Photograph by Initiales JB

Beginning today, March 22, 2007, the Institut Français d’Athenes is hosting its eighth annual French Film Festival.

From today through April 1, the festival set up shop Athens, at the Attikon Cinema (Stadiou 19, metro station: Panepistimiou, tel: +30-210-322-8821, tickets €8, €6 for children and students (Monday through Thursday). Tickets can be purchased by phone through Cinemax at +30-80111-300-400 or online, at the Apollon Cinema (tel: +30-210-323-6811), and at the French Institute (Sina 31, tel: +30-210-3398-600, ifa@ifa.gr).

From Monday, March 26 through April 4, the film festival will extend its reach to Thessaloniki, at the Olympian Cinema (Plateia Aristotelous, tel: +30-2310-378-404).

This festival is currently entering its eighth year, and is very popular among residents of both cities. It affords French-loving Greeks the opportunity to see an assortment of recently-released Francophone films produced worldwide—from Chad to Canada to Switzerland—along with a collection of classic works from important French directors, shorts, animation, and children’s films.

Right now, everybody is talking about something intriguing on the festival’s program: “Five films you must see before you die.” The films assigned to this category are free to moviegoers with student IDs.

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