The International Jury for the 22nd edition of Cyprus Film Days 2024 is made up of five highly acclaimed, outstanding personalities of the film industry.
This year’s Jury is presided over by Slovak film producer Katarina Tomkova, and includes Berlin-based Turkish Cypriot Director of Photography Emre Erkmen, French film critic Sandra Onana, Greek director and writer Ασημίνα Προέδρου and Berlin-based Palestinian filmmaker Juna Suleiman.
The members of the International Jury will be in Cyprus for the duration of the Festival and will select the winners in all categories among eleven films participating in the Glocal Images International Competition Section and in the Cypriot Films Competition Section. At the same time, the audience will have the opportunity to enjoy selected work by the Jury members on the big screen.
The list of winners will be announced on Saturday 20 April at Rialto Theatre during the Closing and Awards Ceremony.
Τα Βραβεία:
The festival closes with the official Awards Ceremony on 20 April at Rialto Theatre. The Jury will present the following awards:
– Glocal Images Best Film Award accompanied by the amount of €6,000
– Βραβείο Καλύτερης Κυπριακής Ταινίας accompanied by the amount of €4,000
– Glocal Images Special Jury Award accompanied by the amount of €3,000
– Glocal Images Best Director Award accompanied by the amount of €1,000
– Βραβείο Καλύτερης Φωτογραφίας accompanied by the amount of €500, sponsored by Caretta Films
– Best Director Award in a Cypriot Film accompanied by post-production services – sponsored by Authorwave
– Best Performance Award in a Cypriot Film accompanied by the amount of €1,000 – sponsored by Limassol Municipality
– Honorary Distinctions (not accompanied by prize money)
All films screened in the official competition sections automatically compete for the Audience Award, determined by viewer votes cast right after each screening. The Audience Award is sponsored by TFI Markets.
*The awards conferred by the Jury have the shape of a Neolithic human figure. They are replicas of a stone idol found in the Neolithic settlement of Choirokoitia, a UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site, dated to ca. 7000 – 6000 B.C.
“The Jury presents”
Making the most out of the International Jury’s presence in Cyprus, this year the Festival presents three parallel screenings as part of “The Jury presents” programme.
The three films are:
– Behind the Haystacks (Greece, Germany, North Macedonia), Asimina Proedrou’s social drama set on Greece’s northern border, which stood out for its narrative viewpoint. The film will be screened only in Limassol.
– Aslı Özge’s urban mystery thriller Black Box (Germany, Belgium). The film will be screened only in Nicosia and will be preceded by a masterclass with director Aslı Özge and director of photography Emre Erkmen.
– Mussolini’s Sister, the moving documentary by Juna Suleiman (Palestine, Israel), takes a close look at the director’s idiosyncratic yet ultimately endearing grandmother. The film is screened only in Limassol.
Information about the International Jury members:
Katarina Tomkova worked for the Slovak Film Institute as an international promoter between 2009-2015. Since 2015, she has collaborated on several films acclaimed at the festival circuit: 5 October (Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου του Ρότερνταμ) Hotel Sunrise (IDFA, Hot Docs), Nina (KVIFF, TIFF), Silent Days (KVIFF, Marrakech IFF), Servants (Berlinale Encounters), 107 Mothers (Venice IFF – Best Screenplay Orizzonti, EFA European Discovery 2022 nomination), Photophobia Photophobia (Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου Βενετίας – Βραβείο Europa Cinemas Label στο τμήμα Giornate degli Autori), με το ειδολογικό φάσμα των ταινιών να κυμαίνεται ανάμεσα σε ντοκιμαντέρ και μυθοπλασία. Ως εκπαιδεύτρια, έχει συνεργαστεί με το Ινστιτούτο MIDPOINT και την Αγορά του Φεστιβάλ Θεσσαλονίκης. Είναι απόφοιτος του εργαστηρίου EAVE Producers Workshop. Το 2021, εκπροσώπησε τη Σλοβακία στο πρόγραμμα «Producers on the Move» του ιδρύματος EFP – European Film Promotion.
Emre Erkmen, of Cypriot origin, was born in Istanbul, and currently lives in Berlin. He graduated from Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb) Cinematography. He was Director of Photography for award-winning films such as Lifelong και All of a Sudden (Aslı Özge, Berlinale Panorama Special), Tale of Three Sisters (Emin Alper, Berlinale Competition), Do Not Forget Me Istanbul (Hany Abu Assad, Eric Nazarian), Envy (Zeki Demirkubuz), Men on the Bridge (Aslı Özge) and Two Girls (Kutluğ Ataman). He won Best Cinematographer awards for his work in Lifelong, Tale of Three Sisters, Envy και Two Girls Οι σημαντικότερες παραγωγές στο ενεργητικό του είναι οι ταινίες Black Box και Faruk (Berlinale, Fipresci Award) directed by Aslı Özge.
