🎬 MOONS OF CAVIA | Greek Film Festival presents: A tale of a different city
During the first weekend of September, we will be hosting the seventh edition of our outdoor film festival, featuring not only Oscar-nominated features and local eye-opening shorts, but also music, food and performance, making for a truly special experience. Once again, we will try to spotlight some of the diversity that makes up Cavia’s many identities, celebrating a year of incredible moments for our small cinema.
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Greek Film Festival presents:
A TALE OF A DIFFERENT CITY
The first collaboration between Moons of Cavia and the Greek Film Festival in the Netherlands is here! GRFFNL started in 2026 at Filmhuis Cavia and was warmly welcomed by audiences in the Netherlands. Whether they were Greek people living in the Netherlands who rarely had access to newer Greek films, or Dutch cinephiles eager to explore a new cinematic experience, films screened during the first edition of GRFFNL attracted large crowds and continue to demonstrate why Greek cinema deserves to be recognized as a significant force in contemporary film.
The festival took place in May, but there are monthly screenings of Greek films that take place in Filmhuis Cavia throughout the year. To kick off this season, we are screening Social Decay, a radical silent film about the political and ethical crises in Athens during the turbulent period between the two World Wars.
The screening of Social Decay will be accompanied by a live original score, composed and performed by acclaimed Greek film composer Dimitra Alexiou, created especially for this occasion.
You're welcome to join us beforehand for a tavli ‘workshop’ —a playful introduction to one of Greece's most beloved board games—along with some Greek snacks. After the screening, stay for drinks and a hangout in the upstairs cinema space, where we'll be serving Greek drinks.
See you there!
SOCIAL DECAY (Koinoniki Sapila)
Stelios Tatasopoulos | 1932 | Greece | 50’ | EN subtitles
Dinos is a poor university student. Due to a lack of money, he drops out of his studies and goes looking for a job. He finds work as an actor with a theater company and falls in love with the lead actress. After she leaves the theater in search of greater success, Dinos also quits and ends up among the poor workers. Through this, he discovers the exploitation that workers must endure and starts a union to fight for social justice.
DIMITRA ALEXIOU
Dimitra Alexiou is a film composer, born in Greece and now based in the Netherlands. She has been working in film for the past few years, having already several credits for her work in short films, both in Greece and the Netherlands. When she is working on a film she always finds the message and style of the film, so as to support it with the best musical style possible. She has experimented with many genres (social drama, drama, horror) and many forms of films, such as documentaries, fiction films, animation films. Her style is diverse, combining a hybrid texture of electronic and acoustic elements to provide a unique atmosphere for every film.
Full programme:
18:00 | Doors open
18:30 | Tavli workshop and Greek snacks
21:00 | Social Decay w/ Live Music by Dimitra Alexiou
23:00 | Greek drinks and music
