Here is the full program of the 16th Athens Open Air Film Festival powered by DEI
The annual film celebration: the 16th Athens Open Air Film Festival powered by DEI, kicks off with a festive and diverse spirit, transforming, for yet another year, beautiful and historically significant locations throughout Athens into spectacular open-air cinemas and unforgettable viewing experiences, both for the city’s residents and its many visitors.
16th ATHENS OPEN AIR FILM FESTIVAL powered by ΔΕΗ
May - August 2026 | Free Admission
Click here for the Festival program in pdf form.
From May 18th to August 26th, 2026, the public will have the opportunity to enjoy, with free entrance and in state-of-the-art screening conditions, a rich and colorful program that combines classic masterpieces, contemporary works, and unique collaborations with cultural organizations and institutions.
The Festival commenced its screenings with the Greek premiere of the film “The Birthday Party” by Miguel-Ángel Jiménez, attended by the renowned American lead actor Willem Dafoe, the director, and the writer Panos Karnezis and on June 10th, in collaboration with the Athens Pride 2026 and to mark the tenth anniversary of his death, the city’s festival institution honored David Bowie with a screening of the legendary documentary "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" by D. A. Pennebaker in its complete, digitally restored version, in a spectacular screening held in the courtyard of the Zappeion Megaron and attended by 800 spectators.
The official opening of the festival, on June 18th, will be marked by a rare moment in cinema: Harvey Keitel, one of the most important actors in contemporary American cinema, will be at the Kolonos Theater to present Theodoros Angelopoulos’s “Ulysses’ Gaze”, in which he stars. Thirty years after Keitel’s first encounter with the insurmountable Greek director, the film’s return to Athens serves as a modest tribute to Angelopoulos’s greatest work.
The 16th Athens Open Air Film Festival powered by DEI is co-organized by the Culture, Sports, and Youth Organization of the City of Athens (OPANDA), while converting summer evenings into moments of art, imagination and light.
THE FULL PROGRAM
JUNE
THURSDAY 18 JUNE
Open Theater of Kolonos (Hill of Hippio, Ioanninon & Kapaneos str.), Athens
20:30 ULYSSES’ GAZE (1995, 179’)
Directed by: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Starring: Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern, Erland Josephson, Thanasis Vengos, Giorgos Mihalakopoulos, Mania Papadimitriou | Greek and English subtitles
In attendance of lead actor, Harvey Keitel
Official opening of the 16th Athens Open Air Film Festival powered by DEI.
TUESDAY 23 JUNE
Kotzia Square (entrance by Athinas str.), Athens
21:30 GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (2014, 99’)
Directed by: Wes Anderson | Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Saoirse Ronan, Edward Norton, Jude Law, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel | Greek subtitles
JULY
WEDNESDAY 1 JULY
Eleftherias Park, Vasilissis Ave., Athens
21:30 THE VIRGIN SPRING (1960, 89’)
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman | Starring: Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson | Greek subtitles
In collaboration with the Museum of Cycladic Art, as part of the exhibition Jeff Koons: "Venus" Lespugue. The film was selected specifically for this screening by the artist Jeff Koons himself.
MONDAY 6 JULY
LAIS Open Air Cinema, 48 Iera Odos str. & 134-136 Megalou Alexander str., Athens
21:30 THE UNFAITHFUL WIFE | LA FEMME INFIDELE (1969, 98')
Directed by: Claude Chabrol | Starring: Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Maurice Ronet | Greek subtitles
In collaboration with the Plein Air Film Festival of the French Institute of Greece.
WEDNESDAY 8 JULY
Hellenic Foundation for Books and Culture, 134-136 Ermou str., Athens
21:30 HAPPY DAY (1976, 105’)
Directed by: Pantelis Voulgaris | Starring: Stavros Kalaroglou, Stathis Giallelis, Giorgos Moshidis, Konstantinos Tzoumas, Zorz Sarri, Nikos Bousdoukos | English subtitles
50th anniversary screening of the iconic film, featuring the recently restored 4K copy by the Greek Film Archive Foundation. The screening is dedicated to Giorgos Panousopoulos (director of photography) and Dionysis Savvopoulos (music composer).
In collaboration with the Hellenic Foundation for Books and Culture.
THURSDAY 9 JULY
Hellenic Foundation for Books and Culture, 134-136 Ermou str., Athens
21:30 THE RIVER (1951, 99΄)
Directed by: Jean Renoir | Starring: Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields, Suprova Mukerjee, Patricia Walters | Greek subtitles
In collaboration with the Hellenic Foundation for Books and Culture.
SATURDAY 11 JULY | HORROR MARATHON
Plato’s Academy Park, 137 Monastiriou str., Plato’s Academy, Athens
21:30 CAPE FEAR (1991, 129’)
Directed by: Martin Scorsese | Starring: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Juliette Lewis, Jessica Lange, Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum | Greek subtitles
23:45 FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980, 95’)
Directed by: Sean Cunningham | Starring: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Kevin Bacon, Laurie Bartram | Greek subtitles
01:20 ISLAND OF THE DAMNED / QUIÉN PUEDE MATAR A UN NIÑO? (1976, 112')
Directed by: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador | Starring: Lewis Fiander, Prunella Ransome, Antonio Iranzo, Luis Ciges | Greek subtitles
50th anniversary screening of the legendary film played for the first time in its full, uncut version.
Entrance to the aforementioned screenings is not advised to spectators under 17 years old.
THURSDAY 16 JULY
Terrace of the Arsakeio Arcade, 5 Pesmazoglou str., Athens
21:30 DIVA (1981, 117')
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Beineix | Starring: Frédéric Andréi, Thuy An Luu, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Richard Bohringer, Dominique Pinon | Greek subtitles
In collaboration with the Plein Air Film Festival of the French Institute of Greece, on the occasion of the French National Day.
WEDNESDAY 22 JULY
Drakopoulou Park, 5 Lamprou Porfyra str., Athens
21:30 THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962, 123’)
Directed by: John Ford | Starring: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin | Greek subtitles
SATURDAY 25 JULY
Pedestrian precinct of Dionysiou Areopagitou str., (at the junction with Parthenonos str.), Athens
21:30 AIRPLANE! (1980, 88')
Directed by: David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker | Starring: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Greek subtitles
23:00 TOP SECRET! (1984, 88')
Directed by: David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker | Starring: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Christopher Villiers, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing | Greek subtitles
AUGUST
MONDAY 24 AUGUST
LAIS Open Air Cinema, 48 Iera Odos str. & 134-136 Megalou Alexander str., Athens
21:00 TO OUR LOVES | A NOS AMOURS (1983, 95')
Σκηνοθεσία: Maurice Pialat | Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Dominique Besnehard, Evelyne Ker, Maurice Pialat | Greek subtitles
In collaboration with the Plein Air Film Festival of the French Institute of Greece.
WEDNESDAY 26 AUGUST
Grigoris Lamprakis Kallithea Municipal Stadium (“El Paso”), 7 Gr. Lampraki str., Kallithea
21:00 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966, 177’)
Directed by: Sergio Leone | Starring: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè | Greek subtitles
A dual celebration of the 60th anniversary of the film’s release and the 60th anniversary of the founding of Athens Kallithea FC in 1966.
Subtitle Editing: Yiannis Papadakis - projecT:TLING.
The 16th Athens Open Air Film Festival powered by DEI is co-organized by the Culture, Sports, and Youth Organization of the City of Athens (OPANDA) and under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture.
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