Ασημίνα Προέδρου is a writer and director from Greece. She has written and directed two multi-awarded shorts and her debut feature film, Behind the Haystacks (2022). The film, critically acclaimed, was officially selected, among others, for the Palm Springs IFF. It won six awards at the Thessaloniki IFF, the Debut Film Director Award at the IFF of India, and ten awards at the Hellenic Film Academy Awards, including Best Film. The film was also selected for the European Film Academy Awards and was the official Greek entry for the 96th Academy Awards (International Oscar).
γεννήθηκε στο Παρίσι Sandra Onana is a journalist and film critic since 2019, now serving as deputy chief of “Service Culture” for the French newspaper Libération. She studied humanities, cultural policy, and cultural journalism, gaining her first experiences at the National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (CNC), and in the programming team of the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) before returning to writing, her first love. She is also a regular contributor of the France Culture radio show Plan Large since 2022.
Juna Suleiman είναι Παλαιστίνια σκηνοθέτρια με έδρα το Βερολίνο. Το μεγάλου μήκους ντοκιμαντέρ της Mussolini’s Sister, έκανε το κινηματογραφικό του ντεμπούτο στο Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ Ντοκιμαντέρ του Άμστερνταμ (IDFA) το 2018, ενώ απέσπασε διεθνείς υποψηφιότητες και βραβεία. Από το 2008 μέχρι σήμερα έχει εργαστεί ως υπεύθυνη κάστινγκ για πολλές ταινίες παγκόσμιας εμβέλειας, όπως, μεταξύ πολλών άλλων, των ταινιών The Time that Remains και It Must Be Heaven by Elia Suleiman, Omar του Hany Abu Asaad. Έχει αποκτήσει σημαντική εμπειρία στην κινηματογραφική βιομηχανία, και πρωτοπορήσει στον τομέα του κάστινγκ με την ίδρυση μιας εξειδικευμένης εταιρείας παραγωγής στην Παλαιστίνη. Επιπρόσθετα, έχει εργαστεί ως μοντέζ για διάφορα ακαδημαϊκά, αρχειακά και καλλιτεχνικά πρότζεκτ. Ενδεικτικό παράδειγμα είναι η δουλειά της με την ακαδημαϊκό και ερευνήτρια Ariella Azoulay από το Πανεπιστήμιο Brown για τις ταινίες The World Like a Jewel in the Hand (2022), and There is a Baba in our House by Leil Zahra (Centre of Human Rights and Arts, Bard College, 2020).
* Το αναλυτικό πρόγραμμα του Φεστιβάλ είναι διαθέσιμο στην ιστοσελίδα cyprusfilmdays.com.
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Διοργανωτές: Deputy Ministry of Culture Department of Contemporary Culture, Rialto Theatre
Under the auspices of: Limassol Municipality & Nicosia Municipality
Σε συνεργασία με: CIPA Film in Cyprus
Με τη στήριξη: Γαλλικού Ινστιτούτου Κύπρου, Πρεσβείας της Γερμανίας στην Κύπρο
Τεχνική υποστήριξη: Event Pro
Χορηγός Βραβείου Κοινού: TFI Markets
Χορηγοί Βραβείων: Caretta Films, Authorwave, CYENS
Dot.on.the.Map Award Sponsor: P.S. Movies and Stories
Hospitality Sponsor: Mediterranean Hotel
Χορηγοί Επικοινωνίας: CITY, ΡΙΚ
Χορηγός Φιλοξενίας Dot.on.the.Map Industry Days: Alinea
Υποστηρικτές:
Mall of Cyprus, K-Cineplex, LOEL, Directors Guild of Cyprus, The Friends of Cinema Society (Nicosia), Limassol Cine Club, Larnaca-Famagusta Cinema Society, Cyprus University of Technology, University of Cyprus (Alumni Office), UCLAN, Dance House Lefkosia, Dance House Lemesos, Cyprus New Movement, EMEL Ltd-Limassol Buses, Cyprus Public Transport, Lemesos Newspaper, Limassol Today, Lemesos Blog, Vestnik Kipra, Limassol Tourism Board.
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