6th Cyprus International Film Festival

26 Greek and Cypriot films, 118 films from 42 countries

Under the Auspices of Municipality of Nicosia

Two world premieres – Dinner With My Sisters and Paramnesia

The 6th International Film Festival of Cyprus, one of the most important festivals for emerging artists is here. The 6 th edition of the festival is in cooperation with the University of Nicosia and The Friends of Cinema Society. The excitement, the emotion and the passion for the art of cinema come together once again in the most beautiful Mediterranean island. Entries from 98 countries for 10 categories, that exceed the compatibility of the usual festivals, will compete for the "Golden Aphrodite" award. In these categories we meet feature and short length films, animation, films about dance, films for teens and children, anti-war films and visualized poetry giving step in emerging filmmakers in particular. Among those movies two Cypriot feature films make their world premiere at this Festival. "Dinner with my sisters" by Michael Hapeshis and "Paramnesia" by Eleftherios Kakathymis. Freshness and renewal waves by young artists are meeting the prestige and artistic recognition of this year's jury (CYIFF’s GOT TALENT – first short films). On October 15 at 10:00 to 13:00 at CINE STUDIO will be an open discussion panel with directors, journalists and public.On October 16 at the Pallas CinemaTheatre the multiaward-winning Greek actress Anna Synodinou, Cypriot filmmaker and producer Nicholas Demetriou, award-winning composer Maro Theodorakis, winning Indian producer Vivek Singhania and Van Papadopoulos program coordinator Cannes Classic, are invited to judge this year's contestants and award the winners. The "Golden Aphrodite" awards ceremony will host the Cypriot actress Olga Vanessa Aristodemou who excels in England and Hollywood. At the ceremony, the audience will have the chance to watch amazing dance performances presented by Stavri Kalopetrides and Fibre Perfroming Arts Company, and also a fascinating music program (gospel, jazz, cinema music) performed by the University of Nicosia chorus, under the conduction of Solon Cladas.

Sponsors / Supporters: Greek Embassy, Embassy of Serbia, GAP Akis Express, OPAP(Cyprus), Vassos Eliades (Niko Lazaridi Winery & NESPRESSO), Group Pilakoutas (NISSAN), Cyprus Airways Media Studios, ABL, Fibre Performing Arts Studio, Nicosia Dance Center, Bank Cyprus, MO CLUB.
Communication Sponsors: ALITHIA, Cyprus Mail, ERT World, 5 Programme

Greek Cypriot Films

Under the 6th International Film Festival of Cyprus 19 Greek and 7 Cypriot films will be presented at Cine Studio in Nicosia. Some of them make their international premieres, while three of them presented for the first time worldwide.

Starting from the feature Greek films:

30/9, 21:00
"Dinner with my Sisters" by Michael Hapesis – Director’s presence

12/10, 21:15
"The lonesome lobster" by George Bakollas (International premiere)

1/10, 21:00
"Tungsten" by George Georgopoulos - Director's presence

7/10, 21:00 & 15/10, 21:30
"Paramnesia" by Eleftherios Kakathimis (English dialogues, Greek subtitles) - Director's presence

8/10, 21:15
"Salvation" by Jason Tzavelas (International Premiere)

Followed by the Greek short films:

30/09, 20:15
"Resurrection" by Michael Hapeshis - Director's presence

2/10, 11:00
"A letter - A story" by Aristarchos Papadaniel (International Premiere)

2/10, 11:50
"Struthio" by Alexis Chaviaras (World premiere) – Director's presence

5/10, 19:45
"The Dog" by Nick Labot

5/12, 20:00
"In two minutes" by Michael Lygkiaris

5/12, 20:05
"7 / 3" by Michael Ligkiaris (World Premiere)

5/10, 20:30
"Double Fault" by Elina Fessa

5/10, 20:45
"Parathyro sto Oniro" by Pantelis Kalantzis (World premiere)

9/10, 11:00
"Beachless" by Panagiotis Tsibiridou (International premiere)

9/10, 11:05
"Human nature" by Nassos Vakalis

9/10, 11:50
"Best Present Ever" by Krystal Georgiou

15/10, 20:15
"Ithaca" by Constantine Papathanasiou (European Premiere)

13/10, 19:10
"De architecrura" by Constantine Stragalinou

12/10 19:00
"Sleeper" by Andreas Anestis

12/10 19:05
"Rewind" by Andreas Anestis

12/10, 19:10
"Remnant" by Thanos Kermitsis

12/10, 19:25
"Troglodytes" by Thanos Kermitsis - Director's presence

12/10, 19:50
"Someone" by Liza Apostolopoulou (International premiere)

