The Lullaby of Twisted Toons: horror, comedy and obsession in animation and stop-motion film
We start the series with a screening of The Wolf House (La casa lobo, 2018), a Chilean stop-motion horror inspired by the real-life case of Colonia Dignidad.
Church of the Abnormal Vol.3: Daisies
We continue the series with the feminist surrealist masterpiece ‘Daisies’ by Czech new wave director Věra Chytilová. Banned at the time of its conception, the film narrates the story of two teenage girls embarking on a series of destructive pranks to rebel against a materialistic society.
Church of the Abnormal Vol.2: Elevator Girls in Bondage
We continue the series with a screening of Michael Kalmen’s super-rare cult feature Elevator Gils in Bondage (1972, 56’), featuring the legendary San Francisco anarchist drag troupe the Cockettes!
Church of the Abnormal Vol.1: Freak Orlando
LALA’s new Sunday film service presents screenings of narrative movie oddities to enjoy with popcorn and drinks! Come join us for queer camp weirdo beauties, surrealist avant-garde masterpieces, offbeat dark comedies, anarchic situationist underground film and video. An evening of mutant reverence! We kick of the series with a screening of Ulrike Ottinger’s Freak Orlando […]
The Early Works of Cheryl Dunye
LALA and Dreamland present some of the early works by Cheryl Dunye for the first time in Athens, with the presence of the filmmaker herself!!!
Psychedelic Films & Expanded Cinema
LALA and the Perverts Cine Club, in collaboration with The Dream Palace present a screening of rarely seen psychedelic films from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Jackals & Fireflies screening + Q&A with Eva H.D. and Charlie Kaufman
Current LALA resident Eva H.D. presents “Jackals & Fireflies”, a 20-minute city suite, a poetic cinematic essay, directed by Charlie Kaufman and written and performed by Eva herself. A woman wanders the streets of New York City, takes buses and trains, sits in bars and coffee shops, experiencing the city’s diverse neighborhoods, while thinking about […]
Oral histories: Iossif Vardakis
Beginning this season’s programme, we host the fifth in our series of oral history discussions. This time our guest is Iossif Vardakis, a filmmaker and activist based in Athens. Iossif has just completed the first Greek documentary on the LGBTI scene of the AKOE era and will confide to Fil Ieropoulos personal stories about suburban […]
Betty / Nana: Trans Women Film Portaits
ΛΑΛΑ presents a screening of two historical/archival portrait films of trans women in Greece.
Kenneth Anger: Queer Cinema Pioneer
The Perverts Cine Club (P.C.C.) at ΛΑΛΑ presents a screening of short films by Kenneth Anger who passed away last month. Arguably considered the grandfather of queer cinema, Anger’s uncompromising vision, combining an experimental attitude towards narrative and a luscious baroque camp aesthetic, still appears as luminary and mind-blowing today, a showcase of what queer cinema in the deepest sense can be.