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

Cyprus Launches Film Industry Promotion and Incentives Scheme

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…
14-09-2018

FNE at KVIFF 2018: Film in Cyprus is Blossoming

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…
04-07-2018 m

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

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.…
04-07-2018

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

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.
27-06-2018

FESTIVALS: Paphos IFF Screens Short Films

NICOSIA: The third Paphos International Film Festival (PIFF), running 22-24 June 2018, will screen 19 international short films and 11 student films.
21-06-2018

FESTIVALS: Eighteen Films Compete at Cyprus IFF

NICOSIA: The 13th Cyprus International Film Festival Golden Aphrodite will run from 23 June to 1 July 2018 in Paphos.
21-06-2018

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

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…
30-04-2018

FESTIVALS: Abel Ferrara Masterclass at Cyprus Film Days

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.
20-04-2018

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

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.
03-04-2018

Clementine to Premiere at Cyprus Film Days

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.
29-03-2018

Moving Films from Paper to Screen

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.
14-03-2018

FNE Country Report 2017: CYPRUS

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…
08-02-2018

FESTIVALS: Natas Wins Cyprus Short Film National Competition

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…
26-10-2017

FESTIVALS: Cyprus Short Film Days Announces National Competition

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.
12-10-2017

Cyprus to Launch Tax Incentives Scheme

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…
28-09-2017

PRODUCTION: Tonia Mishiali in Postproduction with Pause

NICOSIA: The drama Pause directed by Tonia Mishiali is currently in postproduction and is set to be completed in October 2017. This coproduction between Cyprus and Greece was selected for…
11-07-2017

FESTIVALS: Wednesday with Goddard Wins the 16th Countryside Animafest Cyprus Views of the World Festival

NICOSIA: The British short film Wednesday with Goddard directed by Nicolas Menard was awarded best film in the International Competition of the 16th Countryside Animafest Cyprus Views of the World…
04-07-2017

FESTIVALS: Seven Awards for I Still Hide to Smoke

PAPHOS: The big winner of the 12th Cyprus International Film Festival Golden Aphrodite in Paphos was I Still Hide to Smoke directed by Rayhana Obermeyer, taking seven of the festival’s…
27-06-2017