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AIFVF Artist in Residence: IKHBAYAR URCHUUD

The Athens Center for Film + Video presents “The Will to Art,” an evening of films by Artist in Residence Ikhbayar Urchuud. Mongolian filmmaker Ikhbayar Urchuud addresses issues of contemporary Mongolian society through his cinematic vision. His recent feature documentary, “Uran Khas” (The Will to Art), is an observation of the lives and resurgent shamanist interests […]

Déjà View: THE BIG LEBOWSKI

This fall, the Athena presents Déjà View: Cult Classics Film Series. Shock value may have put these films on the map but their lasting relevance is a testament to a deeper resonance. There is more to these films than sex, violence and potty humor. These films are about, by and for the outsiders. Each in […]

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THE TRIALS OF SPRING

When a young Egyptian woman travels from her village to Cairo to add her voice to the tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to 60 years of military rule, she is arrested, beaten, and tortured by security forces and later punished and imprisoned by her family for daring to speak out. Unbreakable, she […]

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DÉJÀ VIEW: Fall Cult Classics Series

Thursday nights at 7PM this fall! PINK FLAMINGOS | Sept. 22 Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as “The Filthiest Person Alive”. WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE | Sept. 29 An unattractive seventh grader struggles to cope […]

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ANOTHER KIND OF GIRL COLLECTIVE with Laura Doggett

Only two years into the war, over 3,500 journalists had traveled through the Camp Za’atari to tell stories of the Syrian people who were forced out of their country to live in exile in Jordan. The stories told were somewhat black and white and largely tragic. In response to the mainstream media reporting of the […]

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THE WIND WILL CARRY US

Three engineers from the city travel to a small Kurdish village to document the villagers’ mourning for a 100-year-old woman who is still alive, but whose health is failing. Haunting and visually stunning, The Wing Will Carry Us is an absorbing abstract meditation on life and death and the divisions between tradition and modernity. The film will […]

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SPOTLIGHT: Free Screening Featuring Marty Baron!

*Closed captioning, assistive listening, and audio description devices are available for this film.* SPOTLIGHT tells the riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world’s oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper’s tenacious “Spotlight” team of reporters delves into allegations […]

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MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL: Quote-Along!

The delightfully whacky Monty Python and the Holy Grail is coming to the Athena this fall for OU Parents Weekend! Join us for a very special quote-along version of the widely beloved film, featuring official Monty Python guidebooks and “coconut clackers.” Whether it’s your first time or your fiftieth time seeing this movie, the Athena […]

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Art House Theater Day

Join the Athena Cinema for the very first National Art House Theater Day on Saturday, September 24th! Art House Theater Day celebrates the art house theater and the cultural role it plays in a community. It is a day to recognize the year-round contributions of film and filmmakers, patrons, projectionists, and staff, and the brick […]

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Food on Film: BIG NIGHT

In order to save their failing restaurant, two brothers must put aside their differences and pull off a perfect restaurant service when a famous musician comes to visit. The film is known for its tantalizing images of authentic Italian food, and has been credited with sparking the conversation surrounding authenticity and creativity in the kitchen. Prior […]