Ikariaka Dromena – Festival Ikarias in collaboration with the Perdiki Cultural Association “To Perdiki,” is organizing two photography exhibitions at the Perdiki Elementary School. The exhibitions will be open from August 17 through August 25, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION by Themis Speis PERDIKI, IKARIA A brief photographic journey through time and space to a small village. […]
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FROM PLACE TO PLACE: Gaides Laloun & Tigris from Apeiranthos, August 11, 9:00 p.m, Magganitis
A journey through distant Thrace and its music, traditions, and pastures, featuring the award-winning film “Gaides Laloun,” as well as through Naxos, where we are introduced to the entertainer “Tigris from Apeiranthos,” in a film depicting the life of a shepherd and a tsambouna (bagpipe) player, both directed by Dimitris Kitsikoudis. The screening will take place […]
ATHERAS PROJECT: “Transition” Photography Exhibition by Vasiliki Deli
ATHERAS PROJECT ROOTS The ATHERAS PROJECT team, as part of the Ikariaka Dromena – Festival Ikarias’s initiatives and in collaboration with the Cultural and Beautification Association of Armenistis, presents the photography exhibition: “Transition” by Vasiliki Deli. August 5–11, 2026, 7:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m., Old Customs House (Palio Telonio), Armenistis Opening: Wednesday, August 5, 2026, 7:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m. – Exhibition Curator: […]
FROM PLACE TO PLACE: The Journey of Askavlos, August 2, 9:00 p.m, Akamatra
“The Journey of Askavlos” (2020), directed by Giorgos Arvanitis, will be the first ethnographic film to be screened as part of the FROM PLACE TO PLACE programme. The screening will take place on Sunday, August 2, at 9:00 p.m. in the beautiful square of Akamatra, and we will have the honour and pleasure of welcoming the film’s director, Giorgos Arvanitis, […]
FROM PLACE TO PLACE: a series of selected ethnographic films
This year, the Ikaria Film Festival is touring the island and presenting the programme “FROM PLACE TO PLACE,” a series of selected ethnographic films from different parts of Greece that will be screened at various locations across Ikaria. Stay tuned.
Ikaria Film Festival 2026
With less than a month to go, the countdown to the three-day screening program of the Ikaria Film Festival has begun, where selected short films for this year’s festival and their filmmakers will come to meet and interact with the people of Ikaria and visitors to our island at the REX Municipal Open Air Cinema. […]
Nikos Ikaris in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany
Ikariaka Dromena – Festival Ikarias continues to follow and support Birgit Urban’s journey exploring the life of Nikos Ikaris. Following the publication of the fascinating book “From Aegean Light to Northern Skies—The Life and Work of the Ikarian Artist Nikos Ikaris in Ikaria and Germany” (in Greek and English) in 2025 and the exhibition that accompanied its launch at the […]
Ikaria Film Festival 2025
The three-day Ikaria Film Festival 2025 kicks off on Saturday, August 23. This year’s Festival will take place from August 23 to 25 in the open air cinema REX in Agios Kirikos. The programme for the first two days will feature a total of 21 films: 11 short fiction films and 10 short documentaries. On the third and […]
Music and Movement Education and Creative Drama Workshops for Children
Ikariaka Dromena – Festival Ikarias have the pleasure of collaborating with two educators, who will lead a music and movement workshop and a creative drama workshop for our little friends. Music educator Melina Nicole Harris is leading the music and movement workshop, which is designed for 4- to 7-year-olds and is based on the Carl Orff approach. Alkistis Poulou, a […]
Musical performance in the unfinished church of Saint Kirykos
On the evening of Wednesday, August 13, 2025, Ikarians enjoyed a wonderful night at the the unfinished 19th-century church of Papa-Oikonomou, located behind Sevdali in the heart of Agios Kirykos, where the Ikaria-born musician and music professor Orestis Hatzinakis performed his compositions live as part of the parallel events of ART IKARIA 2025 in a musical performance. Eirini Arvaniti opened […]
