32nd Athens International Film Festival: Day 2 [photos]
The 32nd Athens International Film Festival takes place from September 30 to October 11, 2026, powered by EKOMED (Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center – Creative Greece), with DEI as its Gold Sponsor, and co-organized with OPANDA (Organization for Culture, Sports and Youth of the City of Athens).
Robert Pattinson, a new film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, four new entries across the festival’s two international competitions and five more Greek Short Stories: Day 2 of the 32nd Athens International Film Festival brought eight screenings to four venues. The Palestinian debut «𝐘𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐃𝐍’𝐓 𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐄𝐏» and «𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐏𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐎𝐑𝐊» compete for the Golden Athena in the International Competition, while the Ukrainian «𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃» and the cinematic love letter to Beirut «𝐃𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐌𝐄» join the International Documentary Competition. Director Lana Daher was at Onassis Stegi to present her film and take part in a Q&A following the screening. Also on today’s programme: Lance Oppenheim’s «𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄», featuring Robert Pattinson in one of the year’s most talked-about performances and Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s monumental «𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐒𝐔𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐍». The MUSIC & FILM section opened with «𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑», while Greek Short Stories – Competition B took over the screen at CINOBO OPERA 1.
