Cyprus International Film Festival - Golden Aphrodite CYIFF
CYIFF CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
www.cyiff.eu
The best European International Film Festival for first shown filmmakers. Artistic Directors:
1/ Phedon Papamichael, Production Designer in John Cassavetes's films (2006-2008)
2/ Tony Srour, Director, Producer, ABL FILMS (2010-2013)
3) Petra Terzi, Director, Producer, Cultural International Festivals Inc.
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Mission: "The Best of the First!"
We screen a selection of the best short and feature films by first shown film directors from all over the world!
www.cyiff.eu#1stOfTheBest!This is an interview from Miguel Miller a very talented director from the Dominican Republic. Miguel Miller participates in the 8th...
Memories from CYIFF 2015! We did the festival screenings and activities back to back in two cities, Lefkosia and Pafos! Enjoy the trailer! https://youtu.be/l72YjkHM4dI
https://www.inspire-tv.com/en/festivals/tickets Get your tickets for Bridges Goes ONLINE FESTIVAL PASS program with unlimited screenings during the Festival is 35 € / FILM GROUP DAILY PASS (A-R): 8 € / BRIDGES ONLINE PREMIERE PASS (unlimited screenings of designated online film premieres during the Festival) : 10 €
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Inspire-TV®#LiveTalks - MEET & GREET with the directors! https://youtu.be/XkHM34uOWlg
-ROSE flowing in the wave - Donguk Hwang, Republic of Korea,
-Words - Amhalise Morgan, United States,
-The Exiled Heart - Amhalise Morgan, United States,
-Eat - Alberto Zúñiga Rodríguez, Mexico,
-One Night Only - Lili Bordan, United States https://youtu.be/XkHM34uOWlg
Films from Cyprus and overseas scooped prizes at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival (Cyiff) in an online awards ceremony on Sunday. Festival Director, Petra Terzi, said she was determined to ensure the festival went ahead this year, despite the pandemic measures, as it is imperative that se...
Greetings by Oxana Degtyareva, director of the short film "Scenes by the sea" at the 15th Cyprus International film Festival https://youtu.be/zrYoo2QuMF0
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Greetings by David Archibald, Director of the documentary "Drifting with Debord" at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival. https://youtu.be/sMqf-HLfprk
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www.cyiff.eu Greetings by David Archibald, Carl Lavery Director of Drifting with Debord at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival. https://www.cyiff.eu/...
Greetings by Phumi Morare, Director of the short film "Home" at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival. https://youtu.be/fQpnytANe8w
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Greetings by Jonny Lewis, Director of the short comedy "The Finger on the Button" at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival. https://youtu.be/WXF_QklIj6A
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Greetings by Alejandra Cadena-Perez director of the dance film "Her mother's daughter" at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival https://youtu.be/4I0bKPzc8W8
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www.cyiff.eu Synopsis: “Her Mother’s Daughter” is an emotional portrait of a volatile and challenging mother-daughter relationship, explored through dance an...
Greetings by Takeshi Kushida, director of the feature film "Woman of the photographs" at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival https://youtu.be/TSP0mQcKtYk
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www.cyiff.eu A misogynic photographer discovers for the first time in his life the joys of loving a woman, this one confused about her self-identity and self...
Greetings by Kristina Spassovska, director of the short film "Motherland" at the 15th Cyprus International film festival https://youtu.be/JZq__ABq0og
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www.cyiff.eu “Motherland” - Kristina Spassovska, Bulgaria, 2019, 14' Synopsis: Lena and her mother Maria are two Bulgarians making their living in France. Af...
Greetings by Savvas Constantinou, Director of short film "Font of infamy" at the 15th Cyprus International film Festival https://youtu.be/aYqtKpNLE78
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Greetings by Robin Humbert, Director of the short film "Fertile Myrtle" at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival. https://youtu.be/XwkWYogzL9o
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www.cyiff.eu Greetings by Robin Humbert, Director of the short film "Fertile Myrtle" at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival. “Fertile Myrtle” – Robin...
Greetings by Eva Ulreich, Director of animetion "Anxiety" at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival https://youtu.be/z9_BdhOy7vI
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Greetings by Dan Petracca, Director of film "United we Sing" at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival. https://youtu.be/lYmnrOzrRnM
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Greetings by Thomas Grascoeur, Director of short film "Swept Away" at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival. https://youtu.be/0mVtoa5UQE0
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Greetings by Nicholas Papachrysostomou for the documentary "Diaries from the field Nicholas Papachrysostomou" directed by Daphne Toli. An official selection at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival. https://youtu.be/90zhJY8uovg
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www.cyiff.eu Greetings by Daphne Toli, Director of Diaries from the field Nicholas Papachrysostomou at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival. https://w...
Greetings by Haris Gioulatos, Director of short film "Off for some Beers!" at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival. https://youtu.be/m7jxF0PNQKo
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Greetings by Anastasia Charalambous Barnfather Director of documentary "Phoenix a story from Diaspora" at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival. https://youtu.be/hzlFNquC3Z8
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www.cyiff.eu Greetings by Anastasia Charalambous Barnfather Director of Phoenix story from Diaspora at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival. https://w...
