The Cypriot film festival titled Film Horizons – New Cypriot Film will take place on 12 and 13 March at the Yugoslav Film Archive (Jugoslovenska Kinoteka) in Belgrade, the organisers announced today.
The statement says that the festival will for the first time systematically present contemporary Cypriot cinema to audiences in Serbia – films that have won prestigious international awards and recorded millions of viewers worldwide.
The event is being organised as part of the cultural programme of the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Cyprus and under the patronage of the Embassy of Cyprus in Belgrade.
The festival will open on Thursday, 12 March at 18.30 with the film “Find Me Falling” by director Stelana Kliris. The screening in Belgrade will take place in the presence of the director, followed by a discussion with the audience after the film.
Later the same evening, at 20.30, the programme will feature the film “Boy on the Bridge” directed by Petros Charalambous, the statement says.
On Friday, 13 March at 18.30, the film “Smuggling Hendrix” by director Marios Piperidis will be shown, followed by a discussion with the director after the screening.
The festival will close on Friday, 13 March at 20.30 with the film “Senior Citizen” directed by Marinos Kartikis.
As part of the festival, on Friday, 13 March at 16.30, a round table titled “Cypriot Film in the World” will be held, where Stelana Kliris and Marios Piperidis will speak about contemporary film trends and the growing international visibility of Cypriot cinema.
(Serbian News Media, 09.03.2026)