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

FESTIVALS: 12th Cyprus IFF opens in Paphos

NICOSIA: The 12th Cyprus International Film Festival Golden Aphrodite opened 14 June 2017 in the European Capital of Culture 2017 Paphos, where it will run through 24 June.
16-06-2017

FESTIVALS: Cyprus Animation Fest Announces Competition Films

NICOSIA: Eleven animated films from Cyprus will screen in the National Competition of the 16th Countryside Animafest Cyprus – Views of the World festival, which will take place in Limassol,…
14-06-2017

FESTIVALS: Paphos IFF Brings Shorts and Docs to Cyprus

NICOSIA: The second annual Paphos International Film Festival (PIFF), which runs 16-18 June 2017, will screen short films and documentaries from around the world, as well as run workshops, master…
13-06-2017

FESTIVALS: Cyprus Festival Call for Short Film Scripts

NICOSIA: The 12th Cyprus International Film Festival, which will run from 14 to 24 June in Paphos, has opened a call to script writers of short films to submit their…
16-05-2017

FNE at Cyprus Film Days International Festival: Rosemarie wins 2017 Festival

NICOSIA: Cypriot director Adonis Florides’ production Rosemarie won the Glocal Images Best Film Award at the 15th Cyrus Film Days International Festival held in Limassol and Nicosia from 27 April…
08-05-2017

FNE at Cyprus Film Days: Rosemarie

NICOSIA: The feature film Rosemarie by Adonis Florides will have its world premiere at the 15th Cyrus Film Days International Festival, to take place between 27 April and 6 May…
25-04-2017

FNE at Cyprus Film Days: Boy on the Bridge

NICOSIA: The drama Boy on the Bridge by Petros Charalambous will have its Cyprus premiere at the 15th Cyrus Film Days International Festival, to take place between 27 April and…
25-04-2017

FESTIVALS: Cyprus Film Days Announces 2017 Films

NICOSIA: The 15th Cyrus Film Days International Festival, which takes place 27 April - 6 May 2017 in Nicosia and Limassol, will showcase 11 films from across the globe, including…
12-04-2017

Cyprus Puts New Focus on Film Industry

NICOSIA: A planned visit by a delegation of Bollywood producers could inspire the Cyprus government to establish conditions suitable for growing a film services industry.
10-04-2017

PRODUCTION: Cypriot Debut Feature Pause Moves to Postproduction

NICOSIA: Cypriot director Tonia Mishiali is currently in postproduction with her debut feature Pause aka Menopause. This Cypriot/Greek coproduction is expected to be completed by early 2018.
28-03-2017

GRANTS: Cyprus Announces Grants

NICOSIA: Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture announced the winners of the official funding programme for 2016-2017. The Ministry allotted 85,500 EUR as script development grants for low budget feature…
15-03-2017

CYPRUS: Country Report 2016

Due to the financial crisis that hit Cyprus in 2013, the Ministry of Education and Culture was forced to stop funding the film industry. For the first time since then,…
23-02-2017

FESTVALS: Cyprus Short Film Fest Call for Entries

LIMASSOL: The International Short Film Festival of Cyprus is accepting films for the festival, which will take place 14 – 21 October 2017.
17-02-2017

Digital Project Premiered in Cyprus

NICOSIA: Life Routes: Cyprus, a research project by five young people from Cyprus exploring spaces of everyday life, division and co-existence in their country, premiered in Nicosia on 12 December…
13-12-2016

Cypriot Doc Premieres in Nicosia

NICOSIA: The Cyprus documentary film The Incredible Story of ArachnobeeA had its national premiere in Nicosia last week.
30-11-2016

Boy on the Bridge Set for World Premiere

NICOSIA: Petros Charalambous’s debut feature Boy on the Bridge is set to have its world premiere in the official competition of the Festa del Cinema di Roma - Alice in…
20-10-2016

FESTIVALS: International Short Film Festival of Cyprus Announces Lineup

LIMASSOL: The 6th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus will take place in Limassol from 15 to 21 October 2016. The festival will screen dozens of short films in the…
28-09-2016

FESTIVALS: The Open Wins the 11th Cyprus International Film Festival

PAPHOS: Marc Lahore’s debut feature The Open won the 11th Cyprus International Film Festival, which came to a close on 25 September 2016 after 13 days of international feature, short,…
27-09-2016