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Last call for Opening Night: book your GFF films
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Last call for Opening Night
Tuesday 13 October | Best Friends Forever | Six Melbourne cinemas The 31st Greek Film Festival opens with Konstantinos Mousoulis’ smash-hit comedy Best Friends Forever. A big Greek wedding spirals out of control in this heartwarming story of friendship, family and how far we’ll go for the people we love. Seats are going quickly. Pick your cinema and lock in your tickets now. Opening Night sessions
Palace Balwyn – 6:30pm
Palace Cinema Como – 6:30pm
Palace Westgarth – 6:30pm
Palace Penny Lane – 6:45pm
Pentridge Cinema – 7:00pm
The Astor Theatre (Gala) – 7:00pm
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Final Tickets: Opening Night Gala at The Astor Theatre
Tuesday 13 October, 7:00pm | The Astor Theatre, St Kilda Make a night of it. Join us at Melbourne’s iconic Astor Theatre for the official launch of the 31st Greek Film Festival and the gala screening of Best Friends Forever. This is the big one, and it's almost sold out. Book now before they’re gone.
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Browse by cinema
Pick your local to see every GFF26 film screening near you.
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Closing Night: Don’t miss Electra
Sunday 25 October | Six Melbourne cinemas GFF closes with Dimitri Tarlow’s acclaimed Electra. Premiering at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus in 2025, Sophocles’ tragedy is reimagined as a dark, noir world of revenge, justice and resistance, starring Loukia Michalopoulou. Join us for the Closing Night Gala at The Astor Theatre or catch the screening at a cinema near you. Session times
Palace Balwyn – 6:00pm
Palace Westgarth – 6:15pm
Palace Cinema Como – 6:30pm
Palace Penny Lane – 6:30pm
Pentridge Cinema – 6:45pm
The Astor Theatre (Gala) – 7:00pm
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Women front and centre
Five films led by unforgettable women.
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Female
Three performers embody different sides of legendary Greek actress Aliki Vougiouklaki in a bold exploration of celebrity, female identity and the woman behind the icon.
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Madonnas
Two best friends, one inherited caravan and one outrageous business idea. A riotous road-trip comedy about freedom, female desire and solidarity.
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Elena’s Shift
Elena, a Romanian single mother cleaning the Athens metro, is unfairly fired and must fight for her place in Greek society while raising her son under her controlling mother’s shadow.
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Patty Is Such a Girly Name
An 18-year-old judo athlete leaves her remote Greek island for Athens chasing an Olympic dream, only to face love, betrayal and painful truths that could break her.
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Maya & Samar
Samar, a queer Afghan dancer who escaped the Taliban, meets Canadian journalist Maya at an Athens rave. Their affair exposes clashing cultures and the truth behind privilege.
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Something different?
Four films you won’t see coming. For when you want to step off the beaten path.
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The Megalomaniacs
What if ancient pots were the world’s first vinyl records? One archaeologist is out to prove it, with help from her cynical ex-brother-in-law.
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Geloioi Erotes
Six tragicomic tales of love gone gloriously wrong: obsession, breakups, swingers and all.
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Greece 3.0
Three short Greek comedies, one ticket. A triple bill built for big-screen laughs.
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The Great Massacre of Alimos
A pitch-black comedy about a documentary crew chasing the truth behind a deadly explosion at Alimos’ seniors’ centre.
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For the arthouse crowd
Strange, tender and unlike anything else in the program. Discover them before everyone else does.
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Hen
Seen through the eyes of an escaped chicken protecting her eggs, this wonderfully unconventional film observes the messy, complicated human lives surrounding a decaying Greek seaside restaurant.
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Bearcave
High in the Pindus mountain village of Tirna, meet Argiro, a badass farmer, and her best friend Anneta, the village ‘it’ girl. A tale of adventure, mystery and romance.
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Tender
Through an app where strangers offer tenderness for hire, Julie is invited to care for Julien’s dying mother, and forms the bond he never had.
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The River
Makis and Maria come from two different worlds. A tragicomic, fairytale-like love story about finding your place, and each other.
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Real stories
Three documentaries, three true stories. Each one screens once only.
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Acropolis Cats and Other Wondrous Animals
Sat 17 Oct, 2:15pm | Palace Balwyn Mary Zournazi follows the stray cats of Athens and beyond in a moving look at love, compassion and what animals can teach us about freedom.
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Cavo Paradiso
Wed 21 Oct, 6:15pm | Palace Como Thirty years of the legendary Mykonos club. This documentary traces Cavo Paradiso’s journey from humble beginnings to the global icon of dance music it is today.
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Tell Me
Mon 19 Oct, 6:00pm | Palace Como Photographer Renée Revah retraces the route from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz, where her ancestors were deported, confronting a family trauma and searching for healing.
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Only one chance to see them
Some films only get one Melbourne screening. Miss them and they’re gone.
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The Way Elsewhere
Thu 15 Oct, 6:15pm | Palace Balwyn Three veteran taxi drivers roam the streets of Athens dreaming of art and new beginnings in a nocturnal, poetic film made for night owls.
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Winter Sea
Mon 19 Oct, 6:00pm | Palace Balwyn A geologist, the region’s only female fisherwoman and a night watchman search for connection around one simple question: what is love?
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The Anything
Thu 15 Oct, 8:30pm | Pentridge Cinema Two lifelong friends head to a remote mountain village to record an improvised album. Then the forest starts to feel strangely alive.
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Explore the full GFF26 program
Opening Tuesday 13 October and running to Closing Night on Sunday 25 October across seven Melbourne cinemas.
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