The festival is held in the southwestern coastal city of Paphos, best known as the mythical birthplace of Aphrodite.
Most of the short films will compete for the audience choice award in each category. The selection covers films from five continents, with CEE represented by films from Estonia, Georgia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Bosnia & Herzegovina.
The three-day festival, which runs through 26 June, will have a special theme on the topic of immigrants and refugees. In addition to film screening, the festival, under the direction of Sylvia Nicolaides and Nicolas Iordanou, will also host lectures and masterclasses.
The list of films follows:
International Short Films
Till jail do us part (Puerto Rico)
Directed by Joserro Emmanuelli and Mariana Emmanuelli
Smoking kills (France)
Directed by Lionel Abeillon-Kaplan
Operator (Czech Republic)
Directed by Radoslav Irsa
Champion (Sweden)
Directed by Mans Berthas
Nuvola (Italy)
Directed by Giulio Mastromauro
Our Star Trek: The Fifty Year Mission (U.S.A.)
Directed by Christopher Tevebaugh
The Postmodern Pioneer Plaque (Serbia, Spain)
Directed by Boris Kozlov
Goran The Camel Man (Poland, Georgia)
Directed by Marcin Lesisz
Lost in Mamboo (France, Japan)
Directed by Jerome Plan
The Extraordinary Mr. Jupiter (Puerto Rico)
Directed by Federico Torres
Swayer Corporations (Turkey, India)
Directed by Rathindran R. Prasad
Les frères Champion (France)
Directed by Henri Gander
Last Night (France)
Directed by Emmanuel Roudaut
That´s why I don´t have brothers (Spain)
Directed by Paco Cavero
Grown Ups (Spain)
Directed by Javier Marco
Naleena (Italy, India)
Directed by Luigi Storno
A day in the library (Malaysia)
Directed by Eden Wan
The Locksmith (Greece)
Directed by Miltiades Christides
Venice (Australia)
Directed by Venetia Taylor
Four Doors (Cuba)
Directed by Juan Pablo Daranes Molina
Paolo’s Dream (Greece)
Directed by Dirineos Papadimatos and Giannis Avramopoulos
An Angry Man (Denmark)
Directed by Jannik Dahl Pedersen
Behemoth - or the Game of God (Lesotho)
Directed by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
The Border (Estonia, United Kingdom)
Directed by Norman Tamkivi
Omnia (United Arab Emirates)
Directed by Amena Al Nowais
A New Family (Italy, Cambodia)
Directed by Simone Manetti
Cyprus Short Films
5 Ways 2 Die
Directed by Daina Papadaki
Downhill
Directed by Stelios Kammitsis
Random Attempts
Directed by Dou Ozokutan Ciftciolu & Vasvi CiftCiolu
The Leap
Direcetd by Marios Lizides
Loki
Directed by Andreas Papakyriakou
Why Talk Feminism?
Directed by Peter Stephanou
The Olive Tree at the Border
Directed by Sholeh Zahraei and Kamil Saldun
Bueno Key
Directed by Kazimir Bielecki and Lennie Varvarides
Austerity
Directed by Renos Gavris
Documentary for a printing press that was never found (out of competition)
Directed by Charlambos Margaritis
Student Films
GoodBuy (Cyprus) out of competition
Directed by Christine Zacharia
Whatever will be will be (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Directed by Esma Saric
Throw Me to the Dogs (United Kingdom)
Directed by Aaron Dunleavy and Joseph Ollman
Knocked Down (Spain, United Kingdom)
Directed by Pepe Gomez
God Bless You (Poland)
Directed by Jakub Radej
The Shadow Forest (Poland)
Directed by Andrzej Cichocki
Knife In the Wife (Poland)
Directed by Vita Drygas
Hailstone’s Dance (Iran)
Directed by Amin Pourbarghi
DeNiro (Iceland)
Directed by Haukur Heidar Steingrimsson and Knutur Haukstein Olafsson
Oh Dude! (Czech Republic)
Directed by Jakub Jiraserk
Yunaisy (Cuba)
Directed by Juan Palbo Daranas Molina
Blood Money (United Kingdom)
Directed by Emily Knight
Director’s Cut (Spain)
Directed by Pol Diggler
Special Theme
Meeting Supermann (Germany)
Directed by Hannah Stockmann
Spectrum (Greece)
Directed by Dimitris Gkotsis
In God We Trust (France)
Directed by Elefterios Zacharopoulos
Safe Space (Germany)
Directed by Zora Rux
Djinns, the Spirits of Patras (France, Greece)
Directed by Jean-Jacques Cunnac
Nouran (United Arab Emirates)
Directed by Nouran Alchalati
If I Were You (United Kingdom, Ireland)
Directed by Colin Morris
I Exist (Egypt, Syria)
Directed by Ahmed Abdelnaser