The Deputy Ministry of Culture and the Department of Modern and Contemporary Culture is pleased to announce the participation and awarding of ‘IMAN’ by Cypriot filmmakers, Korinna Avramidou and Kyriakos Tofaridis, in competitive international film festivals.
Starting with the Panhellenic Screenwriting Award from the Screenwriters’ Union of Greece in 2018, ‘IMAN’ premiered at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in November 2022 and began its journey in International Film Festivals, garnering several awards.
Specifically, so far the film has participated in the following Film Festivals:
- SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, BALKAN COMPETITION, 2023
- BEIRUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL, OFFICIAL SELECTION, 2023
- SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, ECUADOR 2023
- INCA IMPERIAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, PERU 2023
- LOS ANGELES GREEK FILM FESTIVAL, 2023
- LONDON GREEK FILM FESTIVAL, 2023
- CYPRUS FILM DAYS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, OFFICIAL SELECTION, 2023
In July, ‘IMAN’ will compete in the TOFIFEST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in Poland.
The film won the following awards:
- BEST FEATURE FILM, SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, ECUADOR
- BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE, INCA IMPERIAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, LIMA, PERU
- SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST FILM, LOS ANGELES GREEK FILM FESTIVAL, USA
- HONOURABLE MENTION FOR BEST ACTRESS, STEPHANIE ATALA, LOS ANGELES GREEK FILM FESTIV
- BEST FEATURE FILM, LONDON GREEK FILM FESTIVAL, UK
- BEST DIRECTOR, FOR KYRIACOS TOFARIDES AND CORINNA AVRAAMIDOU, LONDON GREEK FILM FESTIVAL, UK
- BEST ACTRESSES FOR RITA HAYEK AND STEPHANIE ATALA, LONDON GREEK FILM FESTIVAL, UK
Credits:
- Screenplay/Director: Korinna Avraamidou, Kyriakos Tofaridis
- Director of Photography: Sofronis Sofroniou
- Music: Dimitris Zachariou
- Actors: Stephanie Atala, Rita Hayek, Andreas Tselepos, Margarita Zachariou, Pampina Georgiou, Prokopis Agathokleous, Varnavas Kyriazis
- Produced by A.B. Seahorse Film Productions, Andros Achilleos Distributed by Cercamon
- The film is a co-production with the Deputy Ministry of Culture – Department of Modern and Contemporary Culture and the support of the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC)
