STOA Culture Cinema Nights Begin with …And Justice for All

On Sunday, May 31, 2026, at 20:45, Stoa Culture launches its film screening programme with the first event of a new cinema series.

As the courtyard of the Arsakeio, Stoa Culture stands adjacent to the building that houses the Greek Council of State, our screening programme could hardly begin with anything other than a film about justice. The screening will be followed by a discussion exploring the issues raised by the film, featuring a distinguished panel of judges and university professors.

“… And Justice for All”: Norman Jewison’s 1979 classic (written by Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin), starring Al Pacino in one of the most acclaimed performances of his career. Judges and lawyers on the verge of a nervous breakdown, the realities of the courtroom, idealism versus corruption, pragmatism versus illusion, and the struggle to preserve one’s integrity in the midst of it all. Sometimes integrity means restraint and the ability to navigate a flawed system; at other times, when things cross an unbearable line, it means breaking down and refusing to continue participating in a game that is no longer being played by its own rules.

The film will be introduced by Kostas Kostakos (Old Boy), film critic and lawyer. Immediately after the screening, a Q&A discussion will take place with the panel participants:

• Virginia Koumpouzi, Judge, Council of State
• Dimitris Karampelas, Assistant Professor of Legal History, Athens Law School
• Nikos Erinakis, Assistant Professor of Social and Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Culture, University of Crete