Past Events
Past Events
2025 Monthly Greek Film Series
The Hellenic Film Society presents Always on Sunday, a series of monthly screenings of Greek films at the prestigious Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, NY, to sell-out crowds.
DOURGOUTI TOWN
Direction: Dimitris Bavellas

2024 | 88 mins
With Haris Alexiou
This documentary traces the gentrification and virtual obliteration of Dourgouti, a residential district just south of the Acropolis. Rich in history, the area housed World War I refugees in the 1920s and served as the Armenian ghetto of Athens. During World War II, the neighborhood was the center of resistance against occupying Nazi forces. The construction of “progressive public housing” in the 1960s helped usher in the present day gentrification. “We have to accept change,” says the director who has roots in Dourgouti. “But we must work to prevent the mass exploitation of whole districts that have overwhelming consequences for the locals.”
Winner of the 2024 Grand Festival Award for Foreign Documenary, Berkeley Video & Film Festival
In Greek with English subtitles
Screened January 12, 2024