Cleo, a Greek-Chinese girl, brought up with love and light in the hills of Cyprus, finds out on her 18th birthday, that her long deceased father was murdered by the Chinese mafia
This year’s selection of films participating in the competition section called “Glocal Images” highlights the sensibilities of the local, and stresses the importance of film art as a means of expression and conversation between cultures. Viewers will have the opportunity to discover the work of promising new talent and celebrate the work of established filmmakers.
The Festival is also proud to announce that three Cypriot productions will participate in this year’s edition. These films were created with the participation of the Cyprus Cinema Advisory Committee and were funded through the Funding Programs Regulation for the Support of Cinematographic Films by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture.
The films that are competing in this year’s “Glocal Images” section are:
In the course of one cold night in Teheran, two young lovers go from hospital to hospital in search of help. Soon they will have to face the tragic consequences of their youthful innocence.
Danila is sixteen. Katya is twice his age. He spends hours watching her out of the corner of his eye from an old shed on the edge of the forest.
When George exits the police riot bus and sees his daughter among the demonstrators facing him, he and his wife decide that father and daughter should go to their country home for a few days, to keep her safe and see if they can salvage their relationship.
Anita and Bekim are getting married, but she is unaware that he is still in love with his best friend Nol.
Hendrix dreams of hip-hop greatness, but he is spiralling down a rabbit-hole of crime and poverty until he meets Doc, an old poet still haunted by his martial law past.
Gaza is a 14-year-old boy who lives on the Aegean coast of Turkey. Together with his domineering father, he helps smuggle refugees to Europe, giving them temporary shelter and scant food until they attempt their crossing.
A young Buenos Aires mother finds employment as a sex worker and struggles to live under the same laws that are supposed to protect her.
The life of an overanxious young director searching for success is further complicated when he is forced to raise money for a movie screenplay he detests.
After a minor incident in her village, nine-year-old Shula is exiled to a travelling witch camp where she is told that if she tries to escape she will be transformed into a goat.
Less than two decades after the war ended in Yugoslavia. When a diverse group of veterans gathers at a remote mountain hotel to undergo days of therapy, it is hard to expect absolute harmony.
A mild-mannered young villager gets caught in tragicomic circumstances when a strange sphere, tracked by a foreign intelligence agency, crash-lands into his potato field.
A film about a boy, a girl, a shepherd, a photographer, a diplomat, an actress. A film about Marlon Brando, Shakespeare, dry flowers and the sea.
Cleo, a Greek-Chinese girl, brought up with love and light in the hills of Cyprus, finds out on her 18th birthday, that her long deceased father was murdered by the Chinese mafia