HYDERABAD FILM CLUB
JANUARY 2020 – PROGRAMME
Cyprus Film Festival
20-01-2020 6.00 p.m. CORRIDORS
Monday (2010/Short Film/10 mins.)
BLOCK-12
(2013/Comedy, Drama/95 mins.)
21-01-2020 6.00 p.m. FAMILY MEMBER
Tuesday (2015/Comedy, Drama/105 mins.)
22-01-2020 6.00 p.m. OMKRONI PLUS
Wednesday (2013/Short Film/12 mins.)
BOY ON THE BRIDGE
(2016/Drama/85 mins.)
BLOCK-12
(2013/Comedy, Drama/95 mins.)
Director : Kyriakos Tofaridis
Cast : Osman Alkas, Neetu Chandra, Dimitris Dimitriou
English satellites who conduct research from space discover large oil deposit in the area of tho Old Mines in Cyprus. A big part of the area belongs to C… (he has bought it from his Turkish Cypriot colleague) who has retired there with his wife. The outbreak of a big economic crisis leads the two sons of the family to bankruptcy forcing them to move their families to the house. This whole situation is made worse when the Cyprus government keeps asking to buy the house, and our protagonist character stubbornly refuses. Moreover two English agents and the Turkish Cypriot heir, camp outside the house. The house is in a state of internal and external siege.
AWARDS
2014: London Greek Film Festival, Best Actress & Best Screenwriting
FAMILY MEMBER
(2015/ Comedy, Drama/104 mins.)
Director : Marinos Kartikkis
Cast : Alexia Charalambidou, Giulio Filippo D’Errica, Fivos Georgiades
George and Sophia are trying hard to cope with their financial problems and the needs of their two children. The grandfather helps them out with his pension since the family business, a small grocery store, does not provide them with enough income. When suddenly the grandfather dies in his sleep, they decide to keep it a secret for as long as they can so as to continue collecting the money from his pension. But things become more complicated when officers from the social security department start looking for grandfather.
BOY ON THE BRIDGE
(2016/ Drama/85 mins.)
Director : Petros Charalambous
Cast : Kika Georgiou, Tone Dimitrou, Christodoles Marta
In a seemingly idyllic Cypriot village, twelve-year-old Socrates’ careless summer days of riding his bike and tantalizing the local residents come to an abrupt end when he finds himself at the center of a murder investigation, which exposes a dark family secret and changes his life forever.
AWARDS – 2017
Athens Panorama of European Cinema – Best Film
Festival Du Grain a Demoudre – Young Jury Award – Best Director
Filem’on: International Children’s Film Festival Brussels – Best Director
Los Angeles Greek Film Festiva – Best Performance of actorl
Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People – Best Feature Film
OMIKRON PLUS
(2013/ Short Film/12 mins.)
Director : Mihalis Georgiadis
Cast : Vasiliki Dialina, Fivos Georgiades, Kika Georgiou
1974, Cyprus. Ten days after the Turkish invasion in a refugee camp, a 10-year-old girl needs blood urgently. Will she survive?74, few days after the Turkish invasion we are placed at a random refugee settlement next to one of the Turkish occupied villages.
CORRIDORS
(2010/ Short Film/10 mins.)
Director : Mihalis Georgiadis
Cast : Elena Demetriou, Marinos Hatzivasileiou
1974, Cyprus, Ten days after the Turkish invasion in a refugee camp, a 10-year old girl needs blood urgently. Will she survive?
