All the films will compete for the first and second place in the following categories: Best Short Film, Best Director Award, Best Documentary Award and Student Jury Award for Best Music Video.
The 12 Cypriot films will also be competing for the first and second prize for Best National Film. Three local film companies (MS Viewpoint Ltd., Full Moon Productions and Sklavis Film Lab) will award three Cypriot films with production and postproduction services.
The festival is organized by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Rialto Theatre.
NATIONAL SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
Agrinoui
Directed by Alexis Chaviaras
Anorak
Directed by Alexandra Matheou
Αusterity
Directed by Renos Gavris
Cinderella’s Story
Directed by George Kyriakou
Forever Young
Directed by Spyros Charalambous
Εx
Directed by Michael Hapeshis
Downhill
Directed by Stelios Kammitsis
The Midnight Shift
Directed by Andreas Kyriakou
Boomerang
Directed by Christos Nikolaou
Downpayment
Directed by Marios Piperides
Random Attempts
Directed by Vasvi Ciftcioglu and Dogus Ozokutan
Out of Sight
Directed by David Hands & Christina Georgiou
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Ogasawara (Georgia)
Directed by Tato Kotetishvili
Fruhling (Austria)
Directed by Michael Podogil
Giovanni and the Water (Netherlands)
Directed by Astrid Bussink
Dear Domenico (UK, Italy)
Directed by Kate Jessop
Somand (Denmark)
Directed by Gabriel Tzafka
Our Father’s Sons (Denmark)
Directed by Ulaa Salim
Give Me Back My Shine (UK)
Directed by Abraham Papacosta
Inside Me (Germany)
Directed by Dmitry Zakharov
Freedom and Independence (Germany)
Directed by Bjorn Melhus
Ave Maria (France, Spain, Palestine)
Directed by Basil Khalil
Crow (UK)
Directed by Yoav Segal
Hole (Canada)
Directed by Martin Edralin
My Stuffed Granny (UK)
Directed by Effie Pappa
German Shepherd (Sweden)
Directed by Nils Bergendal
Princess (France)
Directed by Marie-Sophie Chambon
Traveling Lady – The Perfect Brand (USA)
Directed by Jessica Mitrani
The Best of Intentions (Sweden)
Directed by Emil Jonsson
While They Were Flying to the Moon (Serbia)
Directed by Borisa Simovic
I Can’t Wait (France)
Directed by Claire Sichez
Bang Bang! (France)
Directed by Julien Bisaro
Lay Susan (South Africa)
Directed by Stephen Abbott
Two Left Feet (Italy)
Directed by Isabella Salvetti
Integration (Ukraine)
Directed by Olek
Seven Boats (Iceland)
Directed by Hlynur Palmason
Role (Finland)
Directed by Elli Toivoniemi and Jenni Kangasniemi
Seven Times a Day We Bemoan our Lot and at Night we Get Up to Avoid Dreaming (Germany)
Directed by Susann Maria Hampel
The Atom Station (UK)
Directed by Nick Jordan
Reunion (Finland)
Directed by Iddo Soskolne, and Janne Reinikainen
Cenapse #1 (Iran)
Directed by Arash Mobarrez and Ramin Rahimi
Islet (Tuvalu)
Directed by Andrew John Fakaua Ponton
Missing (Tanzania, Uganda)
Directed by Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
Quite Mujo (France)
Directed by Ursula Meier
Last Dance on the Main (Canada)
Directed by Aristofanis Soulikias
The Child (Veneuela)
Directed by Valeria Valentina Bolivar
Joanna (Greece)
Directed by Panagiotis Fafoutis
The Abandoning (Ireland)
Directed by Vanessa Gildea
Mirror in Mind (South Korea)
Directed by Seung Hee Kim
Tracks (UK)
Directed by Claire Oakley
Tranquility of Blood (Montenegro)
Directed by Senad Sahmanovic
Belief (USA)
Directed by Calum Walter
Greek School Prayer (Greece)
Directed by Thanasis Neofotistos
Wahllos (Germany)
Directed by Riza-Rocco Avsar
Villages of the Absent (Lebanon)
Directed by Omar Shami Nasr
Pim Poum the Little Panda (France)
Directed by Alexis Michalik
The Fish and I (Iran)
Directed by Babak Habibifar
Dust of Earth (Kyrgystan, USA)
Directed by Cholponai Borubaeva
Teeth (Hungary)
Directed by Daniel Gray and Tom Brown
Fliegen (Germany)
Directed by Katharina Woll
Always Tired (Germany)
Directed by Jochen Kuhn
Out of This World (Sweden)
Directed by Viktor Nordenskiold
Woman (Greece)
Directed by Konstantinos Chaliasas
Tatuape Mahal (Brazil)
Directed by Fernanda Salloum and Carolina Markowicz
Leftover (France)
Directed by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabo
The Passion of Judas (Spain)
Directed by David Pantaleon
Losers – a Film about Loss (Netherlands)
Directed by Arianne Hinz
To Dust (USA)
Directed by Daniel Winne
A Short Film about Wong Kar-wai (Turkey, Greece)
Directed by Omer Capoglu and Serdar Onal