Plásmata 3 | Cinema

Fiction films, sci-fi, and movies about Athens—alongside shorts by emerging Greek filmmakers connected to the Onassis Foundation ecosystem—transform the park into a summer cinema with screenings set against the backdrop of the exhibition’s artworks. As a magical extension of the Plásmata inhabiting Pedion tou Areos park, the film program resonates with the core questions of the exhibition: How real is the reality we live in? Where is our true home? What does our Athens look like? How real are non-human beings?

The screenings begin with a journey to the imaginary land of Oz, which continues to enchant audiences nearly 85 years on, alongside the dark fairytale “Washingtonia” by Konstantina Kotzamani. This year’s Oscar-winning animated film “Flow” meets the short animation “The Hunter” by Effie Pappa and the surreal world of Salvador Dalí in the short, animated film “Destino.” Teen skateboarders drift aimlessly through summer Athens in Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ debut feature “Wasted Youth,” shown with Despoina Kourti’s tender short “Numb,” a story of adolescence and loss. The story of a city unfolds in the documentary “Builders, Housewives, and the Construction of Modern Athens” by Tassos Langis and Yiannis Gaitanidis, produced by Onassis Culture. It is screened together with Aris Kaplanidis’ multi-awarded animation “From the Balcony,” a study of Athenian society as seen from its balconies. In search of the “Fifth Element” at Pedion tou Areos—with Luc Besson’s iconic sci-fi film—audiences will also encounter “Third Kind” by Yorgos Zois, drawn from a dystopian near-future. The screenings will conclude with the magical film “My Neighbor Totoro” by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, paired with “The Eggregores’ Theory” by Andreas Gatopoulos, a film created entirely with AI and winner of this year’s Onassis Film Award. The screenings will be introduced by the directors of each short film.

Wednesday, May 28

20:15 | Introduction by director Konstantina Kotzamani
20:30 | “Washingtonia” by Konstantina Kotzamani (Greece, 2014, 24 min)
21:00 | “The Wizard of Oz” by Victor Fleming (USA, 1939, 101 min)

Friday, May 30

20:15 | Introduction by director Effie Pappa
20:30 | “Destino” by Dominique Monféry (USA, 2003, 7 min)
20:40 | “The Hunter” by Effie Pappa (UK, 2014, 3 min)
20:45 | “Flow” by Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia, 2024, 85 min)

Wednesday, June 4

20:15 | Introduction by director Yorgos Zois
20:30 | “Third Kind” by Yorgos Zois (Greece, 2018, 32 min)
21:05 | “The Fifth Element” by Luc Besson (France, 1997, 126 min)

Friday, June 6

20:15 | Introduction by Aris Kaplanidis and Elias Roumeliotis
20:30 | “From the Balcony” by Aris Kaplanidis and Elias Roumeliotis (Greece, 2020, 13 min)
20:45 | “Builders, Housewives, and the Construction of Modern Athens” by Tassos Langis and Yiannis Gaitanidis (Greece, 2021, 87 min)

Wednesday, June 11

20:15 | Introduction by director Despoina Kourti
20:30 | “Numb” by Despoina Kourti (Greece, 2024, 20 min)
20:50 | “Wasted Youth” by Argyris Papadimitropoulos & Jan Vogel (Greece, 2011, 122 min)

Friday, June 13

20:15 | Introduction by Andrea Gatopoulos
20:30 | “The Eggregores’ Theory” by Andrea Gatopoulos (Italy, 2024, 15 min)
20:45 | “My Neighbor Totoro” by Hayao Miyazaki (Japan, 1988, 86 min)