31st Athens International Film Festival – Nights of Premiere: Full Program Announced

The Athens International Film Festival – Nights of Premiere unveils the full program of its landmark 31st edition. From October 1 to 12, cinemas across the city will once again be filled with cinema.

Venues

This year’s screenings and events will take place at:
Danaos I, Cinobo Opera I, Astor, Asty, Trianon, Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall, Olympia Municipal Music Theatre “Maria Callas,” and Onassis Stegi.

Ticket Sales

Presale begins on Thursday, September 25 at 12:00 exclusively online via aiff.gr and more.com.

Opening & Closing Films

• Opening Film: Bugonia (2025, 117’) – Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
• Closing Film: The History of Sound (2025, 127’) – Dir. Oliver Hermanus

International Competition Highlights

• If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – Dir. Mary Bronstein
• The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo – Dir. Diego Céspedes
• Urchin – Dir. Harris Dickinson
• My Father’s Shadow – Dir. Akinola Davies Jr.
• Omaha – Dir. Cole Webley
• Sound of Falling – Dir. Masha Silinski
• Reedland – Dir. Sven Bresser
• The President’s Cake – Dir. Hassan Khaddour
• Memory – Dir. Vladlena Sandu
• A Useful Ghost – Dir. Ratchapoom Boonbanchachoke
• I Only Rest in the Storm – Dir. Pedro Pinho

International Documentary Competition

Featuring works such as:

• Cover-Up – Dir. Laura Poitras & Marc Oppenheim
• The Tale of Silyan – Dir. Tamara Kotevska
• Always – Dir. Deming Chen
• Flophouse America – Dir. Monika Stromdahl
• Put Your Soul in Your Hand and Walk – Dir. Sepideh Farsi
• 2000 Meters to Andriivka – Dir. Mstyslav Chernov
• The Helsinki Effect – Dir. Arthur Franck
• The Stuff We Are Made Of – Dir. Siamak Etemadi
• How Dark My Love – Dir. Scott Gratchev
• Cutting Through Rocks – Dir. Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eini
• The White House Effect – Dir. Jon Shenk, Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos
• Ultras – Dir. Ragnhild Ekner

Special Screenings & Events

• Tribute to Neil Jordan: Honorary Award for his life’s work, followed by a screening of The End of the Affair (1999).
• 4K Restoration Premiere: The City Never Sleeps (1984) by Andreas Tsilifonis, with the director present.
• Voices of Humanity (2025) by Kai Sser (Palestine/Sudan/Ukraine, 16’), supported by the EU.
• Noi (2025, Greece, 15’) by Neritan Zinxhiria – Closing film of the Greek Short Stories competition.

Gala Screenings – Nights of Premiere

Among the most anticipated titles:

• La Grazia – Dir. Paolo Sorrentino
• No Other Choice – Dir. Park Chan-wook
• Nouvelle Vague – Dir. Richard Linklater
• The Secret Agent – Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
• The Ice Tower – Dir. Lucile Hadžihalilović
• After the Hunt – Dir. Luca Guadagnino
• Resurrection – Dir. Bi Gan
• Dreams (Sex-Love) – Dir. Dag Johan Haugerud
• Winter of the Crow – Dir. Kasia Adamik
• It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley – Dir. Amy Berg
• One to One: John & Yoko – Dir. Kevin Macdonald, Sam Rice-Edwards
• Calle Málaga – Dir. Maryam Touzani
• Roofman – Dir. Derek Cianfrance
• Magellan – Dir. Lav Diaz
• Anemone – Dir. Ronan Day-Lewis (with Daniel Day-Lewis) – Greek premiere in collaboration with Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall and Porta Anichti; all proceeds donated to the Cerebral Palsy Society

…and many more. Read here