About AEI Film Festival
The cultural organization AEI AUDIOVISUAL FORUM, in collaboration with the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), invites you to a two-day cinematic event featuring high-quality documentaries from Cyprus, Spain, and Germany.
The screenings, taking place on January 31 and February 1, 2025, in Limassol, include two Cypriot and two international documentaries that participated in and were awarded at the 7th International Cyprus Archaeological, Ethnographic, and Historical Documentary Film Festival (AEI Film Festival), held last autumn in Nicosia, and the CINeDUCATION 2023-2024 program.
This event is organized within the framework of the cultural cooperation memorandum between CUT and AEI AUDIOVISUAL FORUM and is supported by the Cervantes Institute, the Embassy of Spain, the Association of Asia Minor Refugees of Cyprus, and the Goethe-Institut Cyprus.
All screenings will take place at Tassos Papadopoulos Building, Auditorium 2 (Ground Floor) (https://g.co/kgs/H2ukxdq), located at Themis 1, 3036, Limassol. Free Entrance
Screening Schedule:
Friday, January 31, 2025
● 19:00: Opening remarks by Stavros Papageorgiou, Artistic Director of the AEI Film Festival, and Dr. Evripides Zantides, Dean of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, CUT.
● 19:15: “The Sweetest Blessing” (10’, Cyprus) – A documentary created by students of the A’ Technical School of Nicosia, focusing on Cyprus’ culinary tradition through the making of “Kilaniotika Glytzista” (Special UNESCO Award).
● 19:30: “Mothertruckers” (15’, Spain) – A film exploring the lives of female truck drivers (Best Short Documentary Award). The screening is supported by the Cervantes Institute and the Embassy of Spain in Cyprus.
● 19:45: “Seven Winters in Tehran” (96’, Germany) – A compelling narrative of resilience and women’s resistance in Iran (Best Feature Documentary Direction Award). This screening is organized in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Cyprus.
Saturday, February 1, 2025
● 19:00: Opening remarks by director Stavros Papageorgiou and Mona Savvidou-Theodoulou, President of the Association of Asia Minor Refugees of Cyprus.
● 19:15: “Memory of Sweet Homeland” (114’, Cyprus) – A historical documentary by Stavros Papageorgiou, narrating the journey of Asia Minor refugees to Cyprus through the personal story of Anastasios Tosunoglou.
