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Opening Night is about to sell out + GFF’s top sellers
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5 days to go: Opening Night is about to sell out
Tue 13 Oct | Best Friends Forever | Few seats remaining One wedding. One favour gone wrong. One chaotic trip to Crete. Konstantinos Mousoulis’ smash-hit comedy Best Friends Forever opens the 31st Greek Film Festival next Tuesday, and almost every seat is taken. Don’t be the one who missed it. Choose your cinema and book before it sells out. Where to catch it
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 Want the full Opening Night experience? Join the official festival launch and gala screening at Melbourne’s iconic Astor Theatre in St Kilda, 7:00pm. Only a handful of Gala tickets remain.
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Melbourne’s top sellers
The films Melbourne is booking fastest.
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Saint Paisios
The remarkable life of Saint Paisios comes to the big screen, tracing the story of Arsenios Eznepidis and the journey that shaped one of Greece’s most beloved saints.
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Kapodistrias
A sweeping historical epic about Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first Governor of modern Greece, and his struggle to unite a newly independent nation.
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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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Broken Vein
Yannis Economides’ gripping crime thriller. A businessman drowning in debt goes to war with the local loan shark, with his family home on the line.
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Mahi
Back in Greece after decades away, Mahi reveals her past as an army officer jailed under the dictatorship, and reaches out to the daughter whose name she took.
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A Spartan Dream
A Greek-American history buff travels to his ancestral village and hatches an absurd plan to reignite the Peloponnesian War, all in the name of love.
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The Birthday Party
Willem Dafoe stars as an Onassis-like tycoon throwing a lavish island birthday party for his daughter and sole heiress. Both have plans the other won’t like.
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Receptions
An unemployed journalist who refuses to compromise his principles falls in with a group who sneak into receptions for free food, testing just how far dignity can stretch.
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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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Rooster
An Athens council worker becomes consumed by his ambitions for his young son, turning his pursuit of the “Greek dream” into a bittersweet satire of success and family.
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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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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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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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