The New York Greek Film Expo is an annual Greek film festival for all New Yorkers. It’s a festive time when we screen the finest Greek films, host receptions for our audiences, and present panel discussions on interesting subjects related to film and filmmaking. Our audiences enjoy post-screening interviews with directors who we bring in from Greece to provide insights into their filmmaking. It is a privilege for us to share the finest Greek films with Greek and non-Greek audiences in New York metropolitan area theaters.

When the pandemic forced movie theaters to close, we began streaming our films, starting with GREEK FILM EXPO ON DEMAND, the first-ever virtual Greek film festival in the US. Based on the enthusiastic nationwide response, we created ALWAYS ON SUNDAY ON DEMAND, monthly Greek film screenings that viewers streamed anywhere around the world, bringing Greek films to countries where they have been previously unavailable.

In partnership with the prestigious Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, NY, the Hellenic Film Society presents Always on Sunday in the Museum’s movie theater. Monthly Greek film screenings have been presented to sold-out audiences since the series inception in 2018, allowing us to share the richness of Greek cinema with audiences of all nationalities.

At the Hellenic Film Society, we’re about more than just presenting screenings of well-crafted Greek films. We also host interviews with Oscar-winning actors and directors, conversations among film historians and filmmakers, and panel discussions on filmmaking. We have presented one-on-one interviews with Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis, Oscar-winning director Costa-Gavras, and Emmy Award-winning producer Celia Costas. We led a retrospective panel discussion about the life and career of award-winning director John Cassavetes as well as talks about the benefits of filming in Greece. Keep checking our schedule of upcoming events and please join us for our next conversation about film.