Press Release Awards ceremony CYIFF 2011
GREEK FEATURE FILM HAS BEEN AWARDED FOR FIRST TIME

THE “GOLDEN APHRODITE” IN CYPRUS FILM FESTIVAL - CYIFF 2011

For the sixth consecutive year, it was here to excite, charm, entertain and show the most promising film willing to thank the sworn friends of cinema and those who want to get a first glimpse of some of the most representative samples of the Seventh Art, through its inclusive program from 98 countries. The CYIFF considered as one of the most important festival of independent films that promote new talent and emerging filmmakers in the world providing a new opportunity for promotion and international distinction at Cypriot and Greek filmmakers, as well as young artists from the fields of arts such as graphic design, music and dance.


A spectacular ceremony with special guests, many surprises for attendees and rich artistic program with choreographies exclusively for the ceremony by Stavri Kalopetridou and Andreas Soteriou and singing by the choir of the University of Nicosia, conducted by Solon Kladas, sealed with the best possible way a fortnight carefully selected screening program that was preceded.


Greek films especially awarded during this year's festival. The “Tungsten” by George Georgopoulos won the Golden Aphrodite, and the awards of “Best New Director”, “Best Screenplay” and “Best Editing”. The Cypriot short film "September" by Agis Paikos received the "Award for photography in a Greek short film" for Nick Avraamides for the second consecutive year the "Audience Award in Short Film", while the film “Paramnesia” by Cypriot Eleftherios Kakathymis won the “Audience Award in the feature film”. Konstantinos Papathanasiou was honored with the award "Nostimon Imar" for his film “Ithaca”, Thanos Kermitsis won the "Best Greek Short Film" for the film “Troglodytes” and Aristarchos Papadaniel received the “Best Animated Film” award.


A brilliant event which was attended by important personalities not only from the film industry held on 16 October at the “Pallas” Cinematheatre in Nicosia. The Mayor of Nicosia Eleni Mavrou, Mrs. Egli Kammitsi, president of the cultural committee of the Municipality of Nicosia, Mr. Peristianis, President of the University of Nicosia, Ms Evi Rizou, Press Attache of the Embassy of Greece, the ambassadors of Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, representatives of embassies of Iran and Italy, the Honorary Consul of Cyprus Serbia Mr. Eliades, actors Popi Avraam, Tassos Nousias, Dimitris Andrea, the Lebanese actress Lorraine Kodeih, Albanian actor Enver Petrovci. The ceremony attended as well the artistic director of the festival, Mr. Tony Srour, members of the jury of the festival among the Cypriot film director Nicholas Dimitriou, Cypriot actor Dimitri Andreas, the President of the Film Group at the University of Cyprus Marios Philippou, and Andrie Georgiou from the Film Club in Paphos and several directors from Cyprus and all over the world who attended the film's official festival program.
The Mayor of Nicosia said that the festival is now an institution. The organizer of the festival Petra Terzi and President of Friends of Cinema John Xenophontos announced the dates of the seventh collaboration of the International Film Festival 13-22 October 2012.


The presentation of the awards made by the Cypriot actress Olga Vanessa Aristodemou.
 Sponsors of the evening were the embassies of Greece, Serbia, Nikos Lazaridis Winery, the Nespresso and Stella Artois.