travel Pages for more information.
Departure 12:15 from Volos - Skiathos - Skopelos - Alonissos - Skiathos - Thessaloniki (arrival 19:00)
The Golden Star Super Speed
Departure 10:00 from Thessaloniki - Skiathos - Skopelos - Alonissos - Skopelos - Skiathos - Volos (arrival 17:00)
There will also be a local Volos - Skiathos - Volos route, which will depart every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning.
Additionally, the Cyclades islands will be linked with Thessaloniki and Crete via a bi-weekly ferry service, which will be launched in the near future. This ferry service was recently announced by the Alternate Shipping Minister Nektarios Santorinios during the 15th Regional Conference held on Syros.
The route will run twice a week for three months and will connect Thessaloniki, Skiathos, Syros, and other Cyclades islands with Heraklion, Crete.
Santorinios also announced that every Friday and Sunday, a high-speed ferry will depart from Piraeus linking Heraklion with the Cyclades, Syros, and Santorini.
Please click here and and here to visit Greek Travel Pages for more information.
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Tuesday, 25 June 2024 07:00
Best Beach Bars In Athens
From the center of the city, the Athenian Riviera is easily accessible by car or public transport. Locals and visitors come to this part of town to find beautiful beaches, seaside tavernas, lively beach bars, and excellent nightlife! Here is a list of some of the best beach bars in Athens, perfect for a coffee, cocktail, or meal.
@nalu_cafe
Located at the Akti you Iliou beach (Costa del Sol), Nalu is a trendy spot, very popular among Athenians. This beach bar has relaxed, boho-chic aesthetics, offering a homey and cozy feeling. Nālu is open from early in the morning and keeps serving till late at night when it turns into a great bar with delicious cocktails. Nālu is also a popular destination to watch the sunset, as it offers stunning views.
Address: Leof. Poseidonos
Telephone: 210 9880990
2. Bolivar - Alimos
@bolivarbeachbar
@bolivarbeachbar
Relaxed vibes and a true island experience awaits you at this beachside bar which is surrounded by palm trees and huts that are made of straw and wood. This is a great place to relax take in the sun during the day, enjoy great dishes from the Mediterranean cuisine, and maybe even stay for dancing with well-known DJs, at night.
Address: Akti tou Iliou, Leof. Poseidonos
Telephone: 210 9831018
Address: Akti tou Iliou, Leof. Poseidonos
Telephone: 210 9831018
3. L'amico - Anavissos
Just an hour from the city center, in Anavissos, this beach side bar has a bit of everything. Crystal-clear, calm waters, great food, and cocktails - this is the perfect destination for a day trip!
@lamicoathenianriviera
Address: 21 Souniou Avenue, Palaia Fokaia, Anavissos
Telephone: 2291 041834
4. Moana Beach House - Varkiza
Just an hour from the city center, in Anavissos, this beach side bar has a bit of everything. Crystal-clear, calm waters, great food, and cocktails - this is the perfect destination for a day trip!
@lamicoathenianriviera
Address: 21 Souniou Avenue, Palaia Fokaia, Anavissos
Telephone: 2291 041834
4. Moana Beach House - Varkiza
@moana_beachhouse
An all-day bar at Varkiza Resort, Moana Beach House is a great place to escape the scorching summer heat. Hammocks, plush pillows, swings, sun loungers - the relaxation options are unlimited. Add the invigorating cocktails and boho aesthetics and this beach bar will make you feel like you're in a far away place, like an exotic beach in Honololu.
Address: Akti EOT, Varkiza Resort
Telephone: 698 314 1116
Telephone: 698 314 1116
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Monday, 18 June 2018 07:00
The Premier Of Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2018
The Athens & Epidaurus Festival recently premiered on June 1st with three brilliant performances at Peiraios 260 and the Athens Concert Hall. Performances included Ivo van Hove's masterpiece 'After the Rehearsal-Persona,' a stage adaptation of two Ingmar Bergman classics.
The festival will run through August 2018. Below is this year’s Festival trailer, which was directed by the distinguished Pericles Hoursoglou. It is visually conceived as a series of thousands of footsteps, which is meant to portray the thousands of spectators rushing to the ancient and contemporary theatre venues from 1955 to our times.
This year at the Athens & Epidaurus Festival, all performances will have English and Greek subtitles for the first time, accommodating Greek and foreign audiences alike, as well as for the hearing impaired.
What is the Athens & Epidaurus Festival?
It is Greece’s foremost cultural festival and one of the oldest performing arts festivals in Europe (1955). Each year, the Athens & Epidaurus Festival presents performances from acclaimed artists in theatre, dance, and music and attracts large audiences from around the world.
