Chicago Greek Film Expo 2026 - 1968

1968 (2018)

Date: May 24th, 2026

Time: 6:00 pm CT

Location: Pickwick Theatre

Screening Room: Theater 4

Admission: Free (Ticket required)

Direction: Tassos Boulmetis

With: Ieroklis Michaelidis, Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Stelios Mainas

This audience-pleasing docudrama focuses on the AEK basketball team’s historic 1968 European Cup win against Slavia Prague. The film weaves together archival footage with dramatized stories to show the victory’s impact on Greek society.

Followed by a post-screening conversation with the director, Tassos Boulmetis, in conversation with Dr. Young Kim (University of Illinois Chicago).

Info: The event is hosted by the Consulate General of Greece in Chicago in cooperation with the University of Illinois Chicago Foundation for Hellenic Studies Chair, the Hellenic Film Society and the Hellenic Foundation.

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