The Cyprus International Film Festival (CYIFF) is an annual
film festival
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upo ...
held in
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...
. The festival has taken place in
Nicosia and more recently in
Paphos
Paphos ( el, Πάφος ; tr, Baf) is a coastal city in southwest Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In classical antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: Old Paphos, today known as Kouklia, and New Paphos.
The current city of Pap ...
, in cooperation with Cultural International Festivals.
Description
The International Film Festival of Cyprus has operated since 2006 as an independent
non-profit
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
organisation. CYIFF is the first international film festival held in Cyprus with a competition section in categories that include feature, short, animation, video art/dance/music, humanitarian, sport, and children's films, devoted exclusively to independent emerging filmmakers.
Awards and features
The CYIFF Golden Aphrodite and other awards are selected by a jury committee; it also features seminars, workshops and conferences for upcoming directors.
The festival offers the opportunity to young aspiring directors from all over the world, to present their work in front of a jury committee and to receive a form of recognition through one of the awards.
See also
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List of Cypriot films
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Aphrodite
Aphrodite ( ; grc-gre, Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodítē; , , ) is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation. She was syncretized with the Roman goddess . Aphrodite's major symbols inclu ...
References
External links
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Film festivals in Cyprus
Recurring events established in 2004
Autumn events in Cyprus
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