03-04-2018

FESTIVALS: The 16th Cyprus Film Days International Festival Announces Lineup

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    Happy Birthday by Christos Georgiou Happy Birthday by Christos Georgiou

    NICOSIA: The 16th Cyprus Film Days International Festival, an annual showcase of international and domestic films, will be held in Nicosia and Limassol from 19 to 28 April 2018.

    Ten films will compete in the Glocal Images programme and three in the national competition programme. Happy Birthday, a coproduction between Greece, Cyprus, France and Germany directed by Christos Georgiou, was selected for the Glocal Images section, but it is also competing for best Cypriot director award.

    The domestic films were made with the participation of the Cyprus Cinema Advisory Committee and were funded by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture through the Funding Programmes Regulation for the Support of Cinematographic Films.

    GLOCAL IMAGES COMPETITION SECTION:

    Disappearance (Iran, Qatar)
    Directed by Napadid Shodan

    The Forest / Les (Russia)
    Directed by Roman Zhigalov

    Happy Birthday (Greece, Cyprus, France, Germany)
    Directed by Christos Georgiou
    Produced by Lychnari Production Ltd
    Coproduced by Viewmaster, Twenty Twenty Films, Manny Films
    Supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Greek Film Center, Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, Medienförderung GmbH

    The Marriage / Martesa (Kosovo, Albania)
    Directed by Blerta Zeqiri

    Respeto (Philippines)
    Directed by Treb Monteraw II

    More / Daha (Turkey)
    Directed by Onur Saylak

    Alanis (Argentina)
    Directed by Anahí Berneri

    Too Much Info Clouding Over My Head (Greece)
    Directed by Vassilis Christofilakis

    I Am Not a Witch (UK, France)
    Directed by Rungano Nyoni

    Men Don’t Cry / Muskarci ne placu (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany)
    Directed by Alen Drljević
    Produced by Deblokada Sarajevo
    Coproduced by Iridium Film, Menderley Films, Produkcija Živa, Cineplanet

    CYPRIOT FILMS COMPETITION SECTION:

    Sunrise in Kimmeria (Cyprus)
    Directed by Simon Farmakas
    Produced by FotCine Studios Ltd.
    Supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus

    Clementine (Cyprus)
    Directed by Longinos Panagi
    Produced by Roll-Out Vision Services, FilmBlades
    Supported by the Cyprus Cinema Advisory Committee (SEKin)

    Chinatown – The Three Shelters (Cyprus, Greece)
    Directed by Aliki Danezi-Knutsen
    Produced by Cyprus Cinema Advisory Committee, Seahorse Films, Highway Productions, Black Orange S.A.
    Supported by the Cyprus Cinema Advisory Committee (SEKin)