32nd Athens International Film Festival: Detailed Information on Festival Passes, Tickets & Venues

The Athens International Film Festival returns for its 32nd edition, powered by EKOME (Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Media and Creative Industry Centre), with DEI as its Gold Sponsor and in co-organization with OPANDA (Organization for Culture, Sports and Youth of the City of Athens).

The much-loved festival offers unique cinematic experiences, showcases new voices in world cinema, presents audiences with some of the year’s finest and most anticipated films alongside distinguished guests, and organizes special screenings, masterclasses, and events, reaffirming the passionate devotion of its audiences, which has remained alive for 32 consecutive years.

The 32nd Athens International Film Festival will take place from September 30 through October 11, 2026.

The 32nd Athens International Film Festival will take place at ASTOR, DANAOS, CINOBO OPERA 1, Athens Concert Hall, Olympia Municipal Music Theatre “Maria Callas,” Onassis Stegi, TRIANON, and FLOYD Live Music Venue.

FESTIVAL PASSES

The advance sale of Festival Passes will begin on Tuesday, September 15, at 12:00 noon, via more.com.​

a. Types of Festival Passes

Festival Passes covering 10 screenings are available to spectators for €80, while supplies last.

• Holders of the 10-screening Festival Pass are entitled to one individual invitation to the Festival’s Opening Ceremony, which will take place on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at the Athens Concert Hall. All 10-screening Pass holders will receive their individual invitations at the email address provided when purchasing their Festival Pass.

** Holders of Festival Passes do NOT gain entry to screenings by presenting the Pass. To enter the cinema, it is necessary to issue zero-value tickets using the Pass code.**

The Pass can only be redeemed for screenings with an €8 ticket price.

b. Advance Sale

Online sales for Festival Passes will begin on Tuesday, September 15, at 12:00 noon:

• Online, at more.com
• At physical points of sale in the more.com Store Network (card and cash payments accepted)

c. Reservations

Telephone reservations for Festival Passes, for purchase with cash at a physical point of sale, can be made for 2 hours by calling 2117700000, Monday–Friday, 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

d. Ticket Redemption by Pass Holders

Using their unique code, Festival Pass holders may redeem their screenings for zero-value tickets starting Thursday, September 24, at 12:00 noon—one day before general advance ticket sales open to the public—and for any €8 screening they wish to attend, regardless of the day or time.

The Festival Pass may be used to redeem up to 2 tickets for the same screening.

• Changes/cancellations of Festival Passes are NOT permitted.
• Zero-value tickets issued using Festival Pass codes CANNOT be cancelled or exchanged.

DISABILITY PASSES

At all Festival screenings, admission for spectators with disabilities is free of charge with the use of a 5-screening Festival Pass (while supplies last). Guide dogs for blind and visually impaired spectators are also welcome.

Interested persons can complete the relevant form from Monday, September 21, which can be found HERE, providing their contact details (full name, mobile phone number, email address) and attaching one of the following:

• Disability Culture Card (Ministry of Culture)
• Free Public Transport Card for Persons with Disabilities (OASA)
• Disability Unemployment Card (OAED)
• Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Association card or any other relevant document

The Disability Festival Pass is strictly personal and allows the holder, using their unique pass code, to redeem one zero-value ticket per screening for any 5 screenings with an €8 ticket price of their choice, throughout the Festival and subject to ticket availability.

The Pass becomes active on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.

Admission to screenings will be granted upon presentation of both the Pass and the zero-value ticket.

If an accompanying person is required, two Disability Festival Passes must be requested simultaneously, with the need for an accompanying person clearly indicated.

The Disability Pass code will be sent electronically by accreditations.aiff@gmail.com to the email address provided by the applicant.

Festival Pass codes become available for use on Wednesday, September 30, are valid only for screenings with an €8 ticket price throughout the Festival and subject to ticket availability, and can be used to issue zero-value tickets for screenings taking place on the same or the following day.

UNEMPLOYMENT PASSES

Unique codes for unemployed persons will correspond to Festival Passes covering 3 screenings, valid for the same or the following day.

Interested persons can complete the relevant form from Monday, September 21, which can be found HERE.

Applicants must provide their contact details (full name, mobile phone number, email address) and attach a valid OAED Unemployment Card.

Each OAED Unemployment Card holder is entitled to one pass containing 3 codes, corresponding to 3 free tickets. Each code can be redeemed for one ticket for a screening taking place on the same or the following day.

Festival Pass codes become available for use on Wednesday, September 30, are valid only for screenings with an €8 ticket price throughout the Festival and subject to ticket availability, and can be used to issue zero-value tickets for screenings taking place on the same or the following day.

TICKETS

TICKET PRICES

General Admission: €8

* Special screenings may be subject to different ticket prices.

Advance sales of individual tickets will begin on Friday, September 25, 2026, at 12:00 noon, via more.com.

For any issue concerning your ticket or Festival Pass, you can contact more.com customer service via live chat or by email at support@more.com.

ONLINE TICKET PURCHASE

Spectators can purchase their tickets online using a credit/debit card from Friday, September 25, 2026, at 12:00 noon, when advance sales for the Festival programme begin:

• via the more.com website
• via the more.com app, by selecting Opening Nights and the screenings they wish to attend.

Tickets can then be printed or accessed digitally on a mobile device.

From Thursday, October 1, the box offices of the cinemas participating in the Festival will also be added to the more.com physical sales network, exclusively for screenings taking place at each respective cinema and on the days they are operating as part of the Festival.

• Each cinema sells tickets only for screenings taking place at that venue, and not for other cinemas.
• One hour before each screening and until it begins, each cinema box office sells tickets only for screenings taking place that same day.
• Changes/cancellations of tickets and Festival Passes are NOT permitted.
• Online ticket sales close 15 minutes before the start of each film. During the final 15 minutes before a film begins, tickets are available only at the cinema where the film is screening.
• Cinema box offices open one hour before their first screening.
• Online chat is also available via the Festival’s official social media pages: Facebook Page and Instagram.

CINEMAS / VENUES

The cinemas and venues partnering with the Festival for this year’s programme screenings are:

DANAOS 1
(METRO Panormou)
109 Kifisias Avenue, Athens
T: (+30) 210 6922655

ASTOR
28 Stadiou Street (entrance via Korai Arcade), Athens
(METRO Panepistimio)
T: (+30) 210 3211 950

CINOBO OPERA 1
57 Akadimias Street, Athens 106 79
(METRO Panepistimio)
T: (+30) 210 3638909

OLYMPIA MUNICIPAL MUSIC THEATRE “MARIA CALLAS”
59 Akadimias Street, Athens
(METRO Panepistimio)
T: (+30) 210 3642540

ATHENS CONCERT HALL
ALEXANDRA TRIANTI HALL
85 Vasilissis Sofias Avenue & 1 Kokkali Street, Athens
(METRO Megaro Mousikis)
T: (+30) 210 7282000

TRIANON
21 Kodrigktonos Street & 101 Patision Avenue, Athens
(METRO Victoria)
T: (+30) 210 8215469

ONASSIS STEGI
107 Syngrou Avenue, 11745 Athens
(METRO Syngrou-Fix)
T: (+30) 219 2191000

FLOYD – LIVE MUSIC VENUE
117 Pireos Street, 118 54 Athens
(METRO Kerameikos)
T: (+30) 210 3416706