Cyprus

mel (Austria, Italy), which won the Label
Europa Cinemas prize at the Cannes Film
Festival in 2009, approached with great tenderness
the stories of marginalized people
living in Italy, while the outstanding film
“Fish Tank”, by Andrea Arnold, was a brilliant
sample of contemporary British cinema.
The program also included a series of films
which did not have the exposure of the above
titles, yet they were well received by film
reviewers and audiences as well in international
Festivals; however these low-budget
films stood out for their sincere and bold approach.
One of the aims of the “Cyprus Film
Days” Festival has always been to introduce
“Fish Tank”
“La Tigra”
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“Dogtooth”
“Eastern Plays”
to the public of Cyprus the work of newcomers
and of film directors that are not widely
known. This series of films included “La Tigra”
by Federico Godfrid and Juan Sasiain,
and “Plan B” by Marco Berger from Argentina;
“About Elly” by Asghar Farhadi, and
“Tehroun” by Nader T. Homayoun both from
Iran; the Bulgarian film “Eastern Plays” by
Kamen Kalev and from Croatia, “Metastaze”
by Branko Schmidt.
With the above selection of films the event
aspired to highlight the cinema of social intervention;
to present films that apart from
quality entertainment offered the audience
a chance to experience a kind of cinema
that invites us to interact with the narrative
and the screen on a mental level. As in previous
years, the public had the opportunity
to participate in the “Cyprus Film Days”
by voting for the best film, and meet and