Event Overview - The Best from Greece

SFF-rated ATHENS, the International Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival of Athens is organized by the Science Fiction Club of Athens, Greece (or “ALEF” for short). It started out in 2006 as a retrospective of Greek genre films, but it quickly evolved into a truly international event...

Parades, military marches and church celebrations take place throughout Greece to mark this dual holiday. It marks Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire and the day of Angel Gabriel's announcement to the Virgin Mary of her conception of Christ. In 1821, after nearly 400 years of occupatio...