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April by Déa Kulumbegashvili (Georgia, Italy, France) and Smaragda by Emilios Avraam won Best Film Awards at the International and Cypriot Competition Section, respectively, at the 23rd Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2025.   This year’s exciting journey of screenings and parallel events ended on a high note on Saturday 12 April with the presentation of the Audience Award, the winners of the competition section and the awards of Dot.on.the.Map Industry Days co-production, training and networking platform. Smaragda by Emilios Avraam also garnered Best Performance Award for the work of protagonist Niovi Charalambous. Best Director Award in the Cypriot Films Competition Section went to Kyros Papavasileiou for his film The Sock. In the Glocal Images International Competition Section, the Special Jury Award was presented to Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo by Egyptian filmmaker Khaled Mansour, with Best Director Award given to French filmmaker Jonathan Millet for his debut, Ghost Trail, which also won the Audience Award.  Best Cinematography Award was presented to the Lithuanian Vytautas Katkus for his work on the film Toxic by Saulė Bliuvaitė. The films Sun Never A...

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Just as every beautiful story comes to an end, so too is the 23rd Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2025 getting ready to wrap up on Saturday 12 April at Rialto Theatre with  a closing ceremony bringing  together images, emotions and many awards.  After nine days of coming together and engaging in cinematic exchanges, the festival delivers its final act  with the screening of Together Apart by acclaimed Cypriot filmmaker Aliki Danezi Knutsen. The film follows a couple on an isolated island, where the before and after of their relationship intersect. The end of the screening will mark  the beginning of the festival’s official closing with a ceremony curated by interdisciplinary artist Korallia Stergides. Stergides will reassume the persona of Deep Love who “popped” during the opening ceremony and now continues  her journey to the big screen as she gently eases us back into reality. The award ceremony and the winners’ speeches will be followe...

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Με πολλές συμμετοχές από Δημοτικά, Γυμνάσια, Λύκεια από όλη την Κύπρο  αλλά και νεαρά άτομα μέχρι 24 ετών έληξε με επιτυχία και ο 2ος Διαγωνισμός Ταινιών Μικρού Μήκους του Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογραφικές Μέρες Κύπρος 2025 – Τμήμα για Παιδιά και Νεαρά Άτομα. Η Κριτική Επιτροπή αποτελούμενη από επαγγελματίες του χώρου του κινηματογράφου  και συγκεκριμένα με Πρόεδρο την ηθοποιό Agni Scott και μέλη τους, Σμαρώ Παπαευαγγέλου, Κλείτο Κλείτου, Μάριο Ιωάννου, Παναγιώτη Μαργέτη, Προκόπη Αγαθοκλέους, Δήμητρα Μπάρλα, Γιάννη Σακαρίδη και Μένο Δελιοτζάκη αξιολόγησαν όλες τις ταινίες και κατέληξαν στα πιο κάτω αποτελέσματα. Κατηγορία Δημοτικού Columbia Kids Awards 1ο Βραβείο Columbia Kids Award  Ταινία: Run as One  Σενάριο/Σκηνοθεσία: Μάγια Μπαλτζή  Σχολείο: Α’ Δημοτικό Σχολείο Ποταμού Γερμασόγειας (Χριστάκειο) Βραβείο: Κάμερα 2ο Βραβείο Columbia Kids Award  Ταινία: Μικρά θύματα, Μεγάλα Θαύματα    Σενάριο/Σκηνοθεσία :  Θανάσης Μάριος Ιωαννίδης  Σχολείο: Δημοτικό Σχολείο Δασούπολης & Δημοτικό Σχολείο Χρυσελεούσας & Δημοτικό Σχολείο Σταυρού Βραβείο: 500 ευρώ 3ο Βραβείο Columbia Kids Award ...

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Dot.on.the.Map Ιndustry Days, the co-production, training and networking platform for film industry professionals of the 23rd Cyprus Film Days IF, will hold its 6th edition in Limassol, Cyprus (10 – 12 April, 2025), and announces the selected projects to be pitched in its co-production forum, Dot.on.the.Map Meeting Point. Ten teams of producers – directors with projects originating from countries of the Mediterranean region will pitch their new feature length fiction film projects to representatives of the international film industry. Following group works and individual meetings, the filmmakers will take steps towards forming future artistic and financial collaborations with other filmmakers, international producers, financiers, sales agents, broadcasters, distributors, festival and film fund representatives. Dot.on.the.Map Industry Days provides an excellent opportunity to network with industry professionals from across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa and to explore co-...