Inside the Mani

Mani Choir Rehersals
2025-12-16 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-09 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-02 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Athens) | Association of Neochori
For those who love singing. No experience required. The old school, Neochori.

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Live Music
2025-12-13 21:00, 2025-12-06 21:00, 2025-11-29 21:00 | Akti Beach Bar, Santova

"Mood Swings" Live Music
2025-12-12 21:00 - 23:30, 2025-12-05 21:00 - 23:30, 2025-11-28 21:00 - 23:30 | Medikon – Mediterranean Cuisine, Agios Nikolaos
Reservations: (+30) 27210 79119

Live Greek music in Nomitsi
2025-12-12 19:30 - 23:30 | Refoulo grill & coffee bar, Nomitsi
A 3-piece band (bouzouki, guitar & vocals) playing a range of traditional Greek folk music and rembetika.
An earlier start for the winter!

Live Greek Music
2025-12-11 19:30 - 23:00, 2025-12-04 19:30 - 23:00 | Liastres taverna, Stoupa
Every Thursday at Liastres taverna.
Enjoy a relaxed evening listening to a 2-piece group playing traditional Greek songs. All with the backdrop of Stoupa bay behind them.

Greek Night
2025-12-11 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-04 19:00 - 22:00 | Stathi’s Taverna, Pigi
Live Greek music in Stathi’s taverna in Pigi- dancing and merriment all night long! Enjoy superb views down to the coast, amazing sunsets and Stathi’s renowned trays of starters.
Please note that access by car is limited in the village of Pigi. There is a walk through the village from car parking areas of around 500m. Well worth the effort.
Reservations: +30 6932214562

Live "Rempetiko" Greek Music
2025-12-10 20:00 - 23:00, 2025-12-03 20:00 - 23:00 | Meze Mani, Agios Nikolaos
Reservations: (+30) 27210 77368

MIAO Christmas Party
2025-12-06 12:00 - 19:00 | O Platanos Taverna, Thalames

Concerto For Other Hands
2025-11-30 20:00 - 21:30 | Kalamata Film Festival – Aristomenous 95
Director: Ερνέστο Γκονζάλες Ντίαζ Country: Mexico
David dreams of being a pianist like his father, José Luis, who believes it impossible due to his son’s physical characteristics: short arms, hands with four fingers and limited hearing. Thanks to his tenacity, David shows him that he can play in his own way and together they begin a musical path that culminates in a new challenge for David: premiering the diffic…
Duration: 79 minutes
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Night Recedes
2025-11-30 17:00 - 18:00 | Kalamata Film Festival – Aristomenous 95
Director: Τίμων Κουλμάσης Country: Greece

A love story and artistic journey through war-torn Athens, post-war Paris, and Cold War Budapest, exploring the intertwined fates of art, history, and memory behind the Iron Curtain.
Duration: 70 Minutes
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Free Leonard Peltier
2025-11-30 15:00 - 17:00 | Kalamata Film Festival – Aristomenous 95
Director: Τζέσσι Σορτ Μπουλλ, Ντέιβιντ Φρανς Country: COM_DOCUMENTARIES_TITLE_United States
Acclaimed directors Jesse Short Bull and David France revisit one of the most discredited convictions in modern America to chronicle the five-decade campaign to exonerate the most famous living Native American activ…
Duration: 110 minutes
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Steps
2025-11-30 12:00 - 13:30 | Kalamata Film Festival – Aristomenous 95
Director: Ηρώ Σιαφλιάκη Country: France
November 2018 saw the emergence of the Yellow Vests movement. Steps follows its most ephemeral expression, these Saturday marches, as a possible entry into a new political experimentation. A subjective state of affairs, very different from the narratives broadcast about the Yellow Vests by the media, the film scrutinizes the resurrection of solidarity between the…
Duration: 85 Minutes
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Free Words: A Poet From Gaza
2025-11-29 21:30 - 22:00 | Kalamata Film Festival – Aristomenous 95
Director: Αμπντουλάχ Χαρούν Ιλχάν
“Free words: A poet from Gaza” is a documentary film about Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha and his life in Gaza. The film chronicles his journey, his art as a form of resistance and hope, and his experiences with oppression, including his temporary detention and subsequent release to leave Gaza.
Duration: 24 minutes
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'48 | Resisting The Big Settlement
2025-11-29 20:00 - 21:10
Director: Δύο Εκατόν Δέκα Οκτώ Φιλμ Τιμ Country: Greece

