Event News Athens Open Air Film Fest Kicks Off by GTP editing team 16 June 2015 written by GTP editing team 16 June 2015 0 comments Share 0FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 14 Athens Open Air Film Festival: over 20 film screenings will take place at Athens’ open air cinemas in September. The 5th Open Air Film Festival featuring screenings of popular movies at outdoor venues city-wide kicks off tomorrow with 1928 silent movie The Cameraman starring Buster Keaton, at the Temple of Olympian Zeus in the heart of Athens. Through to September, with the support of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) and the City of Athens Cultural, Sport & Youth Organization, the 5th annual film fest will this year bring some of cinema’s favorite films to be screened at open-air locations throughout town free of charge. Outdoor venues include historic spots such as the Ancient Kolonos Theater and the Temple of Olympian Zeus, at parks, pedestrian walkways, the Numismatic, Byzantine and Benaki museums, as well as at Athens’ trademark summer cinemas (therina cinema) the Cine Dexameni in Kolonaki, the Cine Zephyros in Petralona and the Ellinis Cinemax. Films to be screened include The Trouble with Harry (Alfred Hitchcock), The French Connection (William Frintkin), Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick), After Hours (Martin Scorsese), Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Rocky Horror Picture Show by Jim Sharman. Launched in 2011, the Athens Open Air Film Festival aims to promote historic monuments of Athens by organizing film happenings on the premises. The annual happening won a 2015 Tourism Award in the “cultural tourism” category. Follow GTP Headlines on Google News to keep up to date with all the latest on tourism and travel in Greece. Share 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail GTP editing team This is the team byline for GTP. The copyrights for these articles are owned by GTP. They may not be redistributed without the permission of the owner. previous post The French Say ‘Le petit paradis, Halkidiki!’ next post Blogtrotters 2015: Thessaloniki, Halkidiki and Mt. Olympus Get Ready to Go Viral You may also like Athens International Airport Expands its Artistic Landscape with ANADYSSIS II 3 February 2025 CONVIN Wins Silver at Event Awards 2025 for Community Engagement & Awareness 31 January 2025 Parthenon Sculptures: Stephen Fry Calls for their Return to Greece 30 January 2025 Greek Government Focuses on Investments, Exports to Drive Economic Growth 29 January 2025 GNTO: Austrian Bookings Surge for Ionian Islands in 2025 29 January 2025 US Market ‘Gets a Taste’ of Ionian Islands’ Culinary Offerings 29 January 2025 Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