The “Apollo” Municipal Cinema in Aigio participates in the action “Day of Greek Cinema” of the Hellenic Film Center (EKK), which is spread across 28 cities throughout Greece, with the aim of supporting Greek cinema through screenings of Greek films from the last four years old and a ticket price of just €3.
At the same time, film screenings will be held at “Apollo”, in the context of the celebration of the anniversary events of the National Anniversary of March 25, while “The Little Prince”, the allegorical fairy tale of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in a theatrical version for children, is also “coming” , which highlights the universal values of friendship, love and selflessness.
Detailed program from Friday 22 to Tuesday 26 March
On Friday, March 22
21:00: Operation Star
Pre-sale: 6 euros – Box office: 7 euros
On Saturday, March 23
17:00: Little Prince (children’s play)
Pre-sale: 9 euros – Box office: 10 euros
21:00: Operation Star
Pre-sale: 6 euros – Box office: 7 euros
On Sunday, March 24
19:00: “Anniversary of the 160th anniversary of the Union of the Ionian Islands with Greece, March 29, 1864”
Music and dance performance by the Aegio Dance Club. Free entrance.
On Monday, March 25
18:00: Diakos: The Hero Martyr
20:00: Diakos: The Hero Martyr
General admission: 5 euros
On Tuesday, March 26
Greek Cinema Day
18:45: Ghosts of the Revolution
(to be preceded by the short film “Airhostess-737”)
21:15: Paris
(to be preceded by the short film “To Read Poems to Them”)
General admission: 3 euros per screening
Operation Star
“OPERATION STAR” (produced in 2024) is the story of a failed sabotage attempt by Greek & British soldiers against a strategic target, during the German occupation of Greece, in 1943. It tells the story of two men being chased by a platoon of Germans. In the midst of the war, a love is born, which will change everyone’s lives. The movie is based on real events.
Directed by: Vassilis Tsikaras.
Starring: Konstantinos Lagos, Vassilis Tsikaras, Lefteris Dimiropoulos, Giorgos Chatzitheodorou, Eftychia Psoma.
Duration: 102 minutes.
Suitability: Suitable for everyone.
Diakos: The Hero Martyr
Historical fiction film about the life of the hero-martyr Athanasios Diakos, who sacrificed himself for the Freedom of his Country on April 24, 1821. The script is based on the true story of the hero (1788-1821). The film is a production of FILOTIMO films (it exists thanks to the Philotimo of its members and friends), the Cinematographic Group of the Spiritual Center of the Holy Metropolis of Kitrou, Katerinis & Platamonos “Saint Fotios”.
Directed by: Archimandrite Pavlos Douros.
Starring: Nektarios Tsorakis, Komninos Delveroudis, Spyros Anagnostou.
Duration: 110 minutes.
Suitability: Suitable for everyone.
Greek Cinema Day
Airhostess-737
On the Boing-737, flight from Athens to Kavala, a 39-year-old flight attendant, Vanina, looks anxious, trying to look as normal as possible. Everyone asks her “if she’s okay” and she complains incessantly about the braces she recently got in a belated attempt at perfect dentures. But they ask her “if she’s okay” because on this plane her mother’s body is being transported to be buried in her home town. Of a forever absent mother. When the turbulence becomes threatening, Vanina will realize that what hurts her is not the braces, but the absence of her mom and will claim one last chance of reconciliation by going to hug her lifeless body in the hold of the plane.
Directed by: Thanasis Neofotistos.
Starring: Lena Papaligoura, Konstantina Koutsonassiou, Haris Alexiou.
Duration: 16 minutes.
Eligibility: Suitable for over 12 years.
To Read Poems to Them
A bouncer and a poet meet in a bar, so they embark on a long journey that leads them to a paradoxical and dangerous night of poetry in the middle of nowhere. But it is Christmas and miracles happen.
Directed by: Alexis Hatzigiannis.
Starring: Giorgos Katsis, Dimitris Kapetanakos.
Duration: 24 minutes.
Eligibility: Suitable for over 12 years.
Ghosts of the Revolution
A Greek filmmaker is in Trieste, filming a documentary that follows the footsteps of Rigas Feraios in Enlightenment Europe. During a visit to the Greek Orthodox cemetery, a group of 18th century ghosts decide to follow him into town. A contemporary comedy based on true historical events.
Directed by: Thanos Anastopoulos.
Starring: Giorgos Horafas, Penelope Tsilika, Paolo Rossi, Aineias Tsamatis, Nikos Georgakis, Theodora Tzimou, Giorgos Symeonidis.
Duration: 101 minutes.
Eligibility: Suitable for over 12 years.
Paris
When Babak, an Iranian student in Greece, doesn’t show up to meet his parents at Athens airport, his mother, Paris, is forced to start his search in a foreign city. Following in the footsteps of her rebellious son, she uses everything and everyone to reach the darkest corners of the city but also the most unknown depths of her soul.
Directed by: Siamak Etemadi.
Starring: Melica Foroutan, Shambaz Nosir, Argyris Pantazaras, Sofia Kokali, Lena Kitsopoulou.
Duration: 111 minutes.
Eligibility: Suitable for over 15 years
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