15th Cyprus International Film Festival announces the line up

The 15th Cyprus International Film Festival kicks off on November 15 tο November 22 with 126 short and feature films in several categories from five continents, 11 scripts in competition, workshops and masterclasses. The Festival highlights the climate change crisis and films from women that make up half of the program's film selections.



 

• The screening program at the venues in Nicosia, Cyprus will be announced no later than November 13 depending on the Covid-19 restrictions at that time.
• The CYIFF 2020 online festival will last eight days. You may purchase a pass for the first half of the Festival and a separate pass for the second half of the Festival. You may also purchase one pass for the entire CYIFF 2020 online festival.
• Tickets are sold here for the CYIFF 2020 Online program.

GOLDEN APHRODITE

1. ONL GA Just A Fling - Gorune Aprikian, France / Γαλλία,2016, 85' 2. GA Being Mortal - Liu Ze, China / Κίνα, 2020, 98’11’’ 3. GA WF Iris - Diana Rodriguez, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2020, 104’ 4. GA WF ΝΙ Nia on Vacation - Cat Papadimitriou, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2019, 88’ 5. GA WF Toprak - Sevgi Hirschhäuser, Turkey / Τουρκία, 2020, 105’53’’ 6. GA NI Sarmako: A Tale of the North- Marco Papadopoulos, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2020, 115’ 7. GA The last joke - Vasilis Kalemos, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2020, 70’ 8. GA Shibil - Nikola Bozadzhiev, Bulgaria / Βουλγαρία, 2019, 115’13’’ 9. GA Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse - Javad Daraei, Iran / Ιράν, 2020. 80’ 10. GA Woman of the Photographs – Takeshi Kushida, Japan / Iαπωνία, 2020, 88’48’’ 11. GA Grey Fish - He Sheng, China / Κίνα, 2020, 79’24’’

CYIFF GOT TALENT

1. ONL GT Pushkin's Pants - Lev Brodinsky, Israel / Ισραήλ, 2019, 8’ 2. ONL GT Achan and Ezra - Yan Fisher, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2019, 15’10’’ 3. ONL GT Arrows- Nikos Vittis, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2020, 7’56’’ 4. ONL GT Godot came - Lefteris Tsatsis, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2019, 15’ 5. ONL GT The First Officer - Yannis Ferchatis, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2019, 13’ 6. ONL GT WF Black King Down - Anna Spyrou, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2017, 9’54’’ 7. ONL GT WF Fertile Myrtle - Robin Humbert, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2019, 19’33’’ 8. ONL GT WF Home - Phumi Morare, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2019, 14’48’’ 9. ONL GT WF Bloom - Isobelle Amie, Australia / Αυστραλία, 2019,12’30’’ 10. ONL GT WF Standard Temperature - Zhouchunyu Yu, China / Κίνα, 2020, 17’07’’ 11. ONL GT WF Cadence of the Valley - Rama Ayasra, Jordan / Ιορδανία, 2020, 18’30’’ 12. ONL GT WF LGBTQ Aurora - Dayna Li, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2020, 28’ 13. ONL GT ART Why We Are Unhappy in Cities – Zhao Gang, China / Κίνα, 2020, 13’45’’ 14. GT Victim - Jye Currie, Australia / Αυστραλία, 2020, 18' 15. GT Ghorab Al-Bayn - Ahmed Dahroug, Egypt / Αίγυπτος, 2019 10'02” 16. GT Autography - Xiuzhe Mou, China, 2019, 10' 17. GT The Test - Bartosz Toboła, Poland / Πολωνία, 2020, 12'12'' 18. GT Talent - Oleg Ageychev, Russia, 2020, 9'57'' 19. GT Grabadora Sound - Cristiano Neila, Italy, 2019, 8'10'' 20. GT Naida – Yury Sholin, Russia / Ρωσία, 2019, 20’ 21. GT Reunion - Stelios Stylianou, Cyprus / Κύπρος, 2020, 8’17’’ 22. GT Alnajma - Gilbert Karam, Lebanon / Λίβανος, 2020, 10' 23. GT Out - Meghdad Fadaeenia, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2020, 14’4’’ 24. GT ART Black White – Alexis Rummler, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2019, 5’32’’ 25. GT Taymour - Amr Hisham, United Arab Emirates / ΗΑΕ, 2019, 18’22’’ 26. GT WF NI Motherland - Kristina Spassovska, Bugaria / Βουλγαρία, 2019, 14' 27. GT WF 31 - Joumana Rizk, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2020, 8'7” 28. GT Dust in the wind - Yujun Chen, USA, 2020, 18'30'' 29. GT WF ART ENV Upwell - J'aime Morrison, USA /ΗΠΑ, 2019, 6’3’’ 30. GT WF NI Shared Balcony - Fay Efrosini Lellios, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2019, 15’ 31. GT WF Baroque - Chrysa Koutrakou, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2020, 7'44'' 32. GT WF Once Upon A Time in Hoi Shing Road - Jas Pun, Hong Kong / Χονγκ Κονγκ, 2019 33. GT WF Scenes by the sea - Oksana Degtyareva, Russia / Ρωσία, 2019, 20'

