29-06-2016

FNE at Paphos International Film Festival 2016: Two Cyprus Films Share Award

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    The Olive Tree at the Border by Sholeh Zahraei and Kamil Saldun The Olive Tree at the Border by Sholeh Zahraei and Kamil Saldun

    NICOSIA: Why Talk Feminism? and The Olive Tree at the Border shared the prize for best short film in the national competition of the Paphos International Film Festival. The awards, selected by the audience, were announced on 28 June 2016.

    The festival screened 26 international short films, 11 national short films, 13 student short films and eight special theme short films.

    The complete list of winners follows:

    International Short Film, day 1:
    The Postmodern Pioneer Plaque (Serbia/Spain)
    Directed by Boris Kozlov

    International Short Film, day 2:
    Paolo’s Dream (Greece)
    Directed by Dirineos Papadimatos and Giannis Avramopoulos

    Cyprus Short Film, ex aequo:
    Why Talk Feminism? (Cyprus)
    Directed by Peter Stephanou

    The Olive tree at the Border (Iran/Cyprus)
    Directed by Sholeh Zahraei & Kamil Saldun

    Student Short Films:
    The Shadow Forest (Poland)
    Directed by Andrzej Cichocki

    Special Theme Category – Immigrants and Refugees:
    I Exist (Egypt, Syria)
    Directed by Ahmed Abdelnaser

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