The films of Theo Angelopoulos will be introduced by musicians, young directors and poets, as well as students from the Faculty of Communication and Mass Media Studies and Faculty of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos, IEK AKMI and New York College.  

What does Alexis Kalofolias and Yorgos Karanikolas from the music band Last Drive, have to say about Landscape in the Mist? What does Reconstruction mean to director Eva Stefani and what does the documentary Athens, Return to the Acropolis mean to director Katerina Patroni? How will director Elina Psykou approach The Suspended Step of the Stork? What was the experience of watching the films of Angelopoulos in London in the 1990s like for director Yannis Sakaridis and what does he have to say about Dust of Time? Why are The Hunters important to director Yorgos Zois? How does director Costis Zouliatis view Ulysses’ Gaze today? What is award-winning poet’s Thomas Tsalapatis comment on Voyage to Cythera? 

The Greek Film Archive will screen films of Theo Angelopoulos’ complete filmography as well as the Greek premieres of the filmmaker’s three short films, Lumière et Compagnie: Ulysse / Lumière and Company: Ulysses (1995, 52’’), Chacun son Cinèma: Trois Minutes / To Each His Own: Three Minutes (2007, 3’ 12’’), Céu inferior | Sous-ciel (2011, 5’ 50’’). 

Plus, the digital restoration of the films Reconstruction (1970) and The Beekeeper (1986) that were supervised by the director himself,  will also premiere in the event.

Voyage to Cythera with English subtitles 

The admission fee is € 5 per screening. There is a €10 admission card to all screenings for students, university students, the unemployed and young people from 18 to 26 years of age.

On the last day of the screenings, at 20:30, the Greek Film Archive invites audiences, the speakers and everyone who attended the screenings, to an open discussion in order to talk about the work of Theo Angelopoulos. The discussion will be moderated by director Thanos Anastopoulos.