Movies

EVERY SUNDAY

Director: Keti Papadema
Duration: 24'
Genre: Documentary
Contact: kpapadema@gmail.com
Co-Prod. Country(ies): Cyprus
Completion Year: 2021

A group of Filipino domestic workers in Cyprus prepare for a beauty pageant organised by the local community. The participants use it as an opportunity to gather once a week – their only day off – and to redefine their position as migrant working women in Cypriot society and reclaim their individuality. Meanwhile, an unprecedented case of a serial killer targeting foreign female workers and their little daughters comes to the surface, causing the reaction of the Filipino community.

A SUMMER PLACE

Director: Alexandra Matheou
Duration: 21'
Genre: Fiction
Contact: elise@shortcuts.pro
Production Company: Out of Focus Films and This Is The Girl Films
Co-Prod. Country(ies): Cyprus, France, Greece
Completion Year: 2021

Summer is a permanent state of mind in Limassol, a once small seaside town in Cyprus that has transformed into the oligarch paradise of the Mediterranean. Within this asphyxiating environment, Tina, a depressed food stylist, is ready to give up on everything on the day of her birthday, until an extraordinary encounter changes her life.

SMARAGDA

Director: Emilios Avraam
Genre: Fiction
Contact: tonia@barklikeacat.com
Production Company: Bark Like A Cat Films
Co-Prod. Country(ies): Cyprus
Completion Year: 2023

Smaragda (46), is a former kids TV show host. Disappointed with love, broke, with a dog and a career stuck in time, she decides to jump on the social media bandwagon in order to raise her profile, while taking a job as an entertainer in a tourist resort. But she feels like time is running out.

SENIOR CITIZEN

Director: Marinos Kartikkis
Duration: 84'
Genre: Fiction
Contact: marinoskartikkis@primehome.com
Production Company: A.B. Seahorse Film Productions Ltd, Full Moon Productions, and MS Viewpoint
Co-Prod. Country(ies): Cyprus
Completion Year: 2020

Theoharis, an elderly and lonely man, takes refuge every evening in the hospital to spend the night on the benches and chairs of the outpatients’ wing. Every morning he returns to his house, where his only companion is his cat and his memories. One night he is discovered by a young nurse, Evgenia, who tries to learn more about him. Theoharis is initially sceptical and refuses to give her any information. Gradually, however, a relationship of trust between the two begins to build. A film that deals with loneliness, old age and the marginalization of elderly people.

30

Director: Constantinos Patsalides
Duration: 15'
Genre: Fiction
Contact: g.avraam@documentaryworld.com.cy
Production Company: Walking Around The World productions
Co-Prod. Country(ies): Cyprus
Completion Year: 2018

Cyprus, 1974. Maria is trying to find a trace of her son who is in the frontline of the Turkish invasion.

DRAGON RECIPES

Director: Maria Pavlou
Duration: 7,12'
Genre: Animation
Contact: maria@pixelgiants.com
Production Company: Pixel Giants
Completion Year: 2019

A young apprentice witch dreams of becoming the most wicked witch around – and of course, a wicked witch needs an evil, fire-breathing dragon. Using an old recipe and magic spells, our inexperienced protagonist will eventually conjure a special dragon; just not the one she had in mind!

A NIGHT OF RIOTS

Director: Andreas Sheittanis
Duration: 14'
Genre: Fiction
Contact: Andreas Phylactou - andreas@blacklemon.tv
Production Company: Black Lemon Projects Ltd and MS Viewpoint
Co-Prod. Country(ies): Cyprus
Completion Year: 2022

During a riot in the streets of Cyprus, a man of Arabic descent attempts to find shelter inside the house of a Cypriot family. However, he soon realises that his life is probably more in danger inside the house, rather than outside in the streets with the rioters. The film explores the difficulties that a refugee needs to overcome, the grief that can divide a family, but above all, it focuses on the power of a mother’s love.

EMBRYO LARVA BUTTERFLY

Director: Kyros Papavassiliou
Duration: 110'
Genre: Fiction
Contact: marios@filmworks.com.cy
Production Company: A.M.P. Filmworks
Co-Prod. Country(ies): Cyprus, Greece
Completion Year: 2022

In a world where time changes arbitrarily, a couple’s relationship is tested as their individual and shared recollections of the past, present and future change unremittingly.

Snow White Dies at the End

Director: Kristijan Risteski
Duration: 105'
Genre: Fiction
Contact: dinos@carettafilms.com.cy
Production Company: Caretta Films
Co-Prod. Country(ies): North Macedonia, Cyprus
Completion Year: 2022

Shown through three different threads, the film is a tale of three groups of humans, one fly, one piglet, one toilet bowl and one city, whose paths cross and impact one another. A story about how tremendously difficult it is to remain honest and true to your own values in a morally corrupt environment.