Cyprus offers a full slate of cultural events today, from open-air film screenings in Nicosia and Ayia Napa to art exhibitions across the island and new releases now showing in cinemas.
Screenings
Nicosia, Constantia Open-Air Cinema, 9pm. The 27th Summer Screenings Marathon runs every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday until September 13. Tonight’s screening is Fatih Akin’s historical drama The Cut. In 1915, during the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, young blacksmith Nazaret Manoukian is violently separated from his family. After surviving years of hardship, he learns his twin daughters are still alive and sets out on an epic journey to find them. Running time: 138 minutes. Tel: 22348203
Ayia Napa, Marina. From August 20 to 23, audiences can enjoy family favourites in a relaxed, atmospheric setting by the sea. Tonight’s screenings are The Little Mermaid at 8.15pm and Grease at 10.15pm. Tickets via Project Films 101.
Exhibitions
Nicosia
Vitrina (16 Pentadaktylou Street): Christina Siakola’s visual installation “Things I Forget”. Until August 25.
Apokalypsi (tel: 22300150): Group exhibition titled “Code Reconstruction”. Until September 12.
Limassol
Platres, Minerva Hotel: Christodoulos Panayiotou’s “Trilogy of Summer Holidays”. Until August 30.
XeniArtSpace – Trilogy West Tower (tel: 99980009): Photography exhibition “Women in Focus”. Until September 19.
Larnaca
Cyprian Corner (tel: 99564131): Exhibition by Andreas Asproftas, Stelios Votsis and Glyn Hughes. Until August 22.
St-Art Cafe (7A N. Lanitis Street): Group exhibition with all works priced at €250. Until August 31.
Municipal Art Gallery (tel: 24658848): Pancyprian Visual Art Exhibition “Reflections of Clay”. Until August 22.
Pierides Museum (tel: 22128175): “Nina Iakovou: Eyes to See, Hands to Touch”. Until May 6, 2027.
Paphos
Almyra Hotel (tel: 26888700): Group exhibition titled “Temporary Forever”. Until September 6.
Cinema
Now showing: Insidious: Out of the Further (directed by Jacob Chase, starring Lin Shaye, Sam Spruell and Amelia Eve), Mutiny (directed by Jean-Francois Richet, starring Jason Statham, Annabelle Wallis and Adrian Lester), One Night Only (directed by Will Gluck, starring Callum Turner, Tyronne Chambers and Grace Dumday), and Minions & Monsters (animated film directed by Pierre Coffin) — at RIO Limassol and Nicosia Mall. Tel: 25871410.
