The Cinematic Bats are the self-organized film club of the Film School of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.Th.). It mainly consists of students from the department and aims to bring people to remote Stavroupoli and give life to the tobacco warehouse where our department is housed. 

This film club was born in the early years of our school, with Mr. Pantelis Voulgaris (then artistic director of the school) in charge and the event was hosted by the Teloglion Foundation. It returned in the 2022 – 2023 academic period, now as a student group, through the initiative of the members of the team of Panorama Film School of AUTh.

Our group is not exclusively composed of department students. We are an open group that accepts new members throughout the year, regardless of university department, age, etc. 

Additionally, the Bats participate in the self-organized Film Groups Festival A.U.Th.-UoM (UniCineFest), held every May in the university halls, featuring the majority of university film groups in the city, as well as in the Anti-fascist Basketball Tournament of the Open Assembly of the “Western Districts” (we are doing a joint screening, for the time being we are not playing basketball – but you never know!).

Our goal, like every student film group, is to transform our universities into makeshift and interactive cinemas. Our intention is to promote socialization, reflection, and discussion about and through cinema (and to watch films together as friends!). 

The Bats try to organize at least one screening per month (sometimes we don’t make it, but during university occupations, we go all out), usually on the first Tuesday of the month, late at night, at our magical tobacco warehouse at Ikoniou 1. 

Email: cinematicbatts@gmail.com

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