The full program of the 10th Athens Open Air Film Festival
The Athens Open Air Film Festival, the most cherished film tradition which for a decade now is an integral part of the cultural experience of the citizens and visitors of the capital and is organized by the Athens International Film Festival, will be with you this summer too in collaboration with the City of Athens Cultural, Sport and Youth Organization.
The much-awaited summer film celebration is an alternative and disarmingly beautiful way to watch movies while at the same time looking at the town like you have never imagined it before.
The 10th Athens Open Air Film Festival invites you to enjoy beloved films from the contemporary and classic cinema while transforming emblematic locations in town, such as the City of Athens Technopolis, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the archaeological site of Plato's Academy Park and the courtyard of the Byzantine and Christian Museum to magical open-air cinemas, organizing a striking drive-in screening at Lycabettus Hill and scheduling screenings at open-air movie theaters, expressing for yet another year our full support.
All the screenings of the Athens Open Air Film Festival will be realized by securing in any case the most premium audiovisual experience and, of course, by rigorously complying with the measures for public health protection, as those arranged for the open-air movie theaters.
Entrance is free to all screenings (read below the analytical instructions for admission).
THE PROGRAM
JUNE
Thursday June 25th | 21h30
JACKIE BROWN (1997, 154’)
by Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Pam Grier, Robert Forster, Samiuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton
City of Athens Technopolis (100 Piraios Street, Gazi) | Entrance from Iakhou Street
Friday June 26th | 21h30
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (1999, 104’)
by Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penelope Cruz, Candela Pena, Antonia San Juan
The screening is supported by the City of Athens Technopolis and will be accompanied by the Radio Pepper 96.6 van (in its first summer outing) playing music inspired by Pedro Almodovar's cinema. #AthensPride
City of Athens Technopolis (100 Piraios Street, Gazi) | Entrance from Iakhou Street
Saturday June 27th | 22h45
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975, 100’)
by Jim Sharman
Starring: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard o'Brien, Patricia Quinn
Commemorative screening for the 45th anniversary of the film's premiere, supported by the City of Athens Technopolis. #AthensPride
City of Athens Technopolis (100 Piraios Street, Gazi) | Entrance from Iakhou Street
JULY
Wednesday July 1st | 21h30 (DRIVE-IN screening)
AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973, 112’)
by George Lucas
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Harrison Ford
Screening supported by the US Embassy Athens. The film is granted by Tulip Entertainment.
Lycabettus Theater courtyard (Lycabettus Hill)
Wednesday July 8th | 23h30
SINGAPORE SLING (1990, 115')
by Nikos Nikolaidis
Starring: Michele Valley, Meredith Herold, Panos Thanassoulis
Commemorative screening for the 30th anniversary of the film's premiere.
Vox ( 82 Themistocleous Street, Athens)
Friday July 10th | 21h30 & 23h30 (additional screening)
BODY HEAT (1981, 113’)
by Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, Mickey Rourke
Cinema Riviera (46 Valtetsiou Street, Athens)
Tuesday July 14th | 21h00
MAY FOOLS | MILOU EN MAI (1990, 107’)
by Louis Malle
Starring: Michel Piccoli, Miou-Miou, Michel Duchaussoy, Dominique Blanc, Bruno Carette
Tribute to Michel Piccoli on the occasion of the French National Day, supported by the French Institute Greece
Anesis (14 Kifissias Avenue, Ampelokipoi)
Thursday July 16th | 21h30
DONKEY SKIN | PEAU D’ANE (1970, 90’)
by Jacques Demy
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Delphine Seyrig, Jacques Perrin, Jean Marais
Screening in collaboration with the Plein Air Festival of the French Institute Greece
French School at Athens (6 Didotou Street, Kolonaki)
Friday July 17th | 21h30
REBECCA (1940, 130’)
by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier, Judith Anderson, George Sanders
Commemorative screening for the 80th anniversary of the film's premiere supported by the US Embassy Athens.
Temple of Olympian Zeus (entrance from Amalias Avenue)
Wednesday July 22nd | 21h30
ALL ABOUT EVE (1950, 138’)
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Thelma Ritter, Marilyn Monroe
Commemorative screening for the 70th anniversary of the film's premiere supported by the US Embassy Athens.
Byzantine and Christian Museum (22 Vas. Sofias Avenue, Athens)
Saturday July 25th | 21h30
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966, 177’)
by Sergio Leone
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffre
Screening supported by the Italian Embassy Athens and the Italian Cultural Institute of Athens
Plato's Academy Park (137 Monastiriou Street, Athens)
AUGUST
Tuesday August 18th | 21h00
ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959, 160’)
by Otto Preminger
Starring: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden
Screening supported by the US Embassy Athens
Cinema Riviera (46 Valtetsiou Street, Athens)
For details and the films' synopsis please read HERE HERE.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS regarding the arrival of the audience to the screenings
In order to secure the protection of public health and the smooth flow of our viewers at the screenings, we inform you that:
- The entrance to the screening location will be realized with ENTRY PASSES and in strict compliance with the necessary distance between the people who are interested in attending.
- The distribution of the entry passes for the 21h30 screenings will commence at 19h30 and for the 21h00 screenings distribution will commence at 19h00, until they are sold-out.
- Regarding the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" screening (Saturday June 27th, City of Athens Technopolis) the distribution of the entry passes will start at 21h00 because the film has been scheduled to begin at 22h45.
- Regarding the "Singapore Sling" screening (Wednesday July 8th, Vox) the distribution of the entry passes will start at 21h30 because the film has been scheduled to begin at 23h30.
- Regarding the DRIVE-IN screening at Lycabettus Hill (Wednesday July 1st, 21h30) the distribution of the entry passes will be realized ONLINE. Detailed information can be found at www.aoaff.gr.
- Each person is entitled to ONLY ONE entry pass, therefore we cordially request you to arrive on time together with your companions in case you wish to sit near each other.
We are waiting for you!
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