Greetings by Liu Ze Director of feature film "Being Mortal" at the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival https://youtu.be/VaUsRM6VwtU
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CYIFF General Categories:
1. Feature Films (120 minutes max. length)
2. Short Films (up to 20 minutes)
3. Animation Films (120 minutes max. length)
4. Women Films (120 minutes max. length)
5. Diaspora GreekCypriot cinematographers' Films - 'Nostimon Imar'
(Greek/Cypriot cinematographers who live abroad)
(120 minutes max. length)
6. Humanitarian (120 minutes max. length)
7. Comedy Films (120 minutes max. length)
8. Dance Films and VIDEO DANCE (up to 60 minutes)
9. Poetry & Music Films – Video Clips (that are not released yet, up to 5 minutes)
10. Children films (120 minutes max. length)
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Holiday Greetings from Cyprus International Film Festival and Inspire-TV®
Inspire-TV® #LiveTalks – MEET AND GREET CYIFF 2020 - "The Αrt of handling the agent and the talent!" Special guests: Stephanie Pedros- agent/movie director and Olympia Mytilinaiou - Director of Photography
Inspire-TV® #LiveTalks – MEET AND GREET CYIFF 2020 - “The Art of Film Packaging and opportunities in internet” Special Guest: Tiffany Boyle – producer
Inspire-TV® #LiveTalks – MEET AND GREET CYIFF 2020 - “The Art of Film Packaging and opportunities in internet”
Inspire-TV® #LiveTalks – MEET AND GREET CYIFF 2020 - "Ozploitation genre and the current Australian film industry - The 'other' genres" Special guest: Brian Trenchard-Smith - director, writer
Inspire-TV® #LiveTalks – MEET AND GREET CYIFF 2020 - "Independent Filmmaking and self distribution" Special guest: George F. Roberson - writer, producer (Venice Queer Lion Award Winner "Jose"
Inspire-TV® #LiveTalks – MEET AND GREET CYIFF 2020 - “The secrets in Mobile filmmaking” Special Guests: Professor Karl Bardosh,Princess Angelique Monet
Inspire-TV® #LiveTalks – MEET AND GREET "CYIFF goes to Hollywood and Oscar world” Special Guest: Lawrence David Foldes
CYIFF 2020: “How to be honest with my Art and try always to find the truth in filmmaking?” Special Guest : Bill Butler
“CYIFF 2019 Cinema Lab Pegasus” -Three day Workshop. Storyboard drawing/Animatic/Shot List by Alexis Chaviaras, filmmaker.
A short film will be produced during the Festival. It will be screened at the Golden Aphrodite Awards Ceremony.
Shooting equipment and editing facilities are offered during the Festival.
Dates: November 23-25.
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Cyprus International Film Festival 2019
Cyprus International Film Festival 2019
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The Cyprus International Film Festival (CYIFF) is holder of the EFFE Label. The EFFE Label is Europe’s quality stamp for remarkable arts festivals showing their engagement in the field of the arts, community involvement and international openness. CYIFF takes place annually under the umbrella of the Cultural International Festivals network. Our goal is to be the best European Film Festival for first shown filmmakers. The festival is a non profit organization inaugurated on March 23, 2006 by the Cypriot Minister of Education and Culture, Mr Pefkios Georgiades. Since then, we have demonstrated our commitment to professionally organizing this event annually despite many obstacles.
The Cyprus International Film Festival(CYIFF) takes place annually, since 2006, on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The Cyprus International Film Festival is the biggest of artistic high value cinema event of the whole region, spilling over Cyprus' boundaries and spreading over the whole region with repercussions reaching worldwide. CΥIFF is the first internationally oriented film festival which offers new and upcoming directors in multiple sectors of entertainment (such as feature films,short films, animations, music videos, dance films and video art) the opportunity to showcase their talent in front of a jury of internationally acclaimed cinema experts, directors and actors. CYIFF has a competitive section. Films produced the last 36 months, by emerging directors are selected for the screening program.
CYIFF promotes both Cypriot film directors and Cypriots artists living abroad through the film category "Nostimon Himar" and awarded Cypriot Film Directors, as well as Cyprus as a new film oriented travel destination. The festival and the parallel events create an important meeting place for Cypriots and foreign filmmakers.
The 'CΥIFF - Cyprus International FilmFestival' is the brainchild of a group of dedicated volunteer individuals,event organizers, film producers, cinema experts, multimedia and audio visual specialists.
"The Best of the 1st!" Cyprus International Film Festival's mission is to support the first shown filmmakers with their first short or feature film, to meet and exchange cultures for the further development of Cinematographic Art in Cyprus, to promote our historical and cultural heritage,to upgrade our tourism product and to internationally promote our alumni participants.
All awarded filmmakers will get special discounts in renting facilities in DVPP Lab for their next film production in Cyprus.
Rules & Terms
The festival promotes both new talents in filmmaking and the island of Cyprus as the ideal cinematic tourist destination. The festival is dedicated exclusively to the passionate emerging independent filmmakers who will present their films to a VIP Jury of international celebrities in the film industry. With the first feature films in the category "Golden Aphrodite" and the first short films in the category of “CYIFF Got Talent", the festival's motto is “The Best of the First!”.
• Only First, Second and Third Feature Films are eligible to participate for the “Golden Aphrodite Award”. Festival has the right to classify the films.
• All other feature films are eligible for the “CYPress Veteran`s Award”.
• Only First Short films are eligible to participate for the “CYIFF GOT TALENT Award”.
• All other short films are eligible for the "CYIFF Short Films Awards".
CYIFF General Categories:
• Feature Films (up to 120 minutes) – all genres (including animation and documentaries produced the last 36 months)
• Short Films (up to 20 minutes) – all genres (including animation and documentaries produced the last 36 months)
• "Women making films" are eligible for the Aphrodite Cinematic Award. Films with a female director and/or producer (no restriction in production year, genre or duration).
• "50/50" Films with 50% men and 50% women in credits
• Films promoting PEACE through the GREEN LINE category
Information: Petra Terzi,mob. 99798112, e-mail: [email protected]www.cyprusfilmfestival.org