Cyprus has a packed cultural calendar this week, with a touring international film festival, a sold-out theatre comedy, exhibitions running across the island and a slate of new films hitting local cinemas.
SCREENINGS
The Drama International Short Film Festival brings nine films to Cyprus from 9 to 11 February, with screenings in Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos. Entry is free.
Limassol, Rialto Theatre, 8.30pm — tel. 77777745 Nicosia, Pantheon Cinema, Sunday 9 & Monday 10 February, 8pm — tel. 96420491 Larnaca, Municipal Theatre G. Lycurgos, Sunday 9 February, 8.30pm — tel. 99434793 Paphos, Stegi Grammaton & Technon, Monday 10 & Tuesday 11 February, 7.30pm — tel. 99426673
THEATRE
Limassol, Pattichion Theatre, 8pm. The comedy Edo Leme SOS by Giorgos Tsiakkas, directed by Marina Vronti, satirises modern Cypriot life. Tickets: Sold Out Tickets.
EXHIBITIONS
Nicosia
83 Aeschylou Street (opposite Faneromeni schools, basketball court). Group exhibition: The Homeland of Our Thoughts. Until 22 February.
Gloria Gallery (22762605). Topiographies by Andreas Karagian. Until 17 February.
Apokalypsi (22300150). Two Gazes by Panagiotis Pasantas and Giorgos Gerontidis. Until 21 February.
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art – SPEL (22479600). Group exhibition with 50 artists: Agropoiitiki: Soils/Bodies. Until 30 June.
Korai Project Space. Ground Matter by Melita Kouta. Until 27 February.
Kasteliotissa. Multi-themed exhibition by the Press and Information Office: Myths of Cyprus. Until 25 February.
NiMAC (2797400). Fluid Persistence — 19 artists explore ecological crisis, and the role of water in narrative and fiction. Until 31 May.
Town Hall Square. Water Movement Nicosia, site-specific installation by Maurice Cazzolli. Until 30 June.
Leventis Gallery, Temporary Exhibitions Hall. Christoforos Savva: Simple – Complex – Invisible: An Unknown Archive. Until 28 June.
Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. Cyprus, Island, History. Memory, Reality. Until 30 June.
Limassol
Eins (99522977). Keep the Music for Yourself by Marietta Mavrokordatou. Until 14 March.
3FHome (99930065). I See Art as a Way to Change the World by Marina Olympiou. Until 10 March.
125 Space (25733994 / 99008867). Group exhibition: In Parallel: Conversations on Love, Life & Light. Until 28 February.
Larnaca
Cypriot Corner (24621109). In the Constellation of Pisces by Andros Ropalis. Until 21 February.
CINEMA
New releases at RIO cinemas (Nicosia Mall and Limassol) — tel. 25871410:
Return to Silent Hill (dir. Christophe Gans, with Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Robert Strange), Send Help (dir. Sam Raimi, with Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien, Edyll Ismail), Song Sung Blue (dir. Craig Brewer, with Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Ella Anderson), The Strangers: Chapter 3 (dir. Renny Harlin, with Madelaine Petsch, Richard Brake, Janis Ahern), Stray Kids (dir. Lisandro Boccacci, with Lisandro Boccacci, Brandon Smits, Julian David Smith), Super Charlie (animated film, dir. Jon Holmberg).
