Short Matters 2018

Sat Sep 29, 2018 to
Sun Sep 30, 2018

19:30

Location

Cyprus University of Technology
16 Saripolou Street
Limassol, Limassol 3036

Description

Awarded European Short Films


26 - 28 September 2018 at 20:00
at ARTos Foundation, Nicosia


and


29 & 30 September 2018 at 19:30
at Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol



The Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture, the European Film Academy and ARTos Foundation, with the support of the Cyprus University of Technology, for the twelfth consecutive year, invite short film lovers to the programme of Awarded European Short Films, Short Matters! The screenings will take place at ARTos Foundation in Nicosia on the 26th, 27th and 28th of September and on the 29th & 30th of September 2018 at CUT in Limassol.



The program of SHORT MATTERS! presents short films by the European Film Academy, which have been nominated for the ‘European Short Film 2016’ award, by the fifteen most important film festivals in Europe.



In each of these selected festivals listed below, the Jury that selects the awarded films also selects one of the European short films which is then automatically nominated for the ‘European Short Film’ Prize.



Encounters Short Film and ANIMATION: Festival Bristol (UK)
Cork Film Festival (Ireland)
Berlin International Film Festival (Germany)
Venice Film Festival (Italy)
Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Sweden)
Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival
Krakow Film Festival (Poland)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France)
Tampere Film Festival (Finland)
Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece)
Festival del film Locarno (Switzerland)
Valladolid International Film Festival (Spain)
Film Fest Gent (Belgium)
International Film Festival Rotterdam (the Netherlands)



Then, the program with the nominated short films tours various European cities, two of which Nicosia and Limassol. Originating from various countries – Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey & UK – the nominated short films for 2017 are a multidimensional panorama of young contemporary European filmmaking.



The more than 3.000 members of the European Film Academy selected TIMECODE by Juanjo Giménez as the overall winner, a nomination by the Jury of Film Fest Gent, Belgium. The film was presented at the 30th European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin, in December 2017.


All screenings in Nicosia start at 20:00

All screenings in Limassol start at 19:30

Greek & English subtitles

Free admission