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Athens International Film + Video Festival
APRIL 8-14, 2024 Founded in 1974, the AIFVF has been presenting the best in international film for 51 years. Known globally as a festival that supports cinema from underground and… Read More
Friends of India Present: RRR
“FORGET STREAMING- THE JOY OF THE COMMUNAL RRR THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE IS AS MUCH FUN AS YOU CAN HAVE” — VARIANCE FILMS RRR – Rise, Roar, Revolt! – is the story… Read More
SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY
THE ATHENA CINEMA AND OEFFA ARE THRILLED TO PRESENT A SPECIAL SCREENING OF THIS IMPORTANT EMMY-NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY! Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds – they… Read More
OU School of Film Winter Showcase
OHIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF FILM PRESENTS A WINTER SHOWCASE FEATURING NINE 2ND YEAR, EXPERIMENTAL AND SOPHOMORE SHORT FILMS The screening will take place at the Athena Cinema on March 1, 2024,… Read More
OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS: ANIMATION
The Oscar season is just around the corner! So, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be screening some of the short films that have been nominated for cinema’s most prestigious… Read More
OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS: ANIMATION
The Oscar season is just around the corner! So, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be screening some of the short films that have been nominated for cinema’s most prestigious… Read More
OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS: LIVE ACTION
The Oscar season is just around the corner! So, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be screening some of the short films that have been nominated for cinema’s most prestigious… Read More
OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS: LIVE ACTION
The Oscar season is just around the corner! So, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be screening some of the short films that have been nominated for cinema’s most prestigious… Read More
Sustainability Series: KISS THE GROUND
Hollywood superstar/activist Woody Harrelson narrates and stars in this timely documentary that promises to offer a real and viable solution to climate change: regenerating the Earth’s soil. By shifting our… Read More
Sustainability Series: THE GREAT GREEN WALL
A landmass stretching uninterrupted for nearly 4000 miles, from Senegal on the Atlantic Coast to Djibouti on the coast of the Red Sea, Africa’s Sahel region serves as a climatic… Read More
Sustainability Series: CHASING ICE
In 2007, photojournalist James Balog and a team of researchers, climate scientists, engineers, and mountaineers, founded the EIS (Extreme Ice Survey) to study and document the climatic phenomenon of melting… Read More
Classics & Cocktails: JACKIE BROWN
Our Classics & Cocktails series wraps up with the 1997 Quentin Tarantino classic JACKIE BROWN on February 23rd at 7pm. We’ll be pairing the film with a fun specialty cocktail… Read More
Dr. Gordon Briggs and Brandon Thompson join forces to organize ‘Heroes in Color’ at the Athena Cinema
By: Emily Votaw
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – As a Black kid growing up in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Dr. Gordon Briggs didn’t see many people who looked like him in films… Read More
A year after it’s debut at Sundance, ‘King Coal’ brings a ‘truth that is lesser seen but more felt’ about coal culture to the Athena Cinema Feb. 8
By: Emily Votaw
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Award-winning filmmaker and native West Virginian Elaine McMillion Sheldon embarks on a tender, cinematic journey straight into the beating heart of Appalachian coal culture in her… Read More
A TRIP TO THE ATHENA: Paint & Sip
Calling all cinephiles and dreamers! Join us for a movie-themed Paint & Sip event inspired by Méliès’ iconic 1902 silent film A TRIP TO THE MOON. Register for this two-hour paint… Read More
The Athena Cinema to host the annual Holiday Film Series and canned food drive at The Ridges
By: WOUB Culture Team
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ATHENS, Ohio – The Athena Cinema’s eleventh annual Holiday Film Series and canned food drive will bring Christmas classics to the big screen, only this year in a new setting…. Read More
Holiday Film Series: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
This event will be held at The Ridges Auditorium on Saturday, December 23rd at 5:00 p.m. About the film Frank Capra’s classic stars the great James Stewart as George Bailey,… Read More
Holiday Film Series: ELF
This event will be held at The Ridges Auditorium. See event schedule below. About the film Will Ferrell stars as Buddy, a regular-sized man who was raised as an elf… Read More
The Met: Live in HD: Puccini’s MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Extraordinary soprano Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the loyal geisha at the heart of Puccini’s devastating tragedy. Tenor Jonathan Tetelman stars as the callous American naval officer… Read More
The Met: Live in HD: Puccini’s LA RONDINE
Puccini’s bittersweet love story arrives in cinemas, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers her… Read More
The Met: Live in HD: Gounod’s ROMEO ET JULIETTE
Two singers at the height of their powers—radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation, with Met Music Director… Read More
Heroes In Color: THE LAST DRAGON
Leroy “Bruce Leeroy” Green embarks on a quest through the gritty streets of New York to complete his training and gain the level of martial arts mastery that will make… Read More
Heroes In Color: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, Miles Morales, is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting… Read More
Heroes In Color: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Michelle Yeoh stars as “Evelyn Quan Wang” in this genre-blendingly wild cinematic ride written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. One minute, Evelyn is a normal Chinese-American immigrant… Read More
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