KINO ATHENS 2025

KINO ATHENS

International Independent Film Festival of Athens

Home to conceptually provocative features and shorts

1-9 MARCH 2025

Under the Patronage of the European Parliament

The 3rd Athens Independent Film Festival
KINO ATHENS returns to the city of Athens!

This year, KINO ATHENS brings over one hundred (100!) independent films, from every genre and every corner of the world, establishing the first ten days of March as the independent cinema season in Athens. This year, again under the Patronage of the European Parliament, screenings will be held daily from March 1 to 9, 2025, at Technopolis City of Athens, Μichael Cacoyannis Foundation, French Institute of Greece and BIOS Romantso. The program includes competition sections, workshops, masterclasses, DJ sets and other parallel activities, while the screenings will take place with Greek and English subtitles.

The main body of the 3rd international independent film festival of Athens will be seen at Technopolis City of Athens, where among the International Competition Feature and Short Films Section and the Special Screenings, the nominated films for the LUX 2024 Audience Award, will be presented by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy, in collaboration with the European Commission.

To continue at the same venue, this year's kids section KINO JUNIOR, will be held at Technopolis City of Athens, within 4 days, March 1 to 9, 2025, presenting a very carefully designed selection of 30 independent films, from 15 different countries! The films are addressed to children and teenagers, under programs for schools, for age categories of +3, +6, +9, 12+. It includes animated movies, fiction and documentary. From the children's program, the British section stands out, with 3 iconic films for children that will be screened in Greece on March 7, 2025, with the support of the British Council.

At Μichael Cacoyannis Foundation we will have the opportunity to watch mostly the Greek participations from National Competition Feature and Short Films Section, while a special screening under the title Grec Focus will be organized on March 7, 2025 at the French Institute of Greece, in which 3 new Greek-French productions of short films will be presented, in the presence of all the creators.

New entry at this year's KINO ATHENS' venues is the BIOS Romantso, where the ΚΙΝΟ TALKS will be organized, together with more special screenings and parties!

Moreover, two quite important special events held at Technopolis City of Athens should be highlighted: On March 7, 2025, the Spanish film La Parra will be screened, in the presence of director Alberto Garcia with the support of the Cervantes Institute of Athens. On Women's Day, March 8 2025 the film Cascadeuses, from Switzerland, will have an official premiere in Greece, with the support of the Embassy of Switzerland in Greece, while just before its screening the audience will have the opportunity to watch the short film MIU MIU El Affaire by Laura Citarella, part of the Women's Stories of the House MIU MIU, that was presented at the Venice Film Festival.

Last, the opening film of the 3^rd KINO ATHENS Festival will be THE FLOWERS OF UKRAINE by Adelina Borets, that will be screened right after the Opening KINO Ceremony on the 1^st of March 2025, at Technopolis City of Athens, in the presence of the director Adelina Borets.

KINO ATHENS is realized with the support of the City of Athens and the Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center.

Ever since our first edition KINO has been a space of freedom and creativity where unconventional and unexpected finds a home and cinema in all its splendor is celebrated. We remain faithful to our values that cinema flourishes when it is free. Free to experiment, cross boundaries and reveal stories that often remain untold. Our program this year reflects these values in every section. For another year we received a large amount of submitted films from all over the world, films that were not easy to be understood let along be selected and for another year we are extremely proud of the work done.

See you all at the venues

Nina Veligradi, Creative Director

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