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FILM FESTIVALS

Ethnofest – Athens Ethnographic Film Festival

Greek and international documentary films.

TheEthnofest – Athens Ethnographic Film Festivalis an international film festival showcasing humane and insightful socially-minded documentary films with the greater vision to promote Documentary, Ethnography and Visual Anthropology.

ethnofest.gr

Athens (Greece)
November 26 – December 8, 2025

Konstantinos Aivaliotis

Festival Director
“The Last Nomad”, directed by Filippos Ferentinos - Official Selection 2024 (Intangible cultural heritage)

Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People

Greek and international films (features, shorts, documentaries, animation) made for children and young people.

Olympia International Film Festivalaims at the promotion and development of cinema for children and young people as well as the evolution of cinema as an educational tool and media literacy.

olympiafestival.gr

Olympia (Greece)
November 29 – December 6, 2025

Pantelis Panteloglou

Festival Director
“Golden Fingers”, directed by Fivos Kontogiannis – Best Short Fiction Film 2024

Nafplio International Film Festival Bridges

Greek and International films of all genres.

The Nafplio International Film Festival – Bridges runs under the umbrella of Cultural International Festivals and Bridges International Film Festival of Peloponnese since 2014. The festival screens the latest and most interesting film production in comedy, world cinema, and historic films. Furthermore it highlights the Best Greek Short and Best Greek Feature films. A conference about inspiring cinema topics and a live music contest for the best score of the participating films are held during the festival event as well.

bridgesfest.eu

Nafplio (Greece)
December 3 – 7, 2025

Petra Terzi

Festival Director
“City of Lost Souls”, directed by Nikos Mpouyioukas – Official Selection 2024

Athens Marathon International Film Festival

Greek and international films (features, shorts, documentaries, animation, experimental, video dance, video art).

The Athens Marathon International Film Festival (A.M.I.F.F.) is dedicated to independent filmmakers. Established by “THE BASEMENT” a nonprofit and non-governmental Cultural and Education Organization (B.C.E.O.). The A.M.I.F.F. is a multi-day event that takes place at venues throughout Athens, Greece. Our future wish is to screen the films in open-air cinemas along the authentic classical ancient Marathon route from Marathon to Athens.

marathonfest.weebly.com

Athens (Greece)
December 3 – 6, 2025

Georgios Tsononas

Festival Director
"Dignity", directed by Dimitris Katsimiris - Best Feature Film Award 2024

Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival

Greek and International avant-garde/innovative films (fiction, documentary and hybrid films).

The Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival, the Greek Film Archive’s major event, highlights bold and ground-breaking voices of world cinema. Is the only festival in Greece that focuses exclusively on this kind of cinema (fiction, documentary and hybrid films) and on creators from all over the world who experiment with new forms of storytelling.

tainiothiki.gr

Athens (Greece),

December 3 – 17, 2025

Maria Komninos

Artistic Director
"Notes: Remembered and Found", directed by Maria Anastasiou - Reframing Images Special Mention 2024

Athens International Digital Film Festival

Greek and international films (features, shorts, documentaries, animation, experimental, video dance, video art).

TheAthens International Digital Film Festival (AIDFF)is a curated film festival which presents a selection of films from a wide spectrum of cinematography, world premieres, European premieres, and Athenian premieres.

aidff.com

Athens (Greece)
December 4 – 10, 2025

Christos N. Karakasis

Festival Director
"Taxi", directed by Konstantinos Nikiforou - Best Short Film Award 2024

Athens Short Film Festival

Greek and International short films of independent cinema.

The Athens Short Film Festival (ASFF) is an annual event that spotlights international independent breakout shorts and supports Athens’s underground scene. ASFF is organized by HFP, a pioneer organization that runs 25 film Festivals and worldwide, establishing a network of artists and showcasing ideas of diversity.

athensshortfilmfest.com

Ellie Movie Theater, Athens (Greece)
December 11 – 14, 2025

Ioannis Tellis

General Manager
"Days of a Lilac Summer", directed by Ariadni Angeliki Thyfronitou Litou - Best Greek Production Award 2024
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