Please click HERE to view the Athens Festival program!
Venues of the Athens Festival
Odeon of Herodes Atticus - The Festival’s main performance venue, located at the foot of the Acropolis.
Peiraios 260 - A former industrial area of several buildings just off Athens’ centre, at Peiraios 260 str.
Opening to the City - Launched in 2017, this section is more of a concept than an actual venue. Site-specific performances are presented in various neighbourhoods of Athens and Piraeus, including outdoor spaces and archaeological sites, thus expanding the Festival’s scope and audience and encouraging spectators’ active engagement.
Other venues include EMST, Megaron, Epidaurus Theater, Little Theater of Ancient Epidaurus, Ancient Stadium of Epidaurus, Odeon of Herodes, Benaki Museum, National Acheological Museum, Benizelos Mansion, the Athens Conservatory and more.
Other venues include EMST, Megaron, Epidaurus Theater, Little Theater of Ancient Epidaurus, Ancient Stadium of Epidaurus, Odeon of Herodes, Benaki Museum, National Acheological Museum, Benizelos Mansion, the Athens Conservatory and more.
For more information, please visit: Greek Festival
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Friday, 13 July 2018 17:13
July Screenings - Athens Open Air Film Festival 2018
The beloved film-loving summer date, the Athens Open Air Film Festival, in collaboration with the City of Athens Cultural, Sport and Youth Organization, returns in its 8th edition with magical screenings from June to August. Special city corners, archaeological monuments, parks, squares, beaches and some of the most beautiful museums and sites in Athens transform into an open-air cinema with free entrance to the audience.
This article outlines all of the screenings for July so keep scrolling for full program info...
Wednesday, July 4th / French School at Athens
Three Colors: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu, 1993) by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Screening in collaboration with the Plein Air Festival of the French Institute Julie’s husband Patrice – a famous music composer – and their little daughter, Anna, die in a car crush. Faced with this immense loss, she tries to make a new start and chooses loneliness. No matter the cost. Even if it means sacrificing her great love for music. When a music critic suspects she is behind her husband’s scores, Julie denies any part of the past that might threaten her newly found freedom. Julie’s return to life becomes in the hands of the great Polish director a cinema tale which gradually incarnates the grief of loneliness into a divine praise for love.
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Emmanuelle Riva, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Véry
Duration: 98’
Starting Time: 21h30
Friday July 6th / Cine Riviera
This article outlines all of the screenings for July so keep scrolling for full program info...
Wednesday, July 4th / French School at Athens
Three Colors: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu, 1993) by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Screening in collaboration with the Plein Air Festival of the French Institute Julie’s husband Patrice – a famous music composer – and their little daughter, Anna, die in a car crush. Faced with this immense loss, she tries to make a new start and chooses loneliness. No matter the cost. Even if it means sacrificing her great love for music. When a music critic suspects she is behind her husband’s scores, Julie denies any part of the past that might threaten her newly found freedom. Julie’s return to life becomes in the hands of the great Polish director a cinema tale which gradually incarnates the grief of loneliness into a divine praise for love.
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Emmanuelle Riva, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Véry
Duration: 98’
Starting Time: 21h30
Friday July 6th / Cine Riviera
The Sleeping Car Murders (Compartiment Tueurs, 1965) by Costas Gavras
On a night train from Marseilles to Paris, six passengers share the same cabin, but at the end of the journey one of them will be found dead in her bunk. The case is assigned to the Parisian police to solve, but the mystery grows bigger as the fellow passengers of the victim wind up, the one after the other, also dead.
Influenced by Jean Pierre Melville’s devout noir cinema and with a remarkable cast, Costas Gavras’ directorial debut enlivens in the big screen screen Sébastien Japrisot’s first mystery novel, a writer who would soon become renowned in the French crime fiction.
Starring: Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Catherine Allégret, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Piccoli
Duration: 95’
Starting Time: 21h30
Wednesday, July 11th / City of Athens Technopolis
The Royal Tenenbaums, 2001 by Wes Anderson
The «Royal Tenenbaums» is Wes Anderson’s best film. And that is because, on a rare occasion, the director’s flamboyant and fetishist stylizations serve a «down-to-earth» story and are used to offer a tender and affectionate touch to a whole gallery of eccentric characters, who by the end of the film have been humanized and have become extremely likable.
