2023
MELTEM
Directed by Basile Doganis
2019 / 1:27
Screenplay: Basile Doganis, Fadette Drouard
Cast: Daphné Patakia (Elena), Rabah Naït Oufella (Nassim), Lamine Cissoko (Sekou), Karam Al Kafri (Elyas, Syrian refugee), Akis Sakellariou (Manos, stepfather), Féodor Atkine (Edward, bird watcher)
A year after the death of her mother, Elena, a young French woman of Greek origin, returns to her home on the island of Lesbos. She is accompanied by her friends Nassim and Sekou, two young suburbanites more accustomed to city benches than to heavenly beaches. Their holidays are disrupted when they meet Elyas, a young Syrian refugee, who changes the fate of Elena and her friends.
This film is in French and Greek with English subtitles and is recommended for adults.
Screened December 2, 2023
This free screening is made possible by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
Summer Screenings
Watching films outdoors under the stars is a cherished summer tradition. Hellenic Film Society USA is proud to be part of that tradition by presenting New York audiences with entertaining family movies brought to life by Greek-American filmmakers.
2023
MAMMA MIA HERE WE GO AGAIN
Directed by Ol Parker
2018 / 1:54 / Rated PG-13
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Cher, Christine Baranski, Lily James, Andy Garcia, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Christine Baranski
Sophie, who got married in the first Mamma Mia movie, is now pregnant, and dreams of renovating a taverna while reuniting with her grandmother (played by Cher) and her mother’s old friends and boyfriends on the Greek island of Kalokairi. Great ABBA soundtrack!
Fun family movie to watch under the stars!
Bring your own chairs.
Screened August 27, 2023
The Hellenic Film Society is proud to present this free screening in cooperation with NYC Parks Arts, Culture & Fun and Movies Under the Stars.
2022
MAMMA MIA!
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
2008 / 1:48 / Rated PG-13
Cast: Amanda Seyfried (Sophie), Meryl Streep (Donna), Pierce Brosnan (Sam), Colin Firth (Harry), Christine Baranski (Tanya), Stellan Skarsgard (Bill)
Filmed on location on the Greek island of Skopelos with a lively ABBA soundtrack, Mamma Mia! tells the story of bride-to-be Sophie, who discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, played by Meryl Streep. Based on the popular ABBA-inspired Broadway musical. Fun family movie to watch under the stars!
Bring your own chairs.
Screened July 17, 2022
The Hellenic Film Society is proud to present this free screening in cooperation with NYC Parks Arts, Culture & Fun and Movies Under the Stars.
2020
SWING AWAY
Directed by Michael Achilles Nickles, written by Paul Lingas and Julia Wall
Bel Aire Drive-In Movie Series, Astoria, NY
A warm-hearted family comedy about a troubled professional golfer who visits her grandparents’ village in Greece to regroup and reconnect with her roots. While there, she is shaken out of her funk by mentoring a young girl determined to become a golf sensation and rallies the townspeople to stand up to a greedy real estate developer.
Screened August 22, 2020
2019
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
Directed by Joel Zwick, written by Nia Vardalos
Rainey Park, Astoria, NY
This romantic comedy about a Greek-American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek, much to the dismay of her traditional family, has become a classic for audiences of all nationalities. Her struggle to gain the acceptance of her proudly Greek immigrant father is a tale of love, food, and hilarious cross-cultural clashes.
Screened September 6, 2019