Daniel Day-Lewis to attend Athens premiere of his new film

The 31st Athens International Film Festival, “Premieres Nights,” is preparing a large astonishment this year, arsenic the elusive three-time Oscar-winning British histrion Daniel Day-Lewis is acceptable to be the Greek premiere of his caller movie Anemone. The premiere volition instrumentality spot connected Sunday, October 12, astatine the Athens Concert Hall and volition person a charitable focus, with each proceeds going to the Society for the Protection of People with Cerebral Palsy / Open Door.

Although Day-Lewis announced his status from acting successful 2017, helium could not defy actively supporting the directorial debut of his son, Ronan Day-Lewis. Daniel takes connected a cardinal relation successful Anemone and co-wrote the screenplay, which besides stars Sean Bean.

In the film, Day-Lewis portrays a hermit whose middle-aged member comes searching for him successful Northern England. Their narration is shaped by a mysterious and analyzable past, making their enslaved fragile yet occasionally tender, everlastingly marked by a traumatic lawsuit from decades earlier.

Reduced Program Due to Funding Cuts

The festival organizers, who person established the lawsuit arsenic a cardinal and productive fixture successful Greece’s cinematic scenery implicit the past 30 years, announced astatine a property league astatine the French Institute that this year’s program—running from October 1 to 12—will beryllium importantly reduced owed to decreased authorities funding.

“From 2012 until now, the Ministry of Culture and the Attica Region actively supported the festival done EU-funded programs covering those 13 years. On June 27, 2025, successful Elefsina, contempt anterior assurances, we were abruptly informed that the EU backing would not beryllium extended for this year’s variation of Premieres Nights,” explained festival manager Tatiana Pappa. She urged the authorities not to let the festival to shrink, emphasizing:

“This year’s programme redesign, owed to reduced nationalist funding, is simply a wake-up telephone astir the fragile presumption of modern civilization successful authorities priorities. Uncertainty and discontinuity endanger not lone the standard and prestige but besides the precise beingness of an instauration that has proven its worth to the country’s cultural, social, and economical life. Premieres Nights are portion of our identity. Losing them means losing thing deeper: our corporate representation and the powerfulness to dream.”

Artistic manager Loukas Katsikas added that, owed to fund cuts, this year’s festival volition diagnostic lone fractional the fig of films compared to erstwhile years, which often exceeded 100 screenings. Four large sections—Tributes, Special Screenings, the Midnight section, and Music & Film—have been canceled.

The afloat programme of the 31st Athens International Film Festival, Premieres Nights, volition beryllium announced connected September 24.