Starring: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Bill Murray, Luke Wilson
Duration: 110’
Starting Time: 21h30
Friday, July 13th / Petralona Park
The Haunting, 1963 by Robert Wise
Tribute «Classics Illustrated: Reading on the big screen» in collaboration with the British Council and the Athens & Epidaurus Festival. A lonely and sentimentally fragile woman accepts to become the fourth member of a research team which undertakes the task of investigating whether a gothic residence, which is burdened by supernatural stories from the past and morbid rumors, is indeed inhabited by ghosts. What follows is one of the ten best horror films in the history of film and its screening celebrates the 55 years from its first
release in the movie theaters.
Starring: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Fay Compton
Duration: 112’
Starting Time: 23h00
Saturday, July14th / Railway Carriage Theater To Treno sto Rouf
Weekend, 1967 by Jean-Luc Godard
Screening within the framework of the French National Day.
Through a nightmarish weekend that a completely alienated bourgeois couple has during its trip from Paris to the blood-painted roads of the French countryside, Godard spreads the defeat and collapse of western civilization into a politically charged, poisonously funny, incessantly teasing and revealing landscape of chaos and fear, which consecutively plays with the conventions of the cinema medium, the audience’s tolerance and its own self. With the impact of an artistic grenade and the force of an angry manifesto, Godard’s toxic masterpiece breaks the rules and the taboos like a road roller, it contains snapshots of remarkable virtuosity (like the extensive long shot-achievement in the view of a congestion) and causes shock up until today, testing the tenacity of those who believe they have seen everything in cinema.
Starring: Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Anne Wiazemsky
Duration: 105’
Starting Time: 21h30
Monday, July 16th / 260 Peiraios
Surprise - Film
In collaboration with the Athens & Epidaurus Film Festival.
With the memories of its adventurous premiere in the movie theaters being still fresh, the most discussed in our country creation of the last three decades, is screened again for the first time after 30 years, without censorship. Do not miss the one and only opportunity to watch it (or re-watch it) in the big screen.
Duration: 164’
Starting Time: 21h30
Wedsday, July 18th / National Archaeological Museum
The Remains of the Day, 1993 by James Ivory
Tribute «Classics Illustrated: Reading on the big screen» in collaboration with the British Council and the Athens & Epidaurus Festival. By masterfully transferring on to the big screen the awarded novel of the Japanese origin (and holder of a Nobel Prize in Literature) Kazuo Ishiguro, the director of the films «A Room with a View» and «Howards End» managed to be nominated for 8 Oscar awards. A masterpiece of screenplay adaptation, classical filmmaking, outstanding performances and exceptional aesthetic quality, Ivory’s film converts into a unique drama the story of a disciplined and exemplary butler who backtracks his life, at an advanced age, when he realises that he has sacrificed any personal desire and happiness of his in the name of duty.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Hugh Grant, Christopher Reeve
Duration: 134’
Starting Time: 21h30
Wednesday, July 25th / Lycabettus Theater Courtyard
Fight Club, 1999 by David Fincher
The paradox story of a repressed man who is looking for a way out in his life and finds it in the illegal (and progressively all the more indecent) actions of a secret fight club. As the 90s were coming to an end this provocative film appeared out of a big Hollywood studio and was meant to become an object of adoration, hatred, zealotry and meticulous study. «Fight Club» constituted the electrical self- psychoanalysis of the socially castrated Gen-X-er who saw the revolution he always dreamed of for himself, taking place as a figment of his imagination. Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto
Duration: 139’
Starting Time: 21h30
Friday, July 27th / Agios Kosmas Beach
Boogie Nights, 1997 by Paul Thomas Anderson
A young Californian finds the family he was always looking for in a porn films production house. In it he is re-baptized as Dirk Diggler and starts his meteorite course as one of the «biggest» stars in the field. The more abrupt, however, the rise, the more painful the fall and the landing in the conservative U.S. of the 80s. Taking advantage of a restless camera and an unbeatable cast, Anderson widely opens the doors to the backstage of the porn industry. Behind it he discovers a parallel world of idealists who are fighting to keep their moral values intact faced with a suffocating reality.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Heather Graham, John C. Reilly
Duration: 155’
Starting Time: 21h30
On a night train from Marseilles to Paris, six passengers share the same cabin, but at the end of the journey one of them will be found dead in her bunk. The case is assigned to the Parisian police to solve, but the mystery grows bigger as the fellow passengers of the victim wind up, the one after the other, also dead.
Influenced by Jean Pierre Melville’s devout noir cinema and with a remarkable cast, Costas Gavras’ directorial debut enlivens in the big screen screen Sébastien Japrisot’s first mystery novel, a writer who would soon become renowned in the French crime fiction.
