The year is 1940, London. With the nation bowed down by war, the British ministry turns to propaganda films to boost morale at home. Realizing their films could use “a woman’s touch,” the ministry hires Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) as a scriptwriter in charge of writing the female dialogue. Although her artist husband looks down […]
KEDI: Last Day May 4th
Kedi is not a documentary about house cats or the strays you occasionally see in your back yard. Kedi is a film about the hundreds of thousands of cats who have roamed the metropolis of Istanbul freely for thousands of years, wandering in and out of people’s lives, impacting them in ways only an animal […]
Festival Encore: TONI ERDMANN
LAST DAY THURSDAY, APRIL 13th A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO’s life coach.
THE SENSE OF AN ENDING: Last Day Thursday, March 30th
*CaptiView® Closed Caption, Assistive Listening, & Audio Description devices are available for this film. All showings on Mondays will feature Open Captions. Tony Webster, divorced and retired, leads a reclusive and relatively quiet life. One day, he learns that the mother of his university girlfriend, Veronica, left in her will a diary kept by his best […]
LOGAN: Last Day Thursday, March 30th
*CaptiView® Closed Caption, Assistive Listening, & Audio Description devices are available for this film. All showings on Mondays will feature Open Captions. In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended […]
*Best Picture* MOONLIGHT: Last Day Thursday, March 23rd
*CaptiView® Closed Caption & Audio Description devices are available for this film. All showings on Mondays will feature Open Captions. The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man in Miami and his struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, […]
School of Film Screenings
The Ohio University School of Film fosters an educational environment of creativity, diversity, and excellence. Our students are passionate and disciplined; their styles are eclectic. The only Ohio filmmaking formula is the convergence of technical expertise and skilled visual storytelling. Within this rigorous setting, our students examine and develop motion pictures as an art form, […]
Universal Premieres
The Athena Cinema partners with Universal Studios to provide Athens with one-night only free screenings of select popular films before they are released worldwide!
Food on Film
What’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner are universal questions, and what’s on your plate reveals much about your culture and society. The Food on Film series serves up films that highlight not only the cuisines of different countries but also ways in which the food we eat tells the stories of our lives.
Spotlight on Documentary
Our Spotlight on Documentary series covers a wide array of topics, from gender & race studies to cultural arts and everything in between. Some have guest speakers and discussions, some are one-night only nationwide engagements, but all of them share the Athena’s mission statement to educate, entertain, and engage our community.
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