The 8th Santorini Film Festival Returns July 18–20

With the central theme “We’re Not Really Strangers,” the 8th Santorini Film Festival (SFF2025) returns from July 18 to 20 with a three-day program of film screenings and educational activities for children. Through a selection of short and feature-length films that reflect this year’s theme, the festival focuses on one powerful message: our connection with others.

“In a world constantly shaken by global events and environmental disruptions, something Santorini has recently experienced as well, the need to reassess our priorities and values feels more urgent than ever,” say the organizers of SFF2025. This year’s program highlights the themes of solidarity, empathy, and compassion. Each film explores a different facet of human relationships and interaction, coming together to form a mosaic of emotional and social experiences.

With its motto “We’re Not Really Strangers,” this year’s festival aims to bring together locals and visitors, friends and strangers, cinephiles and filmmakers. As always, the screenings will take place at the open-air Cine Kamari and the Tomato Industrial Museum “D. Nomikos.”

True to its spirit, the Santorini Film Festival showcases work from both established and emerging filmmakers from Greece and around the world, with a strong emphasis on independent cinema and new voices.

Highlights of this year’s program include:

• My Late Summer by acclaimed Bosnian director and screenwriter Danis Tanović,

• Half an Orange by Cypriot filmmaker Loukia Chatzigianni,

• the award-winning Camping in Paradise by Eirik Tveiten,

• and Clementine, a short film by Greek director Giorgos Stagakis.

The festival will also host an educational workshop inspired by this year’s theme. Held once again at the Tomato Industrial Museum “D. Nomikos,” the workshop invites children and their parents to create and film a story together. It’s an opportunity to discover independent cinema, and each other, through storytelling and creativity.