Tip of the day 14/6/2022 – Athens open-air Festival

• June 14, 2022

Athens Open-Air Festival is an experience we all wait to live the last summers in the city. A screen that is moving around Athens and gives you the opportunity to watch some old, classic movies with a live gig playing behind as a soundtrack, or fits perfectly with the city landscape. The program of this summer has again some really good suggestions not only about movies, but also about spots in the city that otherwise you wouldn’t have the chance to visit them. The official start of the festival is today in Attiko Alsos with an official premiere, so take a  pen and not your must-see screenings:

– JUNE –

TUESDAY 14 JUNE | 21:30 | OFFICIAL PREMIERE
THE LOST DAUGHTER by Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter, 2021 | 121′)
Attiko Altos Theatre “Katina Paxinou” | Peripheral Polygon-Galatsi
In the presence of director Maggie Gyllenhaal, actor Peter Sarsgaard and Greek cast

FRIDAY 17 JUNE | 21:30
THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT by Stephen Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, 1994 | 104′)
Kotzia Square | Athens
ATHENS PRIDE, in cooperation with the Embassy of Australia

MONDAY 20 JUNE | 21:30
BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT by Ridley Scott (1982 | 117′)
Asomaton Square | Thiseio
Screening dedicated to Vangelis Papathanasiou and the 40th anniversary of the film’s premiere

MONDAY 27 JUNE | 21:30
Zabriskie Point by Michelangelo Antonioni (Zabriskie Point, 1970 | 110΄)
Garden of the Italian Embassy | Vassilissis Sofias 13, Kolonaki
In cooperation with the Embassy of Italy in Athens

WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE | 21:30
MODERN TIMES by Charlie Chaplin (Modern Times, 1936 | 87′)
Roman Agora | Epaminondas 6 and Dioscouron, Athens
Accompanied by live electronic music by sound artist Jeph Vanger

– JULY –

FRIDAY 1 JULY | 21:30
Lolita by Stanley Kubrick (Lolita, 1962 | 153′)
AB (Summer Cinema) | 36 Theotokopoulou Street, Patissia
60th anniversary screening of the premiere of the film

SATURDAY 2 JULY | 22:00
DEPECHE MODE: 101 by D. A. Penebaker, David Dawkins, Chris Hegentus (1989 | 120′)
Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens | 100 Pireos Street, Gazi – Entrance from Iakchou Street
Screening dedicated to Andy Fletcher in collaboration with HYSTERIKA, the official fan club of Depeche Mode in Greece – Preceded by a DJ set by Giorgos Geranios and Markos Frangos

SUNDAY 3 JULY | 22:00
David Lynch’s ATTITUDE HEART (Wild At Heart, 1990 | 125′)
Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens | 100 Pireos Street, Gazi – Entrance from Iakchou Street
With the support of the Embassy of the United States of America in Athens – Admission is permitted to persons over 18 years of age

TUESDAY 5 JULY | 21:30
The Great Illusion by Jean Renoir (La Grande Illusion, 1937 | 113′)
Gardens of the French School of Athens | 6 Didotou Street, Athens
85th anniversary screening of the premiere of the film, in collaboration with the Plein-Air Festival of the French Institute of Greece.

TUESDAY 12 JULY | 21:30
Jean Gremillon’s Lumière d’Été (1943 | 112′)
Gardens of the French School of Athens | 6 Didotou Street, Athens
In collaboration with the Plein-Air Festival of the French Institute of Greece

THURSDAY 14 JULY | 21:30
Jean Vigot’s Atalante (L’Atalante, 1934 | 89′)
Cinema “Lais” at the Greek Film Archive | 48 Iera Odos and 134-136 Megalou Alexandrou Street, Kerameikos
Screening in a recently restored print, on the occasion of the National Day of France, in collaboration with the Plein-Air Festival of the French Institute of Greece

THURSDAY 21 JULY | 21:30
HOWEVER ON SUNDAY by François Trifo (Vivement Dimanche!, 1983 | 110′)
Gardens of the French School of Athens | 6 Didotou Street, Athens
In collaboration with the Plein-Air Festival of the French Institute of Greece

SATURDAY 23 JULY | 21:30
Dracula by Francis Ford Coppola (Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 1992 | 128′)
Megaro Dukisis Plakentias | End of Lord Byron Street, Penteli
30th anniversary screening of the film, in collaboration with Midnight Express – Introduced by Akis Kapranos and Panos Genas

FRIDAY 29 JULY | 21:15 – 02:45
THE “BEFORE” TRILOGY
BEFORE SUNRISE (Before Sunrise, 1995 | 101′)
BEFORE SUNSET (Before Sunset, 2004 | 80′)
Before Midnight (Before Midnight, 2013 | 109′)
by Richard Linklater
Platonos Academy Park | 137 Monastiriou Street, Platonos Academy
Marathon of back-to-back screenings

– AUGUST –

WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST | 21:00
The Great Escape by John Sturges (The Great Escape, 1963 | 172′)
Riviera (summer cinema) | 46 Valtetsiou Street, Exarchia
With the support of the Embassy of the United States of America in Athens

TUESDAY 30 AUGUST | 21:00
THE PARAPLUES OF CHERBOURG by Jacques Demi (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, 1964 | 91′)
Gardens of the French School of Athens | 6 Didotou Street, Athens
In collaboration with the Plein-Air Festival of the French Institute of Greece

If you happen to visit Greek Islands after Athens and to be exact Mykonos and Serifos from 12 to 17 July, you could have the chance to meet the festival there too:

12-13 JULY – MYCONOS
In collaboration with the Mykonos Art Festival | Screenings will take place at Agia Anna Beach (Perri Beach), Mykonos Town

TUESDAY 12 JULY | 21:30
The Big Lebowski by Joel and Ethan Cohen (The Big Lebowski, 1998 | 117′)

WEDNESDAY 13 JULY | 21:30
MOULIN ROUGE! by Buzz Lurman (2001 | 127′)
Screening under the full moon

15-17 JULY – SERIFOS
In cooperation with the South Aegean Region and the Municipality of Serifos | All screenings will take place at Avlomonas, Livadi Serifos

FRIDAY 15 JULY | 21:30
THE SHOW BEGINS by Bob Fossi (All That Jazz, 1979 | 123′ )

SATURDAY 16 JULY | DOUBLE SCREENING
21:30 THE BLUE BOYS (The Blues Brothers, 1980 | 131′)
23:45 MAD MAX: Fury Road by George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015 | 120′)

SUNDAY 17 JULY
Close Encounters of the Third Kind by Steven Spielberg (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977 | 137′)
45th anniversary screening of the film