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1821 articles available in total starting from 29/11/2016. Last article published on 22/10/2025.

I Am Not a Witch and Respeto win the 16th Cyprus Film Days

I Am Not a Witch and Respeto win the 16th Cyprus Film Days

The first-time directors of the films, Rungano Nyoni and Alberto Monteras, also split the Best Director Award, while Simon Farmakas’ Sunrise in Kimmeria was Best Cypriot Film  

02/05/2018 | Festivals | Cyprus

Smuggling Hendrix wins Best International Narrative Feature at Tribeca

Smuggling Hendrix wins Best International Narrative Feature at Tribeca

Marios Piperides’ debut left New York with the top prize, while Mads Brügger’s comedy The Saint Bernard Syndicate snagged Best Screenplay and Best Actor  

27/04/2018 | Tribeca 2018 | Awards

goEast showcases regional VR and supports ethical filmmaking

goEast showcases regional VR and supports ethical filmmaking

The gathering’s Open Frame Award has been transformed into a VR discovery platform for Central and Eastern European experiences, while OPPOSE OTHERING! showed off its co-financed films  

26/04/2018 | Festivals | Germany

November scoops goEast’s Golden Lily

November scoops goEast’s Golden Lily

Rainer Sarnet’s film was the only fiction to win a major award, as the documentaries by Bernadett Tuza-Ritter and Mila Turajlić captured the attention of those at the Wiesbaden gathering  

25/04/2018 | Festivals | Germany

Son of Sofia dominates the Greek Iris Awards

Son of Sofia dominates the Greek Iris Awards

Elina Psykou’s film received five trophies, while Dora Masklavanou’s Polyxeni and Pantelis Voulgaris’ The Last Note were the other two winners during the Hellenic Film Academy’s ceremony  

25/04/2018 | Awards | Greece

Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die snags the main Golden Dzigas at the Ukrainian National Film Awards

Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die snags the main Golden Dzigas at the Ukrainian National Film Awards

The war film by Akhtem Seitablaev received six gongs and Marina Stepanska’s Falling three; Sergei Loznitsa scooped Best Director at the second Ukrainian ceremony  

25/04/2018 | Awards | Ukraine

Marios Piperides  • Director of Smuggling Hendrix

Interview: Marios Piperides • Director of Smuggling Hendrix

"Borders can be broken down once we recognise familiarity in the face of the unknown"

We spoke to Cypriot writer-director Marios Piperides about his feature debut, Smuggling Hendrix, Best International Narrative Feature at Tribeca  

24/04/2018 | Tribeca 2018

French VR crosses the Atlantic with French Immersion

French VR crosses the Atlantic with French Immersion

The new programme initiated by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the USA, in partnership with UniFrance, the CNC and the Institut Français, aims to promote VR productions in the USA  

23/04/2018 | Industry | France/USA

Jens Lien’s sci-fi series Beforeigners gets funded by NFI

Jens Lien’s sci-fi series Beforeigners gets funded by NFI

Created by the Lilyhammer writing duo, Anne Bjørnstad and Eilif Skodvin, and produced by Rubicon TV, this is the first Norwegian Original Series for HBO Nordic  

23/04/2018 | Television | Norway

Review: Smuggling Hendrix

Review: Smuggling Hendrix

Cypriot debutant writer-director Marios Piperides explores the ongoing dispute in his homeland in a comic and absurd way that aims to break down borders  

23/04/2018 | Tribeca 2018

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