A political documentary filmed in the summer of 2022 in the occupied Palestine. It is an attempt to express the daily experience of people excluded by the apartheid regime, describing different aspects of the Israeli occupation. We have recorded stories from 4 regions of West Bank, culminating in a collective narrative of the Palestinian resistance as an everyday…
Duration: 77 Minutes
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Delta
2025-11-29 18:30 - 19:30 | Kalamata Film Festival – Aristomenous 95
Director: Βίβιαν Παπαγεωργίου Country: Greece
At the delta of the Pinios River, in the shadow of Mount Olympus in central Greece, a small community of coastal fishermen work tirelessly to sustain their way of life. The film is driven by resilient and humorous characters whose stories unfold over the seasons, set against the ever-present backdrop of water.
Duration: 76 minutes
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Arctic Odyssey
2025-11-29 17:00 - 18:00 | Kalamata Film Festival – Aristomenous 95
Director: Ευάγγελος Ρασσιάς Country: Greece
An epic cinematic journey filled with breathtaking landscapes and unforgettable moments. Andreas and Alexandros embark on a bikepacking adventure in Norway, overcoming physical and mental challenges, conquering obstacles, and discovering the best version of themselves. Their journey allows viewers to live each moment as if they were there.
Duration: 75 minutes
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Not My Film
2025-11-29 16:30 - 17:00 | Kalamata Film Festival – Aristomenous 95
Director: Άστρα Ζόλντνερε Country: Germany
What happens if older people challenge stereotypes in films about aging? Six seniors re-perform scenes of poor health, sexual invisibility, and gendered stereotypes of the wise old man and the bad witch. Toward the end of the film, the participants rebel against these cinematic images, proving that older age can be associated with love, sexuality, and self-revela…
Duration: 30 minutes
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The Day Iceland Stood Still
2025-11-29 15:00 - 16:30 | Kalamata Film Festival – Aristomenous 95
Director: Πάμελα Χόγκαν Country: Iceland
When 90% of the women of Iceland walked off the job and out of their homes one fall morning in 1975 refusing to work, cook, or take care of the children, they brought their country to a standstill and catapulted Iceland to the best place in the world to be a woman.” Told for the first time by the women themselves, and laced with playful animation, The Day Iceland…
Duration:71 minutes
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Ernest Cole Lost and Found
2025-11-28 21:30 - 23:00 | Kalamata Film Festival – Aristomenous 95
Director: Ραούλ Πεκ
Ernest Cole, a South African photographer was the first to expose the horrors of apartheid to a world audience. His book House of Bondage, published in 1967 when he was only 27 years old, led him into exile in NYC and Europe for the rest of his life, never to find his bearings. Raoul Peck recounts his wanderings, his turmoil as an artist and his anger, on a daily…
Duration: 106 Minutes
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Kalamata Christmas Festivities Programme
2025-11-28 20:00 - 2026-01-07 20:00 | Kalamata
A 20m high Christmas tree, a carousel, a train, a number of concerts and choirs, puppet shows, art exhibitions and an appearance from Santa himself….you name it!
The full programme of events can be found on the Tharros News website.

On Lavender
2025-11-28 20:00 - 21:00 | Kalamata Film Festival – Aristomenous 95
Director: Μάκης Ευαγγελάτος, Ειρήνη Χατζή Country: Greece
ON LAVENDER is an exploration of the multiplicities of gender identity in contemporary Greek society. The film delves into the lives of its protagonists, weaving together their experiences, memories and histories through semi-structured interviews, creative shots and animation. The viewer is invited into a world where multiple perspectives on gender and performat…
Duration: 74 minutes
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