C I N E M A

The 26th Panorama of European Cinema is running for a second week at the Ideal Cinema Hall from November 21 to 27. The festival is featuring more than 70 films from around the globe and has a strong competition section, including films like the inventive satire on Italian politics Viva la liberta (best screenplay and best Lead Actor Awards from the Union of Italian Film Critics) and the gripping high school drama Class enemy (Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, and nominee for the Luigi De Laurentiis Award at the Venice Film Festival ). And a small tip: Don’t miss out on the long-awaited film by Alejandro Jodorowsky, La Danza de la Realidad that rocked this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

E X H I B I T I O N

The exhibition 7 visual legendary sagas is running at the metamatic: taf until November 29. The exhibition is inspired by the extraordinary historical journey of the artistic tradition of the North and is featuring artworks by seven contemporary artists from Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, living and working in various parts of Europe. The artists attempt an interpretation of the world that surrounds them by narrating their personal stories, reminding us through the words of Aeschylus that “we have been slain by none other, than our own wings.”

E V E N T S

The Benaki Museum is participating in the Bookwave 2013 project, an initiative of NGO Library4all aiming at collecting books for the libraries of kindergartens, primary schools and child care institutions in Athens and Attica. The public is invited to donate new or slightly used books from November 21 to 25. The books will be collected on the first floor of the Pireos Street building of the Benaki Museum.

M U S I C

My Dream, a unique performance by the China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe – CDPPAT - will be hosted at the Athens Concert Hall on November 27&28. CDPPAT comprises 110 disabled performers and 37 staff members. The President, Art Director, Dance Arranger and Music Arranger are all disabled people. They design and create program, train performers, produce promotional and audiovisual products, and also publicity and marketing.