Main events 2025

October 2025, 11 – 20

Photo Exhibitions

Municipal Old Market

Curated by Eleni Mouzakiti

Soti Tyrologou

Still

Still is a project that explores concerns and observations about the urban landscape of Kavala, a city in Northern Greece.

Panos Charalampidis - Mary Chairetaki

Cornucopia

Cornucopia (Horn of Amalthea) is an artistic study on the fleeting identity of the Lasithi Plateau.

Giannis Manolis

The Hunter, The Woman & The Hut

The project "The Hunter, The Woman & The Hut" is the result of numerous exploratory journeys through the Greek landscape.

Vangelis Evangeliou

Chiography Project

The ethnographic approach of the Chiography Project is based on the concept of embodied experience.

Spiros Dazanis

Specimen days

The mountain villages in the area where I live, isolated and steadily declining, are being abandoned at a rapid pace.

Rea Papadopoulou

The Lake you don’t See

For decades, families in Greece have organized summer camps on beaches, building makeshift shelters from whatever materials they can find in the area.

The Library Project Vol. III

Library, Old Municipal Market

Curated by Eleni Mouzakiti

Evi Mavroni

Mrs. Amalia

In my project "Mrs. Amalia," I wanted to capture the story of my aunt—a woman who spent a large part of her life at sea, as she was married to a captain.

Judith Le Roux

The Secrets Behind the Dresses

Identity, love, desires, dresses, memory (...) The clothes kept in a trunk or captured in a photo—the memory of an instant where happiness seemingly took center stage.

Photofolios:25

Art Hall “Christos Capralos”

Curated by Lila Zotou & Eleni Mouzakiti

Alex Bex

Memories of Dust

Memories of Dust is a photography project exploring traditional masculinity in my home state of Texas. I examine the cowboy—a key male figure shaped by visual media—and his role in a rapidly changing society.

Antonio Cunico

Pista

The downhill skiing industry is facing a challenging period due to both economic and structural factors, as well as the impact of climate change in recent decades.

David Salcedo

The geometry of the waves

Villages by the sea may seem idyllic, but in reality, they have always been places of constant change and significant hardship.

Emilia Martin

I saw a tree bearing stones in the place of apples and pears

I carefully read through countless myths and tales about meteorites from around the globe—some so ancient that their origins can no longer be traced.

Emma Pure

It Dint't Used to Feel Lide This

Through a variety of images taken over the past few years, this series explores the feeling of nostalgia often embedded in the simplest moments of life as we grow older.

Hiro Tanaka

Around 42nd and 7th

In New York, Times Square draws so many different people from all over the world. This area gives me illusions—composed of enormous elements that blur the line between reality and fantasy.

Katerina Kouzmitcheva

BETONIUM

BETONIUM explores the relationship between contemporary identity and architectural heritage in Central and Eastern Europe.

Hugo Kevelaer

Sillage

Sillage is a photographic project that highlights children who have been removed from their families and placed in care homes following judicial decisions.

Nicola Russo

NAMAKI

Namaki is a photographic investigation developed in Mexico, exploring the legend of the Chupacabra—a mythical creature said to sustain itself by drinking the blood of animals.

Roxana Savin

On Heaven's Doorsill

Investigates the layered beliefs surrounding the afterlife, exploring mythology, folk tales, and ancient traditions in rural Romania.

Paul Mesnager

Batul

Sambhav is a Sikh man living in Old Delhi. Batul is a Muslim woman living in Kashmir. One summer—and a stray bullet—separate them.

Sama Sbrissa

HOMEOSTASIS-Amorphea-

Homeostasis is the natural tendency of all living organisms to achieve a state of relative stability.

Umberto Verdoliva

Procida

In this journey, which still continues, Procida has been my place of transit, my refuge—a doorway revealed through the key of my camera.

Vassilis Daopoulos

Gone with the river

The photographic project titled "Gone with the River" is a collection of images from the southwestern bank of the Pinios River, at the section where it meets the city of Larissa.

haris Deligiannis

Vitamin D

Vitamin D is a photographic project developed in Athens, Greece, between 2016 and 2020.

Central Square

Curated by Panos Kaltsas

ALAIN SCHROEDER

Plastic Treasure

Recycling plastic in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is a crucial environmental initiative. The city faces significant challenges related to plastic waste due to rapid urbanization and population growth

Gallery Taxidevousa

Opening Hours: 19:00-21:00

Curated by Hossein Farmani

Chaz Niell

We Are Not Invisible

We Are Not Invisible is a photographic odyssey that traverses the landscapes and lives of Afro-Mexican communities along Mexico's La Costa Chica, spanning the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca.

The International Photography Awards (IPA)

Papastrateio hall

Opening hours: 19:00-21:00

Production: Lucie Foundation

Curated by Hossein Farmani

IPA2024

The International Photography Awards (IPA) conductsan annual competitionforprofessional,amateur, and student photographers on a global scale, creating one of the most ambitious and comprehensive competitions in the photography world today.

Film Festival

Municipal Cinema ANESIS

Screening dates: 18 -19 October

Start Time: 21:00

Screenings Saturday 18 October

Prizes will be awarded at the end of the second day’s screenings:

Best Screenplay
Best Photography
Best Film

The awards will be chosen by the jury composed of the directors:
Christos Manglinis, Thanasis Protatos, Nonnas Sarlis, Alexandros Sipsidis.

