Here’s what’s on across Cyprus on Tuesday, September 29, from Paweł Pawlikowski’s new film at the Pantheon to a French saxophone and accordion duo, theatre and exhibitions.
SCREENING
Nicosia, Pantheon. The relationship between Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika is at the heart of ‘Fatherland’, the new film by award-winning Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski, showing at the Pantheon from today. The film, starring Hanns Zischler as Thomas Mann and Sandra Hüller as Erika Mann, won Best Director at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, shared with Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi for ‘La Bola Negra’. Through Mann’s relationship with Erika, Pawlikowski crafts a dense film about returning to a place that has become foreign, the wounds a family carries, and a Europe trying to understand what was left after the war. Screenings: September 29 and 30 and October 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 at 8.30pm. Additional screenings at 6pm on October 1, 3 and 10. Running time: 82 minutes. pantheon-theatre.com
MUSIC
Nicosia, Axiothea Mansion, 8.30pm. French musicians Émile Parisien (soprano saxophone) and Vincent Peirani (accordion) present ‘Abrazo’ as part of the University of Cyprus Festival. The concert grows out of the duo’s close relationship and improvised dialogue. Compositions by Astor Piazzolla, Tomás Gubitsch and Xavier Cugat sit alongside their own original pieces and unexpected covers, such as Kate Bush’s ‘Army Dreamers’. 22894531
THEATRE
Nicosia, Hambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking, Tuesday, September 29, 8pm. ‘Eternal Stories’, an episodic staged reading that brings ancient Greek and Roman literature into dialogue with contemporary animated films, is presented by Magdalena Zira. Today’s second part includes Argonautica – Harpya, in which Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica meets Raoul Servais’ legendary ‘Harpya’, winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. In Iliad – Achilles, Homer’s Iliad meets Barry Purves’ ‘Achilles’ (1995), a film that brings out the human side of Achilles through his relationship with Patroclus. The heroic figure shifts and is revealed through vulnerability, desire, loss and trauma. Tickets and bookings: more.com
Nicosia, Dentro Theatre, 8pm. ‘Milk’ by Vassilis Katsikonouris, directed by Marina Vronti for Theatro Lexi, returns for a second season. September 29 and 30. Tickets: SoldOut Tickets
EXHIBITIONS
Nicosia
Art Seen (22006624). ‘The Future of the Past’ by Andreas Kallis. Until November 6. art-seen.org
Kastelliotissa Hall. ‘Serbian Medieval Monuments in Danger’, featuring monuments of medieval heritage in Kosovo. Until October 12.
Hambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking (22496930). ‘Coexistence, A. Tassos – Hambis’. Until July 24.
IN TOTO Gallery Space (22262470). ‘Closely Observed’ by Milenko Stevanovic. Until October 15.
Aigaia (22 445757). Group exhibition ‘Opening Point’. Until September 30.
Limassol
The Edit Gallery (25251710). ‘Carriers’ by Hannah Rowan. Until October 17.
XeniArtSpace Gallery, Trilogy Plaza. Group exhibition ‘Channelled: Women in Art Across Centuries’. Until March 5.
Lumière Contemporary Art Gallery. ‘Some Body’ by Christina Drakou. Until November 5.
Municipal Arts Centre – Apothikes Papadaki. ‘Nikos Kouroussis: labyrinths’, a retrospective of the artist’s wide-ranging practice. Until October 4.
Larnaca
Kypriaki Gonia Gallery (24621109). ‘Worlds Elusive’ by Anna Vasiliou. Until October 10.
Pierides Museum (22128175). ‘Nina Iacovou: eyes to see and hands to touch’. Until May 6, 2027.
CINEMA
NEW RELEASES: Heart of the Beast (directed by David Ayer, starring Brad Pitt, J.K. Simmons and Anna Lambe), Sense and Sensibility (directed by Georgia Oakley, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esme Creed-Miles and Caitriona Balfe), The Weight (directed by Padraic McKinley, starring Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe and Julia Jones), Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom (animated film directed by Steve Cox and Matthew Walker). RIO Limassol and Nicosia Mall, tel. 25871410.
ALSO SHOWING: Avengers: Endgame (directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Mark Ruffalo). RIO Nicosia Mall.