VETERANS SHORT

1. ONL VS The Scent - Farhad Pakdel, Canada / Κανδάς,2019, 13’22’’ 2. ONL VS The Finger on the Button - Jonny Lewis, USA/ΗΠΑ, 2020, 3’35’’ 3. ONL VS Sherbet - Nikola Stojanovic, Serbia / Σερβία, 2019, 19’16’’ 4. ONL VS Nimic – Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2019, 12’ 5. ONL VS My Dear Anna - Panos Anestis, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2020, 2’56’’ 6. ONL VS The Tip - Νιck Psarros, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2019, 9’9’’ 7. ONL VS Off for some Beers! - Haris Gioulatos, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2020, 20’ 8. ONL VS WF Split Apart - Zina Papadopoulou, Petros Papadopoulos, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2020, 13’ 9. ONL VS ENV Le choix de Sofia (One last thing) - Alain Deslongchamps, Canada / Καναδάς, 2020, 12’ 10. VS The Good Deed - Eugene E-NRG, Australia / Αυστραλία, 2019, 15’ 11. VS WF Staple - Natalia Bereg, Russia, 2019, 7'48'' 12. VS Dark 85% - Haris Pantelidakis, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2020, 16' 13. VS Violetta - Fivos Imellos, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2019, 14'47'' 14. VS For Sale - Apostolos Karoulas, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2019, 17'36'' 15. VS Above the borders - Sokratis Romilios, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2020, 11'18'' 16. VS Cinephile Quarantine – Nikos Kourou, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2020, 19’23’’ 17. VS Sven Gunnar - Darwin Reina, Sweden / Σουηδία,10’41’’ 18. VS Anna - Dekel Berenson, UK, 2019, 14'59'' 19. VS Swept Away – Thomas Grascoeur, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2019. 12’9’’ 20. VS Praskovya - Alexander Solovyov, Russia / Ρωσία,2019, 5’17’’ 21. VS Money on the Sunbeds film Ayia Napa - Váradi László / Nagy Sándor, Cyprus / Κύπρος, 2020, 7’55’’ 22. VS NI Beautiful – Konstantinos Mousoulis, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2020, 14’3’’ 23. VS NI Anathema - Paolo Antypas, Cyprus / Κύπρος, 2019, 14’26’’ 24. VS WF Fortissimo – Janine Piguet, Switzerland / Ελβετία, 2019, 20’ 25. VS WF Yael's Room – Shir Cohen, Israel / Ισραήλ, 2019, 22’45’’ 26. VS WF In This Land We're Briefly Ghosts - Chen-Wen Lo, Taiwan / Ταιβάν, 2019, 16’

VETETANS FEATURE

1. VF Depth of Pyaar- Mukesh Asopa, Canada / Καναδάς, 2019, 93’6’’ 2. VF ART Lost records - Tiago P. de Carvalho, Portugal / Πορτογαλία, 2020, 61’ 3. VF Like Fireworks, Like Yellow Roses - Chao Wang, China / Κίνα, 2020, 90’40’’ 4. VF Macao's first October – XinYiru, China / Κίνα, 2019, 85' 5. VF Dongjiang Wind And Cloud – YuCaibin, China / Κίνα, 2019, 85' 6. VF WF ART Used and Borrowed Time - Sophia Romma, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2020, 218'

MUSIC-DANCE

1. ONL MD WF A Tango To Remember - Severine Reisp, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2020, 7’ 2. ONL MD WF Skin - Andrea Mychaels, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2017, 4’14’’ 3. ONL MD WF Her Mother's Daughter - Alejandra Cadena-Perez, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2019, 13’47’’ 4. ONL MD ART C.P. Cavafy | The City (Wherever I Turn My Eyes To) – Aristarchos Papadaniel, Panagiotis Kountouras, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2019, 3’24’’ 5. MD WF Us - Linxin "Kisa" Li, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2020, 4'18'' 6. MD WF Align - R.E. Wolfe, UK, 2020, 7'22'' 7. MD ART Divided we scroll - Klaas Diersmann, UK/ HB, 2019, 5' 8. MD WF Dance for it - Anna Vinokur, Russia, 2020, 50'

