FESTIVALS: Applications Open for Cyprus Film Days

LIMASSOL: The 2020 edition of Cyprus Film Days is accepting applications until 6 January 2020.
11-11-2019

FESTIVALS: International Short Film Festival of Cyprus 2019 Announces Competition Films

LIMASSOL: The 9th International Short Film Festival Competition will take place in Limassol at the Rialto Theatre 12 to 18 October 2019 with a multi-dimensional programme of films from 38…
04-10-2019

Cypriot Film Pause Selected As Candidate for EFA Nomination

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.
18-09-2019

PRODUCTION: Cypriot Director Paul Lambis in Casting with Drama 74

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…
09-09-2019

Hollywood Producers Visit Cyprus

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.
02-08-2019

Summer Edition of Animattikon Project to Be Held in Paphos

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…
30-07-2019

SEE CINEMA Launches Short Fiction Films Contest

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 …
15-07-2019

Film and TV Projects Approved for Incentives in Cyprus

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…
01-07-2019

PRODUCTION: Nicolas Cage and William Baldwin Shoot in Cyprus

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…
20-06-2019

FNE Market Analysis 2018: CYPRUS

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…
26-04-2019

FESTIVALS: Smuggling Hendrix Wins Cyprus Film Days

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…
23-04-2019

GRANTS: Cyprus Announces Grants for 2018-2019

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…
10-04-2019

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

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…
08-04-2019

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

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…
05-04-2019

Smuggling Hendrix on In-flight Entertainment of Emirates

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…
28-01-2019

AMP Filmworks Puts Cyprus on Film Map

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…
06-12-2018

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

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.
26-10-2018

Cyprus to Offer New Incentives Package for Film Productions

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.
15-10-2018

First Cyprus Film Summit Kicks Off

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…
09-10-2018

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

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…
21-09-2018