SPECIAL EVENTS
OPENING NIGHT GALA
AT PALACE NORTON STREET
TUE 13 OCT | PALACE NORTON ST
6.00pm Cocktail Party
8.30pm Screening of Best Friends Forever
Join us for a cocktail party to celebrate the launch of the festival and the premiere of Best Friends Forever, directed by Konstantinos Mousoulis.
$60 General Admission
EVA: THE FEMALE VOICE IN GREEK CINEMA + Q&A
SAT 17 OCT | PALACE NORTON STREET
03.30pm Screening Eva
Screening of Eva, featuring a special video message from Prof. Betty-Despoina Kaklamanidou, followed by a conversation with Australian Director Anna Kokkinos, moderated by Dr Helen Goritsas.
$28 General Admission
FEMINISM AND CINEMA: LEGACY OF GREECE'S FIRST FEMALE DIRECTOR, MARIA PLYTA
SUN 18 OCT | CHAU CHAK WING MUSEUM, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
2.00pm Panel Discussion
Panel discussion on pioneering Greek filmmaker Maria Plyta, featuring Prof. Betty-Despoina Kaklamanidou joining via live stream from Greece, alongside Prof. Vrasidas Karalis, Dr Sophia Sakellis and Australian Director Ana Kokkinos, chaired by Dr. Helen Goritsas.
Co-presented with Modern Greek Studies, University of Sydney and the Chau Chak Wing Museum.
Special thanks to Matoyla and Anthia Kollaras.
$5.00 Registration Fee
Tickets will be available soon on the Greek Festival of Sydney website.
ACROPOLIS CATS & OTHER WONDROUS ANIMALS + Q&A
TUE 20 OCT | PALACE NORTON STREET
6.30pm Screening Acropolis Cats & Other Wondrous Animals
Screening of the documentary, followed by a Q&A with the Director Mary Zournazi.
$28 General Admission
14TH GREEK STUDENT SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2026
SUN 25 OCT | PALACE CINEMAS NORTON STREET
11:30pm Screening followed by Awards Presentation
The 14th Greek Student Short Film Festival presents a selection of imaginative films from local primary and secondary students of Greek language.
Free Entry | Registrations required via link (available soon)
CLOSING NIGHT CELEBRATION
SUN 25 OCT | PALACE CINEMAS NORTON STREET
6:30pm Reception with light refreshements
7:00pm Screening of Sophocles' Electra
Celebrate the close of the Festival with a cocktail reception and screening of Dimitris Tarlow's Sophocles' Electra.
$40 General Admission