The 14th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus announces its National Competition Programme with 15 short films by Cypriot film directors. The local film scene has, once again, this year an interesting program to showcase, featuring fiction films, experimental works, animation, and documentaries.
The festival is co-organised by the Department of Contemporary Culture of the Deputy Ministry of Culture and the Rialto Theatre. It has evolved into an institutional event that aims at unveiling the directorial voices of the local and international film scene. The international competition programme is curated by the festival’s Artistic Directors, Alexia Roider and Ioakim Mylonas.
The 15 national films in competition selected by the Pre-selection Committee are the following:
20 Euros, directed by: Alexander Machlouzarides-Shalit
74, directed by: Charalambos Margaritis
DILEMMA, directed by: Paris Christophi
Pakistani, directed by: Christos Zeniou
Tsikitigklon, The Fairy and The Man, directed by: Marios Mettis
In Our Millions, directed by: Meli Vasiloudes Bayada, Ally Lloyd, Esme Haddrill Selman
Pink Moon, directed by: Meray Diner
Please, Remember, directed by: Panagiotis Christou
Rebranded, directed by: Yiannis Georgiades
Requiem in Salt, directed by: Sylvia Nicolaides, Nicolas Iordanou
Sofra, directed by: Uygar Erdim
TAXI, directed by: Constantinos Nikiforou
The Saddest Lines, directed by: Bugra Ozverel
ugly people, directed by: Antonis Christ
Underground, directed by: Yiannis Christoforou
The members of the Pre-Selection Committee who selected the Cypriot films participating in the National Competition section are: Adonis Florides, director-screenwriter; Nicolas Khabbaz, producer and director of Audiovisual Arts at Notre Dame University in Lebanon (NDU); and Doros Demetriou – film historian.
The National Films compete both for the International and National Awards, as well as for the European Film Awards’ Short Film Candidate nomination.
The awards that will be granted by the international jury in both sections are the following:
International Competition Section
1st Prize for Best Short Film
2nd Prize for Best Short Film
Best Director Award
Best Documentary Award
National Competition Section
1st Prize for Best National Film
2nd Prize for Best National Film
Best Cypriot Director Award ‘Dinos Katsourides’
Best Cinematography Award
Best Performance Award
as well as up to three (3) Honorary Distinctions in every section.
The festival also grants the Best Music Video Award, decided by the Student Jury of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Design of Cyprus University of Technology (CUT).
More information about the international jury members and the programme of screenings will be announced in the coming weeks.
For more information about the festival, visit www.isffc.com.cy and its social media pages.