12/10, 20:45
"September" by Agis Paikos - Director's presence

14/10, 20:10
"The joy to mold you…" by Stavri Kalopetridou - Director's presence

15/10, 21:00
"Just a perfect day" by Evris Papanikolas

"Children & War"

During the history of cinema, there were many films that depicted the brutal reality of war. This year, on the sixth film festival of Cyprus there were five films that depict the cruelty of war through the eyes of child heroes. That fact, coupled with the need for organizers to seize this opportunity to express their social sensitivity and the anti-war status, led to the creation of a separate category which was called "Children and War." Five disparate concepts as each other yet so intimately linked to the global history of humanity. Five different films with five different endings for the young actors, take us to truth, pain but also bring us hope for a better world.

2/10, 19:00
"Aaamin… being human" by Suman Maitra - India (International Premiere)

2/10, 20:25
"3 Hours" by Regan Hall - United Kingdom/Jordan

2/10, 20:45
"Protect the Nation" by C. R. Reisser - South Africa/Germany

2/10, 21:30
"Martino’s Summer" by Massimo Natale - Italy (Golden Aphrodite nomination)

9/10, 21:15
"I shall remember" by Vitaly Vorobiev - Russia (Cyprus Film Premiere)

The Movie "Motel Nana" (2010) by Serbian director Predrag Velinovic presents a story after the war events in Serbia on 13/10, 21:00. The screening is with the support by the Embassy of Serbia in Nicosia.

For teens and all film lovers will highlight the excellent Indonesian movie "Love Story" of Hanny R. Saputra on 10/00, 21:00

11 Nominations for the "Golden Aphrodite"

Feature films which will compete for the Golden Aphrodite in the 6th Film Festival of Cyprus are ready to be thrown into the battle for the first prize. Their choice by the Committee of the Festival was made through a list of exceptional creations from around the world. All films are the first creations of their directors, which makes them distinct and noticeable since this festival is an opportunity for these artists to introduce themselves to public that loves independent cinema. The films that already managed their first success in the festival, achieving a place in the final lineup, are coming from Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Italy, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Germany, Belgium, Lebanon, Albania and Serbia. On October 16 it will be announced which one of them will win the Golden Aphrodite in the great closing ceremony of the festival.

1/10, 21:00
"Tungsten" by Giorgos Georgopoulos - Director's presence

2/10, 21:00
"Martino’s Summer" by Massimo Natale

3/10, 21:00
"The Presinct (Saha)" by Ilgar Safat

4/10, 21:00
"Marieke, Marieke" by Sophie Schouckens

5/10, 21:00
"Sunrise over lake Van" by Artak Igityan - Director's presence

6/10, 21:00
"Europolis" by Cornel Gheorghita

7/10, 21:00 & 15/10, 21:30
"Paramnesia" by Eleutherios Kakathimis (English dialogues, Greek subtitles) - Director's presence

8/10, 21:15
"Sotiria" by Iason Tzavelas

11/10, 21:00
"Donkeys of the Borders" by Jeton Ahmetaj - Director's presence

12/10, 21:15
"The lonesome lobster" by George Bakollas

15/10, 21:30
"My last valentine in Beirut" by Salim el Turk - Director's presence

Short films screenings with director's presence

There will also be present the following directors with short films. Let's support them during their film presentation:

2/10, 21:00
Matthias Maasz "Zimmer" - Germany

4/10, 19:45
Hugo Teugels "Set me Free" - Belgium

4/10, 20:20
Lasse Lau "Pine Nuts" - Denmark

6/10, 20:00
Hooman Shabahang "The Ritual" - Iran

7/10, 19:30
Scott Lewis "Lily" - Australia

7/10, 20:05
Marina Shron "Lullaby for Ray" - USA

8/10, 20:30
Robertie Nahoum Valee "Peter & Maria" - France

8/10, 20:00
Lee Neville, "Time Always Moving" - United Kingdom

8/10, 19:30
Katia Roessel "Le Giron" - France

10/10, 19:50
Sergey Kupiyanov - Anastasia Pavlovich "Plankton" - Russia

10/10, 20:30
Riad Makdess "Flu" - Syria/Qatar

11/10, 20:10
Mick Cusimano "Don't spill the eggs" - USA

12/10, 20:00
Slawomir Milewski "Ecstasy of St. Agnes" - Poland

14/10, 20:40
John Bush "Dream on Me" - USA

14/10, 19:30
Nan Melville "For the Love of Dance" - USA

All movies will be shown in their original language

Non-English speaking films will be shown with English subtitles

Click here to download the programme (pdf)