14th Athens Open Air Film Festival

Tune in! The 14th Athens Open Air Film Festival kicks off on Monday, June 17, with Stephen Frears’ High Fidelity at the iconic Zappeion Hall Courtyard. Starring John Cusack in one of his most iconic roles, High Fidelity is as moving as it is funny, full of verbal and visual wit, crafted with immense skill. Join hundreds of Athenians on a visit to Championship Vinyl, a record store where music is the measure of people, and Rob, the self-doubting proprietor, seeks to impose order on his life by drawing up lists.

The Athens Open Air Film Festival, a beloved summer cinema event, is organised by the Athens International Film Festival and the City of Athens Culture, Sports, and Youth Organisation (OPANDA).

Here's the programme so far:

17/06, 9.30 pm: High Fidelity, Stephen Frears, 2000, Zappeion
19/06, 9.30 pm: 48 Hrs., Walter Hill, 1982, Dionysiou Areopagitou & Parthenonos
03/07, 9.30 pm: In Collaboration with the Plein-Air Festival of the French Institute of Greece
Mandabi, Ousmane Sembene, 1968, Gardens of the French School at Athens
05/07, 9.30 pm: Zodiac: The director's cut, David Fincher, 2007, Petralona Park
08/07, 9.30 pm: Carlito's Way, Brian De Palma, 1993, Drakopoulou Park
10/07, 9.30 pm: In Collaboration with the Plein-Air Festival of the French Institute of Greece
Vincent, François, Paul and the Others, Claude Sautet, 1974, Gardens of the French School at Athens
13/07, 9.30 pm: 12 Monkeys, Terry Gilliam, 1995, Technopolis
14/07, 9.30 pm: The Truman Show, Peter Weir, 1998, Technopolis
16/07, 9.30 pm: The Phantom of Liberty, Luis Buñuel, 1974, Eleftherias Park
17/07, 9.30 pm: In Collaboration with the Plein-Air Festival of the French Institute of Greece
Five Red Tulips, Jean Stelli, 1949, Gardens of the French School at Athens
20/07, 9.30 pm: The Night of the Hunter, Charles Laughton, 1955
11.15 pm: The Innocents, Jack Clayton, 1961
1 am: Carnival of Souls, Herk Harvey, 1962, Plato’s Academy
21/07: The Athens Open Air Film Festival spreads its blanket on the grass of the SNFCC Park and joins the centre’s Full Moon Sleepover for the first time, offering a marathon night of back-to-back screenings:
9 pm: Aladdin, Ron Clements & John Musker, 1992 (dubbed in Greek)
10.40 pm: Moonstruck, Norman Jewison, 1987
12.20 am: Poltergeist, Tobe Hooper, 1982
2.20 am: Escape from New York, John Carpenter, 1981
4.10 am: The Warriors, Walter Hill, 1979
25/07, 9.30 pm: The Sheltering Sky, Bernardo Bertolucci, 1990, Rouf
26/07, 9.30 pm: The Swimming Pool, Jacques Deray, 1969, Stella Cinema
22/08, 9.30 pm: Gloria, John Cassavetes, 1980, EMST terrace
In Collaboration with the Plein-Air Festival of the French Institute of Greece:
28/08, 9 pm: The Story of Adèle H., François Truffaut, 1975, Gardens of the French School at Athens
04/09, 9 pm: The Old Gun, Robert Enrico, 1975, Gardens of the French School at Athens