Top 10 Open Air Memories

Set against the backdrop of the sunny and beautiful Nisyros, Miguel Angel Jimenez's bittersweet romantic comedy speaks disarmingly of the longing for light and life, even when everything seems to be ending. — A middle-aged Spanish cancer patient will decide to take a trip to Nisyros, defying all medical advice by her doctors and son. There, she will meet love and face lifetime dilemmas.

A film about sexuality like we've never seen before. A liberating exploration of stereotypes and what holds us back, in a mature, touching, and funny romantic comedy filled with humor, sensitivity, and a lot of sex. Starring the great Emma Thompson, perhaps in the performance of her career. — Nancy Stokes is a retired educator craving some action and good sex. Although her husband, Robert, was a good companion, he was never a good lover. He is no longer in the picture, and Nancy seeks adventure with Leo Grande, a gigolo. Neither of them imagined they could communicate beyond their encounter, but Nancy thinks she likes it. And he feels the same way about her. — Nomination for Outstanding British Film | BAFTA | 2023 Nomination for Best Leading Actress (Emma Thompson) | BAFTA | 2023 Nomination for Best Leading Actor (Daryl McCormack) | BAFTA | 2023 Nomination for Best Leading Actress (Emma Thompson) | Golden Globes | 2023

One of the most beloved films of recent years, Joachim Trier's comic drama (with generous doses of romance, tragedy and existential despair) is awarded at Cannes for Renate Reinsve, makes it to the Oscars, and reflects on absolutely contemporary personal and social impasses. — Thirty-year-old Julie doesn't know what she wants out of life. And while her boyfriend wants to start a family, she suddenly falls in love with someone else. A chronicle of four years in the life of a young woman who is asked to explore the complicated paths of life and love while struggling for her career. All of which will make her understand herself better and bring her face to face with a more realistic view of who she really is. — Nomination for Best Original Screenplay | Oscars | 2022 Nomination for Best International Film | Oscars | 2022 Best Actress (Renate Reinsve) | Cannes Film Festival | 2021 Nomination for Best Actress (Renate Reinsve) | BAFTA | 2022

Louis Garrel (“The Dreamers”) turned his own family story into a crime comedy: his mother spent years running acting workshops in prisons and then married one of the inmates. Garrel plays the son who tries to stop the wedding. — Abel’s mother runs drama classes in a prison, and she has just announced that she’s marrying one of the inmates, a man due out in a few months. Abel is certain it can only end badly. Then he starts getting to know his future stepfather, and the more he learns, the less certain he is about anything. — Official Selection - Out of Competition | Cannes Film Festival | 2022 11 Nominations | César Awards | 2023 Best Original Screenplay | César Awards | 2023 Best Supporting Actress (Noémie Merlant) | César Awards | 2023

Maintaining his familiar style, but more delightful and poignant than ever, Yannis Economides takes us to a small town in Greece, when erotic passion intersects with greed for money, the corpses start piling up one by one. — A charming woman decides to leave her businessman husband for a nightclub owner and former folk singer. But she doesn't stop there as she takes a million euros with her. The husband misunderstands, and vows revenge. Meanwhile, the underworld of the night, in the small provincial town, goes into a frenzy around the illicit couple. And the icing on the cake: the dreadful mothers of the two brothers won't just sit back and do nothing.

Nothing would be the same in European cinema after the first screening of what turned out to be one of the most influential films in history. The week of Marcello, Paparazzo, the stars, the ephemeral glow and fake idols, a journey to life’s true meaning. — Wandering through a privileged enclave of Rome, Marcello, a gossip journalist, encounters elegant aristocrats, hungry artists, vulgar nouveau riche, charlatans and "magicians" of the elite nightlife. He discovers that beneath the surface of their deceptive grace lurks emptiness, despair and loneliness, all of which lead to an implacable thinker friend finding a tragic end. — Palme D'Or | Cannes Film Festival | 1960 Best Costume Design | Oscars | 1962

Even at their closest, they’re still a millimetre apart. Wong Kar-Wai (“In the Mood for Love”) wrote each scene in the morning and shot it that night, all in two weeks, and his cult film became the first release from Tarantino’s label. A cop, a wig, and “California Dreamin’” playing again next door. — Every day Cop 223 buys a tin of pineapple with a 1 May expiry date, because that’s the day he has promised himself he’ll stop pining. He can’t take his eyes off a woman in a blonde wig, never guessing that she deals drugs. Cop 663 has just been dumped as well, and his ex-girlfriend leaves the keys with the snack bar next door. — Official Selection | Locarno International Film Festival | 1994 Best Picture | Hong Kong Film Awards | 1995 Best Director | Hong Kong Film Awards | 1995 Best Actor (Tony Leung) | Hong Kong Film Awards | 1995 Best Actress (Faye Wong) | Stockholm Film Festival | 1994

In the spirit of Linklater's Before trilogy and with DIY attitude, the Greek film of the year follows two people on a magically melancholic journey. Awards in Thessaloniki and a triumph at the Hellenic Film Academy Awards for the directorial debut of comic book creator Giorgos Goussis. — Elena is traveling with no destination and unexpectedly boards the ship to Kefalonia. Antonis, who is on the same ship, is heading to the island's cemetery to bury his aunt's ossuary. When his car breaks down, Elena offers to take him to a hotel and then again the next day to the cemetery, where they are told they can't keep the box for bureaucratic reasons. Having enjoyed each other's company, they decide to continue roaming around the island looking for a good place to bury the box. — Golden Alexander | Thessaloniki Film Festival | 2021 FIPRESCI Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | 2021 Greek National Television Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | 2021 Best Film | Hellenic Film Academy Awards | 2022 Best Actress (Elena Topalidou) | Hellenic Film Academy Awards | 2022