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Cypriot Film Pause Selected As Candidate for EFA Nomination

FNE Staff Cyprus 2019-09-18

NICOSIA: Tonia Mishiali’s Cypriot/Greek coproduction Pause / Pafsi is among the five feature films and six documentaries announced by the European Film Academy as additional candidates for an EFA nomination.

PRODUCTION: Cypriot Director Paul Lambis in Casting with Drama 74

FNE Staff Cyprus 2019-09-09

NICOSIA: Paul Lambis is currently in casting with 74, a feature film based on his original theatrical production under the same name. The English-language drama about the Turkish invasion of…

Hollywood Producers Visit Cyprus

FNE Staff Cyprus 2019-08-02

PAPHOS: Hollywood producers who visited Paphos recently declared to be interested in the possibility of a film studio being built in this city of Cyprus.

Summer Edition of Animattikon Project to Be Held in Paphos

FNE Staff Cyprus 2019-07-30

PAPHOS: Summer edition of the Animattikon Project, featuring a series of animation workshops for children will take place in Paphos, Cyprus from 6 to 11 August 2019. The event is…

SEE CINEMA Launches Short Fiction Films Contest

FNE Staff Cyprus 2019-07-15

NICOSIA: South Eastern European Cinema Network (SEE) is launching a contest for short fiction films. Exclusively national productions of a SEE CINEMA member-state (Cyprus, Greece, Serbia, Albania, Republic of North …

Film and TV Projects Approved for Incentives in Cyprus

FNE Staff Cyprus 2019-07-01

NICOSIA: Several productions have been approved for incentives or already applied for incentives in Cyprus, where the cash rebate of up to 35 percent on qualifying expenditures was launched in…

PRODUCTION: Nicolas Cage and William Baldwin Shoot in Cyprus

FNE Staff Cyprus 2019-06-20

NICOSIA: Nicolas Cage stars in Jiu Jitsu by Greek-American director and producer Dimitri Logothetis, the first international production to be shot entirely in Cyprus since the launch in 2018 of…

FNE Market Analysis 2018: CYPRUS

Iulia Blaga Cyprus 2019-04-26

NICOSIA: The Ministry of Education and Culture in Cyprus made great efforts in 2018 to expand the country’s activities in various aspects concerning the cinema, including film production, film education…

FESTIVALS: Smuggling Hendrix Wins Cyprus Film Days

FNE Staff Cyprus 2019-04-23

LIMASSOL: Marios Piperides’ film Smuggling Hendrix is the unsurprising winner of both the national competition and the Audience Award at the 17th Cyprus Film Days International Festival, which concluded on…

GRANTS: Cyprus Announces Grants for 2018-2019

FNE Staff Cyprus 2019-04-10

NICOSIA: The Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture allotted 4,484,000 EUR for the production of 10 low budget feature films and two documentaries in 2018-2019 on the recommendation of the…

Nicolas Cage in Inconceivable by Jonathan Baker (2017)

PRODUCTION: Nicolas Cage Stars in First International Production to Be Shot in Cyprus Since Launch of Cyprus Cash Rebates

FNE Staff Cyprus 2019-04-08

NICOSIA: The science fiction martial arts film Jiu Jitsu directed by Dimitri Logothetis and starring Nicolas Cage is set to be shot entirely in Cyprus. This is the first international…

FESTIVALS: The 17th Cyprus Film Days IFF Ready to Kick Off

FNE Staff Cyprus 2019-04-05

LIMASSOL: Nine titles, including a production from Cyprus, will compete in the Glocal Images International Competition section of the Cyprus Film Days International Film Festival, whose 17th edition will take…

Smuggling Hendrix on In-flight Entertainment of Emirates

FNE Staff Cyprus 2019-01-28

NICOSIA: The comedy Smuggling Hendrix by Marios Piperides is available on in-flight entertainment of Emirates. Since its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, this coproduction between Cyprus, Germany and…

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…