Film rebate scheme lies in ruins
What could have been a vital boost to the economy is now the source of two lawsuits The Cyprus Mail has obtained further details...
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Hollywood star Julian Sands filming in Cyprus
Hollywood actor Julian Sands is in Cyprus until February 24 as he begins shooting for his role in the upcoming horror film The Ghosts of...
Remembering Harris Savides through Elephant
It’s a mild injustice that directors receive the lion’s share of recognition for the films they are involved with, aside from the actors, of course....
Production of new Hollywood film in Cyprus to go ahead as planned
Man of War, the second Hollywood film by director and producer Dimitri Logothetis, continues in its pre-production stage according to plan, despite the global Covid-19...
Paphos animal welfare charities feature in new UK documentary
Two Paphos animal rescue shelters and a volunteer foster home feature in a new documentary put together by the Battersea Academy, part of the well-known...
Buffer zone village greets Hollywood
A resident of Mammari suddenly finds herself living on a film set The view from the hills that rise above the village of Mammari on...
Local documentary wins at Red Cross International Film Festival
Documentary film Life begins at 90 won Best Short Documentary at the prestigious Red Cross International Film Festival, held in Varna, Bulgaria last week. It...
Billy Baldwin ‘loves Cyprus’ and wants to come back again
Actor William (Billy) Baldwin, who is currently in Cyprus to film ‘S.O.S. – Survive or Sacrifice’, which is being shot in and around Limassol said...
Short Film Festival calls for entries
October may be a long way off but the Short Film Festival of Cyprus, staged in Limassol, is already getting ready for its ninth edition....
First Cyprus film summit to host 120 local and international participants
The first Cyprus film summit bringing together film and audio-visual professionals from all over the world will be held in Nicosia from October 9 until...
Turkey jails filmmaker for movie portraying execution of Erdogan
A Turkish filmmaker was convicted on Friday of membership of a terrorist group for a feature film that portrayed President Tayyip Erdogan having a gun...
The Dome hotel: a refuge in a time of war
By Rally Papageorgiou A new documentary on historic Dome hotel, long a Kyrenia landmark, tells a tale of glamour, war, loss and solidarity. Long famous for...
Smuggling Hendrix: the Cyprob via a dog
A Cypriot film about a man who tries to smuggle his lost dog across the buffer zone has just won an award at a major...
US filmmaker offers roadmap to boost local industry
Greece is luring foreign filmmakers with tax incentives. Cyprus is poised to do the same. Hollywood cinematographer Steven Bernstein explains how it could work By...
Young migrants making it on their own in Cyprus
By Evie Andreou The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Unhcr) in Cyprus has launched a short film produced by seven young refugees...
Film on Armenian genocide to be shown in Cyprus
The Promise, a 2016 film set in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, is coming to Cyprus, and with it a chance to get...
Cyprus International film festival celebrates women in film
THE Cyprus International Film Festival (CYIFF) has launched a new category this year, the Aphrodite Cinematic Award, which will highlight women in film in Cyprus, and...
Bonding across the Green Line
By Agnieszka Rakoczy Panikos Chrysanthou’s film The Story of the Green Line focuses on unlikely bonds formed between Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot soldiers Collecting...
Lack of film industry support moves Cyprus to Malta
MPs were up in arms on Tuesday when discussion in a House committee revealed a BBC production on Cypriot migration to the UK is to...
50 shades of dreck? Steamy “Grey” film tops Razzies as Hollywood’s worst
By Chris Michaud The erotic box office hit “Fifty Shades of Grey” led the pack on Saturday for the annual Razzie Awards, “honoring” Hollywood’s worst...