Starring: Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Catherine Allégret, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Piccoli
Duration: 95’
Starting Time: 21h30
Wednesday, July 11th / City of Athens Technopolis
The Royal Tenenbaums, 2001 by Wes Anderson
The «Royal Tenenbaums» is Wes Anderson’s best film. And that is because, on a rare occasion, the director’s flamboyant and fetishist stylizations serve a «down-to-earth» story and are used to offer a tender and affectionate touch to a whole gallery of eccentric characters, who by the end of the film have been humanized and have become extremely likable.
Starring: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Bill Murray, Luke Wilson
Duration: 110’
Starting Time: 21h30
Friday, July 13th / Petralona Park
The Haunting, 1963 by Robert Wise
Tribute «Classics Illustrated: Reading on the big screen» in collaboration with the British Council and the Athens & Epidaurus Festival. A lonely and sentimentally fragile woman accepts to become the fourth member of a research team which undertakes the task of investigating whether a gothic residence, which is burdened by supernatural stories from the past and morbid rumors, is indeed inhabited by ghosts. What follows is one of the ten best horror films in the history of film and its screening celebrates the 55 years from its first
release in the movie theaters.
Starring: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Fay Compton
Duration: 112’
Starting Time: 23h00
Saturday, July14th / Railway Carriage Theater To Treno sto Rouf
Weekend, 1967 by Jean-Luc Godard
Screening within the framework of the French National Day.
Through a nightmarish weekend that a completely alienated bourgeois couple has during its trip from Paris to the blood-painted roads of the French countryside, Godard spreads the defeat and collapse of western civilization into a politically charged, poisonously funny, incessantly teasing and revealing landscape of chaos and fear, which consecutively plays with the conventions of the cinema medium, the audience’s tolerance and its own self. With the impact of an artistic grenade and the force of an angry manifesto, Godard’s toxic masterpiece breaks the rules and the taboos like a road roller, it contains snapshots of remarkable virtuosity (like the extensive long shot-achievement in the view of a congestion) and causes shock up until today, testing the tenacity of those who believe they have seen everything in cinema.
Starring: Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Anne Wiazemsky
Duration: 105’
Starting Time: 21h30
Monday, July 16th / 260 Peiraios
Surprise - Film
In collaboration with the Athens & Epidaurus Film Festival.
With the memories of its adventurous premiere in the movie theaters being still fresh, the most discussed in our country creation of the last three decades, is screened again for the first time after 30 years, without censorship. Do not miss the one and only opportunity to watch it (or re-watch it) in the big screen.
Duration: 164’
Starting Time: 21h30
Wedsday, July 18th / National Archaeological Museum
The Remains of the Day, 1993 by James Ivory
Tribute «Classics Illustrated: Reading on the big screen» in collaboration with the British Council and the Athens & Epidaurus Festival. By masterfully transferring on to the big screen the awarded novel of the Japanese origin (and holder of a Nobel Prize in Literature) Kazuo Ishiguro, the director of the films «A Room with a View» and «Howards End» managed to be nominated for 8 Oscar awards. A masterpiece of screenplay adaptation, classical filmmaking, outstanding performances and exceptional aesthetic quality, Ivory’s film converts into a unique drama the story of a disciplined and exemplary butler who backtracks his life, at an advanced age, when he realises that he has sacrificed any personal desire and happiness of his in the name of duty.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Hugh Grant, Christopher Reeve
Duration: 134’
Starting Time: 21h30
Wednesday, July 25th / Lycabettus Theater Courtyard
Fight Club, 1999 by David Fincher
The paradox story of a repressed man who is looking for a way out in his life and finds it in the illegal (and progressively all the more indecent) actions of a secret fight club. As the 90s were coming to an end this provocative film appeared out of a big Hollywood studio and was meant to become an object of adoration, hatred, zealotry and meticulous study. «Fight Club» constituted the electrical self- psychoanalysis of the socially castrated Gen-X-er who saw the revolution he always dreamed of for himself, taking place as a figment of his imagination. Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto
Duration: 139’
Starting Time: 21h30
Friday, July 27th / Agios Kosmas Beach
Boogie Nights, 1997 by Paul Thomas Anderson
A young Californian finds the family he was always looking for in a porn films production house. In it he is re-baptized as Dirk Diggler and starts his meteorite course as one of the «biggest» stars in the field. The more abrupt, however, the rise, the more painful the fall and the landing in the conservative U.S. of the 80s. Taking advantage of a restless camera and an unbeatable cast, Anderson widely opens the doors to the backstage of the porn industry. Behind it he discovers a parallel world of idealists who are fighting to keep their moral values intact faced with a suffocating reality.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Heather Graham, John C. Reilly
Duration: 155’
Starting Time: 21h30
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