05-04-2019

FESTIVALS: The 17th Cyprus Film Days IFF Ready to Kick Off

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    LIMASSOL: Nine titles, including a production from Cyprus, will compete in the Glocal Images International Competition section of the Cyprus Film Days International Film Festival, whose 17th edition will take place from 12 to 20 April 2019. Four films will take part in the National Competition section.

    The festival will take place at the Rialto Theatre in Limassol and Zena Palace Cinema in Nicosia, and it is organised by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus and the Rialto Theatre.

    Glocal Images International Competition:

    Alone at My Wedding (Belgium)
    Directed by Marta Bergman

    Holy Boom (Greece, Albania)
    Directed by Maria Lafi

    House of Hummingbird (South Korea)
    Directed by Kim Bo-ra

    Los Silencios (Brazil, Colombia, France)
    Directed by Beatriz Seigner

    Ray & Liz (UK)
    Directed by Richard Billingham

    Smuggling Hendrix (Cyprus, Germany, Greece)
    Directed by Marios Piperides
    Produced by AMP Filmworks, Pallas Film, Viewmaster Films
    Coproduced by ZDF/Arte
    Supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus, MDM-Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, the Greek Film Center, Eurimages

    Sofia (Belgium)
    Directed by Meryem Benm’Barek

    Tel Aviv on Fire (Luxembourg, Belgium, Israel, France)
    Directed by Sameh Zoabi

    Too Late to Die Young (Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, Qatar)
    Directed by Dominga Sotomayor