When we look back at our two decades of service, what comes to mind is none other than the city that has hosted us all these years, this vibrant place of the American West Coast, desert to ocean, valley to mountain, the world in micrography, with all its peoples and endless dreams… El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula… or as we know it… Los Angeles.
Photography: Georgia Tripodes
Artwork: Araceli Lemos, Joel Garber
Additional artwork: Manos Krokos
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📣📣📣 Join us May 31 when we honor Oscar-winning music composer Alexandre Desplat ! 🌟
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Photo credit: Brigitte
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ENDLESS LAND, dir. Vassilis Mazomenos, screens Thursday, 5/28, 8 pm at the Regal LA Live… not to be missed, especially by those who love traditional music from the Greek mountains… a unique audiovisual experience.
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And the countdown begins!! Join us at the 20th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival starting May 26, 5:00pm with DON’T LAUGH (THEY’LL SEE YOU) directed by Nicholas Dimitropoulos and MAYSOON by dir. Nancy Biniadaki at 7:30pm at Regal LA Live DTLA 1000 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles. Two great films about two women in different countries facing similar battles with love, bureaucracy and themselves.
There will be a Q&A after the screening of MAYSOON with director Nancy Biniadaki.
For tkts go to:/schedule/maysoon-6a00107975852dd29d416a73/tickets
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JOIN US: The “Hollywood Scene and Be Seen” Bash and celebrate the 20th LAGFF. Thursday, May 28th at The Godfrey Hotel Hollywood Rooftop🥂with special guest @eliadrop .
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We are excited to bring the Sundance World Cinema Audience Award-winner HOLD ONTO ME, directed by Myrsini Aristidou, to Los Angeles! In Myrsini’s words: “HOLD ONTO ME is the final part of a journey that began with my short films SEMELE and ARIA — each exploring the evolving bond between a father and daughter during preteen and teenage years. This film reaches further inward, tracing the quiet, often unspoken longing that forms in the absence of a father, and the unsettling vulnerability of two people who know of each other, but do not truly know one another.”
Myrsini Aristidou attended LAGFF with her short films SEMELE (2016) and ARIA (2018); we are now eager to welcome her to Los Angeles and the Egyptian Theatre once again! The screening will take place on May 31, 6 pm, after the Red Carpet event in the Courtyard.
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We are thrilled to open with Giorgos Georgopoulos’ West Coast premiere of his new film, which received five awards at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, including the Greek Film Critics Union award. Upbeat and youthful, PATTY IS SUCH A GIRLY NAME follows Daphne, a teenage judo athlete from a remote Greek island, who is ready to spread her wings with the help of Sensei Yuri, aiming to take part in the next Olympic Games. Yuri is looking for a new beginning as a judo coach, while Daphne transitions from the carelessness of adolescence into the hard world of adults.
Join us on May 27th, 2026, on Opening Night of the 20th edition of the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival; where we are honored to present a remembrance of one of our greatest and most respected artists in the seventh art, Dean Tavoularis.
The remembrance will precede the Opening Night film screening, and it is included in the Opening Night ticket price (individual tickets coming soon).
For more information go to: lagff.org
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Anthony Maras, who received an Orpheus Award for his short film THE PALACE back in 2012 (first on the left on the second photo) will be at an advance sold-out screening of his newest film PRESSURE, starring Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott, at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, on Tuesday, May 12, 7 pm.
Our friends at the American Cinematheque are offering us a pair of free tickets, just for our community. If you are interested, email us at [email protected]. You can only request one ticket. The lucky first two will be emailed back with confirmation.
PRESSURE, 2026, Dir. Anthony Maras, 100 Mins, Focus Features, UK/France
In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and with the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, PRESSURE follows General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg as they face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.
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Tomorrow, Thursday, 5/7, is the LAST DAY to get your DISCOUNTED 20th LAGFF (May 26-31, 2026) GOLD/PLATINUM PASS, which grants you access to all events and screenings (Scene and Be Seen party with Platinum Pass only) and exclusive access to the Filmmaker Brunch. Get your pass, support LAGFF and our filmmakers!
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📣📣📣20th LAGFF lineup is announced! From the World Cinema Audience Award winner at Sundance HOLD ONTO ME to one of the latest Greek box office hits BROKEN VEIN, from sports drama PATTY IS SUCH A GIRLY NAME to Europa Cinemas Label Award at Venice BEARCAVE, and from horror experimental THEY COME OUT OF MARGO to physical comedy BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, this festival has a little of everything for all Angelenos and online viewers, touching upon the multiple facets of Greek society and beyond.
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PHOTO 1: PATTY IS SUCH A GIRLY NAME, Dir. Giorgos Georgopoulos, Opening Night Feature, West Coast Premiere
PHOTO 2: BEARCAVE, Dir. Krysianna Papadakis & Stergios Dinopoulos, Los Angeles Premiere
PHOTO 3: BROKEN VEIN, Dir. Yannis Economides, Los Angeles Premiere
PHOTO 4: HOLD ONTO ME, Dir. Myrsini Aristidou, Closing Night Feature, West Coast Premiere
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