16/06/2026
Soon the Open Call for 2026 will be announced!
As we prepare for the next edition of the CIPCYF – CinePoems Cyprus Festival, we would like to look back at the 13 selected videopoems of 2025.
No first, second, or third prizes were awarded. All 13 selected films were winners.
The 1st CinePoems Cyprus Festival received more than 300 submissions from around the world. For a small festival with a minimal budget, presenting videopoetry for the first time in Cyprus, this overwhelming response far exceeded our expectations.
The following 13 videopoems were selected and screened on 16 October 2025 at ARTos House, Nicosia:
• Frame of Mind (North Macedonia, 2024) – Aleksandra Kardalevska
• The Allegory of Jack and Jill (Philippines, 2025) – Dylan Margerette Fiona De Asis Cerio (Student Project)
• Ναυτία / Nausea (Greece, 2024) – Eirini Chatzi
• From the Wind (Germany, 2022) – Jörn Staeger
• Making Space for Nature (United Kingdom, 2022) – Ian George Sciacaluga
• Los Caballos están tristes / When Horses are Sad (Spain, 2021) – Eduardo Yagüe
• The Way of Red (Iran, 2025) – Asghar Besharati (Student Project)
• The Pelican of the Wilderness (Germany/Italy, 2015) – Maria Korporal
• Nothing Blooms (Algeria, 2024) – Mourad Hamla
• Ψ – A Story About Mental Health (Cyprus/Greece, 2025) – Giannos Kousiappas (Student Project)
• Circle / Κύκλος (Greece, 2016) – Stavros Makridis
• Sur le Promontoire Oublié (“On the Forgotten Promontory”) (Spain/Morocco/France, 2023) – Blas Payri
• My Self Portrait (Argentina, 2023) – Muriel Sago
These films brought together artists from Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, demonstrating the diversity, creativity, and poetic power of videopoetry today.
Stay tuned for the Open Call 2026!