2025 PROGRAM

3-5 OCTOBER 2025
HYDRA ISLAND GREECE

DISCOVER ARTCINEMA HYDRA 2025

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CINEMA | ART | MUSIC, POETRY & DANCE | GATHERINGS | NATURE & WELLNESS | PATRONAGE | TRAVEL

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- Private Artist Studio Tours: Jill Appert and Jacqueline Savidge.
- DESTE Foundation/Project Slaughterhouse Tour (self-guided)
Join us for a private reception at the Lazaros Koundouriotis Historical Mansion for live classical music, art, and elevated drinks.
Join us at the Gardenia Open-Air Cinema for the special Greek premiere of this standout contemporary Indian film presented by acclaimed Indian film star Abhay Deol and writer/director Faraz Arif Ansari.
Join Hydra-raised local, executive producer Derek Colloredo-Mansfeld, and British director/screenwriter Doug Rao, and select cast for a thought-provoking conversation and screening at the Gardenia Open-Air Cinema.
Join us after the 10:00 PM screening at Spilia Beach Bar

Start your day off with a moment of zen. Specific details to be listed in your itinerary.
Join us at Pirate Bar for Hydra poetry readings with local and visiting poets including Hydra local Yiannis Gavalas & American Poet John Holgerson.
We are thrilled to announce that the acclaimed actor-writer-director and founder of the Giles Foreman Centre for Acting in London will be visiting Hydra, accompanied by 25 professional actors from France, Greece, and the United States.
In a generous gesture, he has offered to host two exclusive acting workshops for guests and members of our ArtCinema community and Hydra residents. This is a unique opportunity to learn from one of the leading figures in actor training.
Private location will be listed in your itinerary.
Private two-hour tour of local artists’ studios.
Join us prior to the BOY ON A DOLPHIN Tribute Night festivities with a kick-off cocktail at Hydroussa Hotel.
An evening of music, dance, celebration and two screenings. World Premiere of Hydra and Sophia: Echoes of a Dolphin & Boy on a Dolphin 4K restoration screening
An evening of music, dance, celebration and two screenings.
8PM - World Premiere of Hydra and Sophia: Echoes of a Dolphin
8:30-10:00PM - A Taverna Dinner, accompanied by live music, dance, special guests, and a film & fashion conversation
10:00PM - Boy on a Dolphin 4K restoration screening
Surprise screening of an award-winning festival film (Spanish language; Greek subtitles)
This screening will be presented by our guest poets, with a conversation after the film.
NOTE: Film is in Spanish with Greek subtitles.
Join us after BOY ON A DOLPHIN for late night drinks at local favorite bar Americano.

Find your zen (again) with our morning wellness routine.
Hear more about the process of creating a unique piece of cinema from our opening night filmmakers, Faraz Arif Ansari (writer-director of BUN TIKKI) and Doug Rao (writer-director of DIRTY BOY).
We honor our valued patrons and artists with a private lunch at Hydra’s Piato.
Following the Artists & Patrons lunch, we invite you to the last 2-hour artist studio tour of the event, visiting local artist Tom Powell.
Experience Kyran Daniel’s incredible live album “Like the Night Itself” presentation at the iconic Old Carpet Factory.
6:30PM - Souvlaki is served
7:30PM - Incredible family-friendly short films co-curated with the Animasyros festival
8:00PM - A special presentation of Malgosia Bela and Pawel Pawilkowski’s exquisite short film about the creative struggle, filmed at Old Carpet Factory
8:15PM - Surprise Closing Family Film
We will officially close out the 2025 ArtCinema event with a live DJ set from two of our artist patrons at the seaside restaurant Omilos.