Athens turns into an open-air cinema! The full program of the 15th Athens Open Air Film Festival powered by DEI

15th ATHENS OPEN AIR FILM FESTIVAL powered by DEI
June - August 2025 | FREE ENTRY

Classic and much-loved films in digitally restored prints, movie all-nighters in some of the most enchanting spots and screenings that highlight the cultural character of the city, in collaboration with institutions such as the Hellenic Foundation for Books and Culture, the Museum of Cycladic Art, the French Institute of Greece.

JUNE

MONDAY, JUNE 16th 
Zappeion Megaron Courtyard, Athens

21:30 THE CONVERSATION (1974, 114’)
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola 
Starring: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Harrison Ford
50th anniversary screening of the film in a newly restored print.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18th
Metropolitan Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, Mitropoleos Square, Athens

21:30 THE THIRD MAN (1949, 104’)
Directed by: Carol Reed
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard
The film is screened in a digitally restored print.

THURSDAY, JUNE 26th
Open Theater of Kolonos (Hill of Hippio, Ioanninon & Kapaneos str.), Athens 

21:30 PINK FLOYD: LIVE AT POMPEII (1972, 85’)
Directed by: Adrian Maben
The film is screened in a digitally restored print and special sound installation by ART OF SOUND.

MONDAY, JUNE 30th
Pedestrian precinct of Dionysiou Areopagitou str. (at the junction with Parthenonos str), Athens

21:30 PRIZZI’S HONOR (1985, 130’)
Directed by: John Huston
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, William Hickey
40th anniversary screening in a digitally restored print  

JULY

THURSDAY, JULY 3rd
Hellenic Foundation for Books and Culture, 50 Stratigou Kallari str., Palaio Psychiko

FROM THE BOOK TO THE SCREEN

21:00 Introduction -  Q&A on the novel and the film by Thanassis Hatzopoulos, Poet - Psychoanalyst

21:30 THE HOURS (2002, 111’)
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Ed Harris
In collaboration with the Hellenic Foundation for Books and Culture.

FRIDAY, JULY 4th
Hellenic Foundation for Books and Culture, 50 Stratigou Kallari str., Palaio Psychiko 

FROM THE BOOK TO THE SCREEN

21:00 Introduction - Q&A on the novel and the film by Katerina Schina, Translator - Literature Critic

21:30 HOWARDS END (1992, 140’)
Directed by: James Ivory
Starring:  Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Vanessa Redgrave
In collaboration with the Hellenic Foundation for Books and Culture.

THURSDAY, JULY 10th | FULL MOON SLEEPOVER
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, 364 Andrea Syngrou Ave., Kallithea

21:30 WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (2005, 85’)
Directed by: Nick Park, Steve Box
The film will be dubbed in Greek

23:00 MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY (1993, 107’)
Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Anjelica Huston, Alan Alda

00:50 JAGGED EDGE (1985, 104’)
Directed by: Richard Marquand
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Glenn Close, Peter Coyote, Robert Loggia 

02:40 PRESUMED INNOCENT (1990, 127’)
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Starring: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, Greta Scacchi, Bonnie Bedelia

SATURDAY, JULY 12th | ‘80s HORROR MARATHON
Plato’s Academy Park, 137 Monastiriou str., Plato’s Academy, Athens

21:45  THE FOG (1980, 89’)
Directed by: John Carpenter
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, Hal Holbrook
The film will be screened in a digitally restored print.

23:30 Α NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984, 91’)
Directed by: Wes Craven
Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, John Saxon
The film will be screened in a digitally restored print.

01:15 SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983, 88’)
Directed by: Robert Hiltzik
Starring: Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields
The film will be screened in a newly restored print.

MONDAY, JULY 14th
Kotzia Square (entrance by Athinas str.), Athens

21:30 LE MARI DE LA COIFFEUSE (1990, 82’)
Directed by: Patrice Leconte
Starring: Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Roland Bertin, Yveline Ailhaud
In collaboration with the French Institute of Greece on the occasion of the French National Day.

THURSDAY, JULY 17th
Anesis Open Air Cinema, 14 Kifisias Ave., Athens 

21:00 MELODIE EN SOUS-SOL (1963, 118’)
Directed by: Henri Verneuil
Starring: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Maurice Biraud, Viviane Romance 
In collaboration with the French Institute of Greece.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23rd | A WORLD OF GODS AND MONSTERS: TWO MASTERPIECES BY JAMES WHALE
Drakopoulou Park, Athens 

21:30 BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935, 75’)
Directed by: James Whale
Starring: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson
90th anniversary screening in a digitally restored print.  

22:45 ΤHE INVISIBLE MAN (1933, 71’)
Directed by: James Whale
Starring: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Dudley Digges
The film will be screened in a digitally restored print.

FRIDAY, JULY 25th
City of Athens Technopolis, 100 Pireos str., Athens - Entrance by Iakhou str.

21:30 CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000, 119’)
Directed by: Ang Lee
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen
The film will be screened in a digitally restored print.

TUESDAY, JULY 29th
Eleftherias Park, Vasilissis Sofias Ave., Athens 

21:30 MAMMA ROMA (1962,106’)
Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Starring: Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti, Silvana Corsini
In collaboration with the Museum of Cycladic Art, as part of the exhibition of «Marlene Dumas: Cycladic Blues». The film was specially selected for this screening, by the artist herself, Marlene Dumas.

AUGUST

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21st
Anesis Open Air Cinema, 14 Kifisias Ave., Athens  

21:00 INDIA SONG (1975, 120’)
Directed by: Marguerite Duras
Starring: Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Carrière, Claude Mann
50th anniversary screening of the film in a digitally restored print in collaboration with the French Institute of Greece.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27th
Grigoris Lambrakis Kallithea Municipal Stadium  ("El Paso") 7 Gr. Lampraki, Kallithea 

21:30 FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (1965, 132’)
Directed by: Sergio Leone
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte, Klaus Kinski
60th anniversary screening in a digitally restored print in collaboration with Athens Kallithea FC.

Film Subtitling: Lena Tachmazidou and Giannis Papadakis
Subtitling Editing: Giannis Papadakis - projecT:TLING.

DEI continues for a second year its collaboration with the Athens Open Air Film Festival. Through this partnership DEI supports cultural creation, offering the public unique film experiences, with the most iconic locations of Athens as a backdrop, turning summer nights into moments of art, imagination and light.

The 15th Athens Open Air Film Festival powered by DEI is realised in cooperation with the Culture, Sports, and Youth Organization of the City of Athens (OPANDA) and  under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.

The screenings of the Athens Open Air Film Festival are refreshed again this year by the cinema-going beer Fischer. 

With the taste experience of Elite Crackers and biscuits Allatini.

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