ANIMATION

1. ONL ANI WF Once upon a head - A Nuodi, China/ Κίνα, 2020, 8΄28’’ 2. ONL ANI WF Recipe In Exile - Chantal Kassarjian, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2019, 4’30’’ 3. ANI WF To the dusty sea – Héloïse Ferlay, France / Γαλλία, 2020, 12’23’’ 4. ANI WF ENV ART Comme Des Ocean – Amy Cousins, UK / ΗΒ, 2019, 2’44’’ 5. ANI WF 100% Girl – Liangyu Chen, Taiwan / Ταιβάν, 2019, 3’9’’ 6. ANI WF Anxiety - Eva Ulreich, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2019, 1' 7. ANI Hero - Aoze Luo, China, 2020, 6'12'' 8. ANI The Promise - Yue Dong, China, 2020, 4'9'' 9. ANI ART Red Line Riding Hood Next Stop Grandma's House - Mick Cusimano, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2016, 9’16’’

MOBILE FILMS

1. ONL MF ART ROSE flowing in the wave - Donguk Hwang, Republic of Korea / Κορέα, 2020, 19’40’’ 2. ONL MF WF One Night Only - Lili Bordan, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2020, 18’52’’ 3. MF WF Roots - Zoi Florosz, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2020, 3’5’’ 4. MF ART The Power of Cinema- Doddi Elgabry, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2020, 14’55’’ 5. MF DTS WF My Honeysuckle Beekeeper - Vince Breheny & Denisa Formánková, Ireland / Ιρλανδία, 2020, 6’27’’

DOCUMENTARY TALENT SHORT

1. ONL DTS Font of Infamy - Savvas Constantinou, Cyprus / Κύπρος, 2020, 9’10’’ 2. ONL DTS WF The Hands of an Elder - Dinah Sam, Canada / Καναδάς, 2020, 4’50’’ 3. ONL DTS WF HELI SET ŦTE SḰÁL ȽTE (Bringing our language back to life) - Renée Sampson, Canada / Καναδάς, 2020, 5’ 4. ONL DTS ART WF Shape Shifters - Polina Zelmanova, United Kingdom / ΗΒ, 2020, 8’14’’

DOCUMENTARY VETERANS SHORT

1. ONL DVS We Welcome You - Kostas Lenis, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2020, 18’ 2. ONL DVS ART Eat - Alberto Zúñiga Rodríguez, Mexico / Μεξικό, 2019, 3’ 3. ONL DVS MD Drifting with Debord - David Archibald & Carl Lavery, United Kingdom / ΗΒ, 2020, 17’35’’ 4. DVS WF Diaries from the field Nicholas Papachrysostomou - Daphne Toli & Dimitris Mavroforakis, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2019, 27’ 5. DVS WF Ala Kachuu: Take and Run - Maria Brendle, Switzerland / Ελβετία, 2020, 38’26’’ 6. DVS WF Kanda Bode (Don't Get Whipped) - Fekad Kiros & Cheryl Halpern, Ethiopia / Αιθιοπία, 2020, 25’ 7. DVS ART WF Father- land- Stuart Moore & Kayla Parker, UK / ΗΒ, 2018, 20’ 8. DVS Mind Exchange Music Presents: Layne Marie Williams The Adventures of Ms Glitch Live Film Score - Donny Walker, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2020, 20' 9. DVS WF Royal Empires Unite – Angelique Monet, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2020, 20’

DOCUMENTARY TALENT FEATURE

1. ONL DTF WF Milestones - MuFei Xu, China / Kίνα, 2019, 88’55’’ 2. ONL DTF Athos the world's brightest peak - Argyris Liapis, Greece / Ελλάδα, 2020, 60’ 3. ONL DTF Diagnosing Healthcare - Paul Roberts, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2020, 89'19'' 4. DTF Tongue - Panayiotis Achniotis & Andreas Anastasiades, Cyprus / Κύπρος, 2019, 59'28'' 5. DTF WF Over the barriers - Banu Ramazanova, Kazakhstan / Καζακστάν,2020, 60' 6. DTF WF I am - Martina Biagi, Italy / Ιταλία, 2020, 52' 7. DTF WF The New Abolitionists - Christina Zorich, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2020, 98'35'' 8. DTF United we sing - Dan Petracca, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2019, 75' 9. DTF ENV 972 BREAKDOWNS - On The Landway to New York - Daniel von Rüdiger, Germany / Γερμανία, 2020, 110'20”

DOCUMENTARY VETERANS FEATURE

1. ONL DVF WF Phoenix - A Story from the Diaspora - Anastasia Charalambous Barnfather, United Kingdom / ΗΒ, 2019, 00:54:09 2. DVF WF Mrs G. - Dalit Kimor, Israel / Ισραήλ, 2019, 54' 3. DVF WF ENV Exposure - Holly Morris, USA / ΗΠΑ, 2020, 83' 4. DVF WF Father Arsenie - Svetlana Cemin, Serbia / Σερβία, 2019, 41'27'' 5. DVF WF Lunàdigas (or concerning childfree women) - Nicoletta Nesler & Marilisa Piga, Italy / Ιταλία, 2016, 78' 6. DVF WF



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