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.
Prokne @ LALA :: Films, Dreamland and Process Work
Part A:Screening of videos she has constructed – in collaboration or by herself:Trud (2019, 3’) Carmela’s Garden (2018, 6’) Itys, Praxithea and Me (2022, 26’) Now (2025, 4’) Part B:A presentation titled “The relationship with dreamland as a subversive act”, in which Prokne will present the theory of Process Work and how its theoretical and […]
H(E)AVENS
H(E)AVENS – A four-day festival on the role of private foundations in the field of culture ≡ Athens, 7-10 December 2023
Fallschirmseide
LALA presents the reading of the book Fallschirmseide/Μετάξι Αλεξίπτωτων (Parachute silk), which was published in both German and Greek in 2021 by Spector Books in Leipzig.
Nadir Sönmez – Research on LGBTI+ activism and arts in the Kurdish town of Diyarbakır
Nadir Sönmez encountered activists, journalists and artists in Diyarbakır to research LGBTI+ activism in the city.
Indigenous AI: a conversation with Adina Popescu
Data is a tricky thing. It does not show us “reality”. It merely shows us what we are looking for. If we are looking for a certain pattern, we can train computer vision to identify said pattern.
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 […]
Real/Fake/Drag/Meat – Sophia Efstathiou & Chicks on Speed
If drag exposes the performativity/artificiality of gender can plant-based meats produce new definitions of ‘realness’ when it comes to food? Learning from queer and feminist politics, Real/Fake/Drag/Meat messes with definitions of ‘natural’ and ‘fake’ while maintaining a playful attitude. LALA presents the artistic research collaboration between Chicks on Speed and the project MEATigation, led by […]
Ron Athey – short films at LALA
Legendary body performance artist Ron Athey in a unique evening at LALA will share with us a few short films from his archives. There will be a Q&A session afterward with Angel Torticollis