FESTIVALS: Germany’s Effigy – Poison and the City Wins Cyprus IFF 2019 Golden Aphrodite
PAPHOS: German film Effigy – Poison and the City directed by Udo Flohr was awarded the Golden Aphrodite for best film in the debut features competition of the 14th edition…
Cypriot/Greek The Siege on Liperti Street Scores Multiple Wins in Thessaloniki
NICOSIA: The Cypriot/Greek film The Siege on Liberty Street by Cypriot writer/director Stavros Pamballis took both the Audience Award and the FIPRESCI Prize at the recent 60th Thessaloniki IFF.
FESTIVALS: Applications Open for Cyprus Film Days
LIMASSOL: The 2020 edition of Cyprus Film Days is accepting applications until 6 January 2020.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
