Here is what’s on in Cyprus today, with special screenings, theatre and exhibitions across the island.
Screenings
The Pantheon cinema in Nicosia opens the LUX Audience Award 2026 screenings tonight at 8.30pm with Love Me Tender, directed by Anna Cazenave Cambet. The French film follows Clémence, whose life is turned upside down when her ex-husband takes her to court to strip her of custody of their son after she reveals she has been in relationships with women. The film traces her long fight to defend her right to be both a mother and a woman free to make her own choices. France, 2025, 134 minutes.
The Limassol Film Club, in partnership with Alliance Française Limassol as part of Francophonie Month, screens Pause by Tonia Mishiali at the Rio cinema in Limassol at 8.15pm. The film follows Elpida, whose years of accumulated frustration find an outlet in desire for a younger man, a drive for revenge against her domineering husband and a need for liberation, against the backdrop of the menopause. The award-winning film took the FIPRESCI prize for best Greek film at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Starring Stella Fyrogeni, Andreas Vassiliou and Popi Avraam. 96 minutes. Greek with English subtitles.
Theatre
The Island, directed by Achilleas Grammatikopoulos and produced by ETHAL and Point To Contemporary Theater, returns to WhereHaus 612 in Nicosia for a limited run on 14 and 16 March at 8.30pm. Tickets via Sold Out Tickets, tel. 25877827.
The Markideio Theatre in Paphos hosts Jonathan Livingston Seagull, based on Richard Bach’s novella, performed by the Nikolaideio Gymnasium of Paphos at 8pm as part of the 37th Pan-Cypriot Schools Theatre Competition.
Exhibitions
In Nicosia: The Man Who Carries Holes by Rinos Stefanis at Gloria Gallery, until 3 April (tel. 22762605); Call to Action at Sic Contemporary Culture, featuring four Frederick University students, until 21 March; Animalia by Maria Perendou at Omicron Gallery, until 28 March (tel. 96648352); The Blurred Line of Horizons by Stefanos Karabampas at Alpha C.K. Art Gallery, until 28 March (tel. 22751325); The Sound of Water by Afroditi Sezenia at Marginalia, until 28 March (tel. 99657080); Agropoiitiki: soils/bodies with 50 artists at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (SPEL), until 30 June (tel. 22479600); Fluid Persistence at NiMAC with 19 artists examining ecological crisis and the role of water, until 31 May (tel. 22797400); Water Movement Nicosia, a site-specific installation by Maurice Cazzolli at Eleftherias Square, until 30 June; Christoforos Savva: Simple – Complex – Invisible at the Leventis Gallery, until 28 June; and Cyprus Island History. Memory Reality at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, until 30 June.
In Limassol: Figures in Suspension: Unbinding the Body by Alexandra Kou at 125 Space, until 30 May (tel. 25733994); CHROMA by Her, a group show with ten women painters at Lumiere, until 21 March (tel. 25344141); and Keep the Music for Yourself by Marietta Mavrokordatou at Eins, until 4 April (tel. 99522977).
In Larnaca: Nature and Water by Dimitra Vanezi Liasou at Cypriot Corner, until 21 March (tel. 24621109).
In Paphos: an exhibition by Paschalis Anastasi at Blue Iris, until 21 March (tel. 99310893).
Cinema
New releases this week include The Mortuary Assistant (dir. Jeremiah Kipp, with Willa Holland, Paul Sparks and John Adams), The Wizard of the Kremlin (dir. Olivier Assayas, with Paul Dano, Alicia Vikander and Tom Sturridge), Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (dir. Gore Verbinski, with Sam Rockwell, Juno Temple and Haley Lu Richardson), The Tasters (dir. Silvio Soldini, with Elisa Schlott, Max Riemelt and Alma Hasun) and the animation Bernard: Mission Mars (dir. Chao Wang). All screening at RIO cinemas in Nicosia Mall and Limassol. Tel. 25871410.
