Festival Program - Day 1
Vangelis, a remnant of the rave party generation of the late 90s, sells weed for a living. Wants a steady job, no risks involved. Petros, a small-time gangster. Wants a family. Demands respect. Katerina unwillingly brings them together under the same roof.
DIR. FOKION BOGRIS - 2020 - 101 MIN
CRIME/DRAMA
AMERCEMENT
SCREENINGS
Avant-Drag! paints portraits of ten drag artists of varying gender expressions and sexualities who take to the streets of Athens to query, problematise and (yes, please!) undermine social strictures. Employing wildly imagined personas – like riot housewives and Albanian turbo-folk girls – who perform acts as revolutionary as praising abortion and as charming as drawing childish pictures, these artists call for social justice by taking aim at conservatism, patriarchy, patriotism, racism and sexism.
DIR. FIL IEROPOULOS - 2024 - 92 MIN
DOCUMENTARY
AVANT-DRAG!
SCREENINGS
While filming absent civil servants, a documentary crew stumbles upon Haroula, a desperate, overprotective Greek mother in search of her son. But when he is accused of fraud, Haroula sets out with her other, disabled son and a Greek-African taxi driver to bring him back home where he belongs. Even if this means discovering who her son really is.
DIR. SPIROS JACOVIDES - 2023 - 87 MIN
COMEDY/DRAMA
BLACK STONE
SCREENINGS
ANIMAL
DIR. SOFIA EXARCHOU - 2023 - 116 MIN
DRAMA - OPENING NIGHT + AFTER PARTY
Under the hot Greek sun, the animators at an all-inclusive island resort prepare for the busy touristic season. Kalia is the group leader. As summer intensifies and the work pressure builds up, their nights become violent and Kalia's struggle is revealed in the darkness. But when the spotlights turn on again, the show must go on
SCREENINGS
ELECTRO AMBIENT PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE BY BEA ÁLVAREZ BORQUE & DIMITRA SOFRONIOU + AFTERPARTY
DE KEMPENAERSTUDIO - OPENING NIGHT - FREE ENTRANCE
We open the festival with an evening of live performance, music, and late-night gathering. The night begins with a performance by Bea Álvarez Borque and Dimitra Sofroniou, followed by drinks and music at our opening night after party. Free entrance.
Doors 19:00
Performance 20:00