Culture

While Athens Jazz wraps up this first weekend of June with free concerts, a video art exhibition by Iranian filmmaker Maryam Tafakory is scheduled, along with a contemporary Greek indie music festival

Lanthimos' latest feature "Kinds of Kindness" kicks off this week alongside other highly anticipated releases including "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" and the French Films "No Love Lost" and "The Animal Kingdom"

The award was given to the interdisciplinary collective "Boulouki," which focuses on the study of traditional building materials and techniques.

A retrospect of the American photographer's images, entitled "Χαίρε Ξένε. In the Land of Dreams', takes visitors back post-war daily life in Greece, people's habits, lifestyle and hopes for a better future

The foremost Athens Jazz festival lasts until June 3, with free daily concerts, DJ sets and a photo exhibition at its usual venue, Technopolis City of Athens

The 8th FeCHA brings noted Spanish-language films and appearances by filmmakers as well a two days of shorts between May 27 and June 5

The much-anticipated second season of “Maestro in Blue”, a Mega Channel production, debuted this month, taking first place in the “Top 10 TV shows” category among Netflix users in Greece. In fact, it edged out “Bridgerton”, a bona fide global hit, in the preferences of Greek Netflix audiences. The mini-series has enjoyed the same popularity […]

Adding yet another success to his filmography, it would come as no surprise if both Plemons and "Kinds of Kindness" garnered attention at the upcoming Oscars.

LA CINEF forms part of the Official Selection of the Festival de Cannes and awards three prizes each year for productions made by film school students around the world

MEUTE Live at the 23rd Athens Jazz Festival This Sunday, May 26, the techno marching band from Hamburg, Meute will perform on the main stage of Technopolis City of Athens, signaling the opening of the 23rd edition of the Athens Jazz Festival—Greece’s longest-running jazz festival. Meute’s fanciful, provocative, and highly danceable jazz-techno music will be […]

Among this week's top-rated cinema releases are a Greek documentary, a French comedy, and an Argentinian thriller

Giacomo Puccini’s acclaimed opera, Tosca, launches the esteemed Athens Epidaurus Festival 2024 on June 1 at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. The festival features this year 93 productions and 2,500 performers from around the world.

A vintage Boeing plane belonging to Greece’s former national carrier Olympic Airways is now on show in Glyfada.

Findings bolster notion of advanced craftsman capabilities predating the legendary Trojan War, offering new insights into Bronze Age warfare

The 1st Olympus Adrenaline & Nature Festival this weekend brings two days full of sports, culture, crafts, traditions, and cuisine under Greece’s mythical mountain.

The five most visited cultural attractions in Greece last January were, as might be expected in an off-season month, the Acropolis archaeological site in central Athens, the Delphi site in south-central Greece, the Cape Sounion archaeological site at the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula, the Acropolis Museum, and the National Archaeological Museum, also in […]

Members of the Greek Parliament, office-holders and military officers, as well as President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou were present at the commemoration

Looking for a last-minute Sunday activity? Do you think your garden/balcony deserves a bit of a makeover? Do you simply like looking at pretty flowers? Then the annual “Flower Show” in the northern suburb of Kifissia is the place to be! The event takes place every spring in Kifissia’s Grove, a stretch of land filled […]

Amidst the two hundred events of 'This is Athens City Festival', which began in early May, urban dwellers spending this weekend in the Greek capital can enjoy a wide range of activities and events

In addition to this week's lineup of the latest releases, cinema aficionados can explore a variety of cinematic options at the recently opened open-air cinemas, featuring screenings of both all-time classics and the latest film productions