11-06-2024

Cyprus Announced Grants for 2023-2024

    The Deputy Ministry of Culture, on the recommendation of the Cinema Advisory Committee (SEKIN), distributed 526,296 EUR for the production of one long documentary and two minority coproductions, as well as for the script and project development of seven and nine projects, respectively.

    The full-length feature projects in 2023 and 2024 that received funding for development, automatically receive pre-approval for production, pending the successful completion of development and the signing of relevant contracts.

    The following grants for 2023-2024 were announced by the Deputy Ministry of Culture in November 2023.

    Script Development for Low Budget Feature Films:

    PROJECT

    DIRECTOR

    PRODUCTION COMPANY

    WEBSITE

    AMOUNT OF GRANT

    AUTOI POU MEINAN PISO

    Savvas Stavrou         

    Green Olive Films

    greenolivefilms.com

    15,000 EUR

    The Retreat

    Katiana Zaxariou                           

    Caretta Films

    carettafilms.com.cy

    15,000 EUR

    Boys of Summer

    Aimilios Avraam                    

    Boycott Films

    boycottfilms.net

    15,000 EUR

    Paixnidia Agoriwn

    Korinna Avraamidou          

    A.B. Seahorse Films

    seahorsefilms.com

    15,000 EUR

    Kismet

    Doğuş Özokutan Çiftçioğlu,

     Vasvi Ciftcioglu                                                          

    Screen Entertainment

    15,000 EUR

    TOTAL: 75,000 EUR

    Script Development for High Budget Feature Films:

    Transit

    Antony Petrou                                          

    Watermelon Films

    watermelonfilms.com

    15,000 EUR

    Four Hours

    Petros Charalambous                      

    Film ETC

    15,000 EUR

    TOTAL: 30,000 EUR

    Long Documentary Production Grants:

    ISTORIA TOU NEROU STIN KIPRO

    Paschalis Papapetrou                                                       

    Anadysis Films

    38,256                         EUR

    Development for Low Budget Feature Films:

    Mia Khara

    Simon Farmakas                                 

    Fotocine Studios

    28,000 EUR

    The Dim Light of the Green Blue Planet

    Sholeh Zahraei, Kamil Saldun                                       

    Filmblades

    filmblades.com

    27,520                       EUR

    Boys of Summer

    Aimilios Avraam                    

    Boycott Films

    15,000 EUR

    Shibboleth

    Alexandra Matheou                       

    Bark Like A Cat Films

    24,000 EUR

    MEXRI NA VROUME TO ONOMA SOU

    Vaggelio Soumeli                                                          

    AMP Filmworks

    filmworks.com.cy

    28,000 EUR

    POS PERASAME TA XRISTOUGENNA

    Adonis Florides                                                             

    AMP Filmworks

    28,000 EUR

    EKTROPI

    Marinos Kartikkis                                  

    A.B. Seahorse Films

    28,000 EUR

    TOTAL: 178,520 EUR

    Development for High Budget Feature Films:

    Yiannis

    Kyros Papavasiliou                                 

    Dry Tree Films

    drytreefilms.com

    28,520                       EUR

    My Name Is Lily

    Yanna Amerikanou                  

    Meraki Films

    meraki-films.com

    36,000 EUR

    TOTAL: 64,520 EUR

    Minority Coproduction Grants:

    Strangers in the Night

    Ivona Juka                 

    Caretta Films     

    60,000                       EUR

    All That’s Left of You

    Cherien Dabis              

    AMP Filmworks

    80,000 EUR

    TOTAL: 140,000 EUR

    TOTAL AMOUNT OF GRANTS: 526,296 EUR