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AMP Filmworks Puts Cyprus on Film Map

Cathy Meils Cyprus 2018-12-06

NICOSIA: Cypriot production house AMP Filmworks had a big break-through when its feature film Smuggling Hendrix directed by the company’s founder Marios Piperides had its world premiere and won the…

Cypriot Company Signs Agreement with Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Enterprises

FNE Staff Cyprus 2018-10-26

NICOSIA: The Cyprus News Agency (CAN) reports that a new Cyprus company, Screentale, has signed an agreement with Robert De Niro’s company Tribeca Enterprises NY.

Cyprus to Offer New Incentives Package for Film Productions

Maria Gregoriou Cyprus 2018-10-15

NICOSIA: Cyprus is offering a whole range of new incentives to attract international productions to the island and to boost its own small film industry.

First Cyprus Film Summit Kicks Off

FNE Staff Cyprus 2018-10-09

NICOSIA: The Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency has invited producers from Bollywood, Hollywood and Pinewood along with a contingent of international representatives from around the world to a film summit taking…

FESTIVALS: The 8th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus Announces National Competition

FNE Staff Cyprus 2018-09-21

LIMASSOL: The National Competition programme of the 8th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus showcases 19 films, which are automatically included in the international competition. The festival runs from 13…

Cyprus Launches Film Industry Promotion and Incentives Scheme

Maria Gregoriou Cyprus 2018-09-14

NICOSIA: Cyprus has launched a new government scheme that will provide producers with incentives, cash rebates and/or tax credits of up to 35% on qualifying production expenditure. Tax allowances of…

FNE at KVIFF 2018: Film in Cyprus is Blossoming

Anna Franklin Cyprus 2018-07-04

KARLOVY VARY: Film in Cyprus is blossoming as Cypriot filmmaker Tonia Mishiali arrives at KVIFF with her film Pause selected for the East of the West Competition. The prestigious East…

FESTIVALS: Veronique Meriadec's A Thousand Pieces Wins 13th Cyprus IFF

Maria Gregoriou Cyprus 2018-07-04

PAPHOS: The 13th Cyprus International Film Festival Golden Aphrodite concluded in Paphos on Sunday, 1 July, with an award ceremony presented by the festival’s founder Petra Terzi and Stefanos Theofylaktou.…

FNE at Paphos IFF: Iran and Belgium Win Top Prizes at Cyprus Fest

Maria Gregoriou Cyprus 2018-06-27

NICOSIA: The third Paphos International Film Festival (PIFF), which ended on 24 June 2018, announced the winners of the Audience International and Student short film awards.

FESTIVALS: Paphos IFF Screens Short Films

Maria Gregoriou Cyprus 2018-06-21

NICOSIA: The third Paphos International Film Festival (PIFF), running 22-24 June 2018, will screen 19 international short films and 11 student films.

FESTIVALS: Eighteen Films Compete at Cyprus IFF

Maria Gregoriou Cyprus 2018-06-21

NICOSIA: The 13th Cyprus International Film Festival Golden Aphrodite will run from 23 June to 1 July 2018 in Paphos.

FNE at Cyprus Film Days 2018: Two Films Tie for Top Award in Cyprus

Maria Gregoriou Cyprus 2018-04-30

NICOSIA: The Best Film and Best Director Award was a tie between the films I Am Not a Witch by Rungano Nyoni and Respeto by Alberto Monteras at the 16th…

FESTIVALS: Abel Ferrara Masterclass at Cyprus Film Days

FNE Staff Cyprus 2018-04-20

NICOSIA: Abel Ferrara will hold a masterclass as part of the industry programme of the 16th Cyprus Film Days festival, which opens on 19 April 2018, running through 28 April.

FESTIVALS: The 16th Cyprus Film Days International Festival Announces Lineup

Maria Gregoriou Cyprus 2018-04-03

NICOSIA: The 16th Cyprus Film Days International Festival, an annual showcase of international and domestic films, will be held in Nicosia and Limassol from 19 to 28 April 2018.

Clementine to Premiere at Cyprus Film Days

Maria Gregoriou Cyprus 2018-03-29

NICOSIA: Longinos Panayi’s coming-of-age debut feature Clementine will premiere at the Cyprus Film Days International Film Festival, running from 19 to 28 April 2018.

Moving Films from Paper to Screen

Maria Gregoriou Cyprus 2018-03-14

NICOSIA: Cypriot director, journalist, film critic and poet Longinos Panagi is currently running a film seminar on various stages of filmmaking in Nicosia until 30 March 2018.

FNE Country Report 2017: CYPRUS

Maria Gregoriou Cyprus 2018-02-08

NICOSIA: The Ministry of Education and Culture in Cyprus made great efforts in 2017 to expand the country’s activities in various aspects concerning the cinema, including film production, film education…

FESTIVALS: Natas Wins Cyprus Short Film National Competition

FNE Staff Cyprus 2017-10-26

LIMASSOL: Natas by Harry Ayiotis won the First Prize for Best Short Film in the national competition of the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, which concluded on 21 October…

FESTIVALS: Cyprus Short Film Days Announces National Competition

FNE Staff Cyprus 2017-10-12

LIMASSOL: Eleven films will compete in the 7th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, taking place at the Rialto Theatre from 14 to 21 October 2017.

Cyprus to Launch Tax Incentives Scheme

FNE Staff Cyprus 2017-09-28

NICOSIA: The Cypriot cabinet approved a scheme to attract foreign productions, which will offer tax incentives of up to 35% per cent of expenditure incurred in Cyprus and capped at…