The Red Market

Director: Christopher Matthew Spencer

Zephyr Sage, drowning in debt, turns to the Global Organ Donor Exchange to sell his body parts. Facing ruthless creditors and a manipulative loan shark, Hyacinth, he treads a perilous path where each choice could cost more than money.

DANIEL

Director: Pavlos Vissariou

The meteorological event known as ”Daniel” was an extreme weather phenomenon characterized by heavy rainfall, traced back to the 4th of September 2023, originating from the Ionian Sea, with the wider area of Thessaly as its epicenter. The tempest wrought catastrophic consequences, claiming 17 lives and decimating 850,000 hectares of cultivable terrain, while over 100 thousand livestock perished.

ΚΛΗΜΕΝΤΙΝΗ

Director: George Stagakis

In a provincial town, 18-year-old Clementine works at the market with her oppressive father. The two come into conflict as she wants to take up football professionally. Watching her experience rejection from the boys on the field, a coach from Athens comes to bring her more

ΜΙΜΟΖΑ

Director: Ekati Koukoutsaki

A man embarks on a romantic date with a fembot. The fembot is programmed to satisfy all of his desires. He purse to attract her with his commanding behavior while the fembot respond with mimicry. However, it soon becomes evident that the Fembot is far more self-aware and deceptive than the man imagined.

LBO

Director: Gilles Laborde

A psychological thriller, this short film explores with intensity the little-known suffering of company directors in the face of professional and social pressures. Through this work, which tackles universal issues such as self-esteem and resilience in the face of hardship, Gilles Laborde explores new ways of telling stories today, in the hope of transforming outlooks and inspiring change.

Vakirtzis the Marquee Master of Attikon Cinema.

Director: Athanassios Papathanasiou

A look at the course of George Vakirtzis' work when he was painting the windows of the Attikon Cinema on Stadiou Street. A cinema that has been ''under construction'' since the catastrophic fire in February 2012. The film features talks by Marios Chondrogiannis painter, Christos Margaritis, writer, collector, historian and Antonios Vogiatzis, president of the Museum of the City of Athens.

LOCKED DOWN

Director: Dimitris Tsilinikos

When an imposed quarantine adds more pressure to her family, a strict yet caring wife must confront head-on her emotionally withdrawn husband before their relationship loses its way.

KAPPA

Director: Damianos Chrysochoidis

In the fake world of stardom, actor ‘KAPPA’ portrays a loving person and father figure when he plays the starring role in a lighthearted TV sit-com and when he presents himself in the media. His fake identity is juxtaposed with his true self: an egomaniac who constantly neglects his family and is possessed by sexual and perverse desires. His fake persona is finally revealed in a nightmarish scenario that brings a domino effect of painful self-realization.

Screenings Sunday 19 October

Armed

Director: Bojana Momirovic

An arms deal takes place in a Parisian suburb. A drug lord gets shot. The arms are sold again to the competition. The cop takes his cut.

Jasteece

Director: Christina Charcharidi

In a world where news of the rotten Justice system rage, a woman faces the cruel consequences of a past decision she’d never wanted to make.

Cactus in Need

Director: Giorgos Dellis

Kostas, a young office worker is forced to work overtime by his boss while also trying to match the expectations of his best friend and his girlfriend. His imagination is the only way out from this demanding reality.

RED EMMA

Director: Macha Ovtchinnikova

Emma Goldman is called in the middle of the night to help deliver a baby in a poor Jewish family of Brooklyn, with many mouths to feed. She tries to alleviate the suffering of the woman in labour. Back home, she is confronted by her partner Ed, exhausted by her absences. Forced to choose between her love for him and her activism, she writes the influential speech “The Tragedy of Female Emancipation” (1906).

Le fait divers

Director: Charles Cabon

On a Monday morning, 29-year-old Julien has an appointment in a shopping mall. Later, his fiancée calls him, frightened: there’s been a major accident on the road he’s taken, with several deaths. Back home, they listen to the news. Julien is shocked to think that, just a few minutes later, it could have been him…

INCOMMENSURABLE

Director: Fanny Skura

During a winter’s night, Triskaïa, a sixty-three year old mother and archeologist, is seating at the dinner table of her family home. She is looking fondly at her husband, Plasky. The spouses are about to have dinner surrounded by their five daughters. Despite the distance separating them, Plasky is sending coded messages through to Triskaïa.

20 EUROS

Director: Alexander Machlouzarides-Shalit

A couple’s night out is interrupted by a man in a parking lot, who challenges their perceptions on modern-day masculinity.

Activities

WORKSHOP

Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 October

There will be a photo shoot in the streets of our city under the guidance of the photographer Vangelis Evangeliou. A critique and selection of photographs will follow and their exhibition at the festival.

Participation is free of charge.

PORTFOLIO REVIEWS

Saturday 11 October, Time 18:00 – 19:00

OLD MUNICIPAL MARKET

Portfolio Reviews offer the opportunity for photographers and artists to connect with established professionals from the photographic community, receive critiques of their work and seek out international festivals, media and networks. The cost will be covered entirely by the festival.

Reviewers:
Vangelis Evangeliou
Eleni Mouzakiti
Lila Zotou,