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In honor of World Refugee Day, the open-air Vox cinema in Exarchia will be hosting a free-entry screening of the multi-award-winning film "Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea," directed by Marcel Barrena. The drama is based on a true story of the harsh reality of the refugee life. The film is in Greek, English and Spanish, with Greek subtitles. 

The Danish Institute in Athens (diathens.gr) is presenting a program of three screenings showcasing some of the country's finest talent. The series starts at 7 p.m. on January 16 with "Ordet" (The Word), a 1955 drama by Carl Theodor Dreyer. It will be screened in the original Danish with Greek subtitles.

The Benaki Museum's Pireos Street annex presents the documentary "Open Window" in the context of the KinderDocs program. The documentary follows two young girls in India being introduced to the internet via their school's learning laboratory. It is English and Hindi and will be screened with Greek subtitles. There will be two projections on the same day at 12 noon and at 2 p.m.

Marina Gioti's 2017 documentary "The Invisible Hands" will be screened at TV Control Center (KET) on Wednesday, January 29.

The Hellenic American Union is hosting a series of screenings of contemporary Spanish cinema in an event aimed at showcasing the variety of its genres, themes and production value. This year's screening series comprises three fiction films and two documentaries, starting on Monday, November 4, with Elena Martin's 2017 "Julia Ist," a drama aimed audiences aged 12 and over.

The Horrorant Festival is back for a sixth year, running simultaneously at Athens' Odeon Opera and Thessaloniki Cineplexx cinemas, with a selection of 25 feature films and even more shorts from Greece and abroad, that promise to thrill horror fans and chill the uninitiated.

Multifaceted German director Werner Herzog is heading to the Greek capital, where he will be scouting for talent, presenting his work and sharing his significant wisdom with fans, in a series of events at the Onassis Cultural Center and the Goethe Institute.

After being screened at the documenta 14 art showcase in 2017, "The Invisible Hands," a documentary by Marina Gioti and Georges Salameh, will be screened at the Goethe Institute in Athens on Tuesday, March 19.

11 October | Thursday | 19:00 | screening and discussion | Red hall | bg, en subtitles | free entrance

CineDoc, an initiative bringing together 18 documentaries and films that will be screened through March 2019 at cinemas in Athens, Thessaloniki, Patra, Volos and Amaliada, starts on Wednesday with "Back to the Top," a documentary by Stratis Chadzielenoudas about the efforts of a young man and his friends to help him climb to the summit of Mount Olympus after losing the use of his legs in a moto