Cyprus has a full week of culture ahead, with film, live music, art exhibitions and special events running across the island.
Film
Nicosia, Pantheon, 8.30pm. The Cinema Friends Club screens the 2025 animation “A Magnificent Life” by Sylvain Chomet. Paris, 1955. Marcel Pagnol, a celebrated 60-year-old playwright and director, rediscovers his love of writing when the editor of Elle magazine commissions him to pen a weekly column about his childhood. French dialogue, Greek subtitles. 90 minutes.
Music
Nicosia, Amphitheatre of the School for the Blind, 8.30pm. Alkestis Protopsalti and Nikos Portokaloglou bring their new musical collaboration to Cyprus, performing landmark songs from both their catalogues in a show that moves between nostalgia and creative renewal. Also at Larnaca, Pattichion Municipal Amphitheatre, Wednesday June 10, 8.30pm. Tickets via Ticketmaster and ACS Courier.
Tribute
Limassol, Ad Litteram Culture Development Centre, 7pm. Interactive presentation titled “Maritime Memories: Indigenous Shipowning Enterprises in Limassol, 1845–1945” by Antonios A. Madella, Doctor of Law and researcher in Cypriot maritime history. Tel. 99766558.
Awards
Nicosia, Municipal Theatre, 6pm. Awards ceremony for schools that took part in the island-wide student video competition “Together We Stop Bullying”, organised by the Yianis Christodoulou Foundation, MHV Group and the Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth.
Exhibitions
Nicosia
Marginalia (99657080). “Travia” by Pavlos Hambides. Until June 27.
Apokalypsi (22300150). Group exhibition “Code Reconstitution”. Until September 12.
Leventis Gallery (22668838). “Dialogue: Niki Marangou – Rodi Konstantoglou”. Until July 31.
Is Not Gallery (99569498). “Landscapes II / in vitro” by Maria Kofterou. Until June 10.
Hambi Municipal Museum of Engraving. “Mediterranean”, featuring works from the Andreas Nikolas collection. Until July 25. www.hambismuseum.cy
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (State Gallery of Contemporary Art – SPEL, 22479600). Group exhibition with 50 artists, “Agropoiitiki: soils/bodies”. Until June 30.
Town Hall Square. “Water Movement Nicosia”, site-specific installation by Maurice Cazzolli. Until June 30.
Leventis Gallery, Temporary Exhibitions Hall. “Christoforos Savva: Simple – Complex – Invisible: An Unknown Archive”. Until June 28.
Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. “Cyprus Island History. Memory Reality”. Until June 30.
Limassol
125 Space (25733994). Group exhibition “New Forms, New Voices”. Until July 18.
Platres, Minerva Hotel. “The Holiday Trilogy” by Christodoulos Panayiotou. Until August 30.
XeniArtSpace – Trilogy West Tower (99980009). Photography exhibition “Women in Focus”. Until September 19.
eins gallery (99522977). “A disappearing act, an erroneous camouflaging” by Leontios Toumbouris. Until June 27.
Pylon Art & Culture (95950857). “INTERIOR” by Fanos Kyriakou. Until June 27.
PSI Foundation. “Bill Viola. Unspoken”. Until August 1.
Larnaca
Pierides Museum (22128175). “Nina Iakovou: eyes to see and hands to touch”. Until May 6, 2027.
Paralimni
Municipality Hall events room. The first Children’s Biennale, presented by the Office of the Commissioner for Children’s Rights. Until June 16.
Cinema
New releases: Scary Movie 6 (dir. Michael Tiddes, with Anna Faris, Jon Abrahams, Regina Hall), Masters of the Universe (dir. Travis Knight, with Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes, Idris Elba), Animal Farm (animation, dir. Andy Serkis), Evolution (animation, dir. Zayra Munoz Dominguez and Julio Soto Gurpide), The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (animation, dir. Gooseworx) — RIO cinemas (Nicosia Mall and Limassol), tel. 25871410.
