Cinema of Cyprus
Cypriot cinema refers to the cinema of Cyprus, which was born much later than the cinema of most other countries. Notable productions. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, George Filis produced and directed "Gregoris Afxentiou", "Etsi Prodothike i Kypros", and "The Mega Document". In 1994, Cypriot film production received a boost with the establishment of the Cinema Advisory Committee. In 2000, the annual amount set aside for filmmaking in the national budget was CYP£500,000 (about €850,000). In addition to government grants, Cypriot co-productions are eligible for funding from the Council of Europe's Eurimages  Fund, which finances European film co-productions. To date, four feature films on which a Cypriot was an executive producer have received funding from Eurimages. The first was "I Sphagi tou Kokora" (1996), followed by "Hellados" (unreleased), "To Tama" (1999), and "O Dromos gia tin Ithaki" (2000). In 2018, Marios Piperides received critical reviews at Sarajevo Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival, with "Smuggling Hendrix". Also well-received in that year was "Pause", by debut director Tonia Mishiali. The most renowned Cypriot director to date is Michael Cacoyannis with the renowned "Zorba the Greek".