Over 7,000 patrons attended a session of the 2025 Greek Film Festival, the 30th festival celebrating Greek cinema and film.
The festival came to a close on Sunday night with the world premiere of Alkinos Tsilimidos’ newest work, the David Field-directed The Kink. At a sparkling event in St Kilda’s Astor Theatre, the cast and crew of the film alongside festival patrons, sponsors and Greek community leaders celebrated the film and two weeks of Greek cinema played on screens across Melbourne.
Over 100 sessions were screened to an average audience of 70 patrons per session with the leading films by sales being the Kazantzakis inspired Kapetan Mihalis, Rachel Suissa’s Greek Mother’s Never Die and the undoubted smash hit of 2025, Yiorgos Tsemberopoulos’ Stelios.
Other highlights of the festival included Reno Haralambidis’ visit to Melbourne to present and hold a Q+A after the screening of his cinematic ode Athens Midnight Radio.
The festival has found its feet right across Melbourne suburbs with strong sales performance at both the Palace Pentridge and Balwyn locations alongside the traditional Palace Cinema Como program.
The final day of the festival also saw the screening of the entries to the 13th Greek Student Film Festival which saw entries from school programs right across Melbourne with St John’s College Preston, Oakleigh Grammar and the Greek Community schools all achieving a win in their respective categories.
Whilst the festival ended on Sunday night, encore screenings of Kapetan Mihalis, Athens Midnight Radio and Greek Mothers Never Die have been announced for this coming weekend.
For more information visit Melbourne – Greek Film Festival 2025.
