Temenos 2026 will take place June 17th to 21st, 2026 in Lyssarea, Arkadia, Greece.
Gregory Markopoulos’s Eniaios XIX-XXII will be premiered on Thursday through Sunday, June 18th – 21st, with the traditional welcoming dinner on the evening of Wednesday, June 17th.
We are currently investigating the present conditions in the area, including accommodations, travel and logistics. There are limitations in organizing an event in a remote part of Arkadia, and as such we are limited to the number of guests we can invite to participate.
Despite these uncertainties, we are happy to open for registration requests. If we cannot offer a place for you this year, please know that we hope to bring Eniaios cycles to other locations.
Once you have sent your registration request, you will get an email confirming its receipt. We will follow up by letting you know whether your registration was successful or if you will be put on the waiting list as soon as possible, up to the end of April 2026. Following the confirmation of your registration, we will communicate to you the costs and ask you to pay the amount to confirm your place at Temenos 2026.
We aim to keep the cost as close as possible to the fees charged in 2024, which we list below. We will know the exact costs (and any potential increases) after speaking with our partners in the area later in March.
– Registration for the event: €35 suggested donation
– Bus transportation from Athens to Arkadia (return trip), €70 per person
– Use of local buses for transportation from your lodging to Lyssarea and return for the five nights, €60
– Guesthouse accommodations (shared rooms, communal bathroom, if you are a single attendee, you may be paired with another traveler). €150 per person (€30/night)
– Hotel accommodations (bathroom and shower en suite, limited availability) €450 per person (€90/night)
More information about Temenos 2026: Eighteen of the twenty-two film orders of Eniaios have premiered at the Temenos site near Lyssarea to a group of spectators who have traveled from Europe, North & South America, Australia and East Asia. This screening will complete the restoration work and is the final premiere.
Markopoulos wished to create a deeply personal and rewarding cinematic experience for his spectators. He chose the site near Lyssaraia, his father’s birthplace, for its natural beauty and conceived the Temenos as a space uniquely in harmony with the film as an instrument of philosophical and psychological revelation. The spectator’s journey to the Temenos anticipates the more extraordinary journey that takes place in front of the projection screen. The pace and gradual development of the film allows the viewer to perceive his or her own emotions in dialogue with the filmmaker’s concentrated, fleeting images. It is what Markopoulos designated “the intuition space.”
Each screening begins with the setting of the sun and continues for approximately three to four hours under the movement of the heavens. There is no charge for admission. Each film order is an autonomous part of Eniaios: it is not necessary to have seen the earlier orders.
Schedule:
– Wednesday June 17th: Welcome dinner & reception
– Thursday June 18th: Screening of Eniaios XIX
– Friday June 19th: Screening of Eniaios XX
– Satuday June 20th: Screening of Eniaios XXI
– Sunday June 21st: Screening of Eniaios XXII
Registration requests can be made at http://bit.ly/temenos2026
Please direct any questions regarding registration or the event to planning@thetemenos.org
Images of the current work on Eniaios. Clockwise: Robert Beavers, Peter Todd, James Edmonds, Björn Schmitt. Photos by Liam Kenny.
