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Documentary Screening: Maid in Hell
Can an employment system hide a reality of torture and humiliation? 35 year old Mary Kibwana is just one of thousands of women who...
Francophonie 2020: french movies in Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca
The French Institute of Cyprus and the Association Friends of Cinema, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth and the Ministry...
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
Paris, 1930. Luis Buñuel is penniless after the scandal surrounding the release of his first movie. Sculptor Ramón Acín, a good friend, buys a...
PwC Workshop: ‘Advanced Negotiation Skills’
The programme follows on from "Introduction to Negotiation skills". The aim is to take the participants' negotiation skills to the next level and help...
Images and views of alternative cinema 2020 in Nicosia
'Images & Views of Alternative Cinema' opens its doors now in its thirteenth year, showcasing international avant-garde, experimental films. The Festival will be screening...
Oscar and Palme d’Or winner Korean movie Parasite (2019)
Pantheon Theatre and your local K-culture community HallyuCY bring you Bong Joon Ho's sensational, yet haunting masterpiece 'Parasite' (2019)!
Synopsis
The Ki family is struggling to...
The Bra
The Bra tells the story of the lonely and soon to be pensioned train driver Nurlan. On his last day of work his train...
Rome through the eyes of Fellini
A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.
Roma, also known as Fellini's Roma, is...
BlacKkKlansman: fascinating American biographical crime movie
BlacKkKlansman is a 2018 American biographical crime film directed by Spike Lee and written by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Lee. The...
Rocketman
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical...
La Belle Époque: new versatile French time-travel comedy
Victor, a disillusioned sexagenarian, sees his life turned upside down on the day when Antoine, a brilliant entrepreneur, offers him a new kind of...
“Pain and Glory” by Pedro Almodovar at Pantheon Art Cinema
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties...
Adults in the Room
A universal theme: a story of people trapped in an inhuman network of power. The brutal circle of the Eurogroup meetings, who impose on...
Yojimbo
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of...
Shoplifters
After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter...
Rashomon
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through...
Fuocoammare: documentary about refugees in Larnaca
Situated 150 miles south of Sicily, Lampedusa has hit headlines as the first port of call for hundreds of thousands of African and Middle...
The Cakemaker: German drama in Larnaca
Thomas, a young German baker, is having an affair with Oren, an Israeli married man who has frequent business visits in Berlin. When Oren...
Photography Exhibition «Wild East»
Photographer Elena Constantinou presents her first solo photography exhibition, titled «Wild East», an Overland Journey from Cyprus to China.
A long journey, from Cyprus to...
The Night of the Ad Eaters
For one night, let yourself to be overwhelmed by a tsunami of commercials from the most remote edges of the planet: deliriously creative, aesthetic,...
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018)
After elderly druid Getafix falls out of a tree, he resolves to find a young successor to whom he can entrust the secret formula...
Top Stories
Local
Fourteen new corona virus cases detected out of 3,775 tests
According to the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit of the Ministry of Health 14 new cases of the SARS-CoV-II virus were detected out of a total...
World
Iraq’s port of Umm Qasr takes precautionary measures after deadly Beirut blast
Following the deadly blast at Beirut's port last week, Iraq is moving to secure its own main port of Umm Qasr from any potential...
World
Concerns over preserving Lebanon’s cultural heritage
Many historical buildings in Beirut were badly damaged in last week's devastating explosion.
Experts worry that much of Lebanon's rich cultural heritage will be lost...
Local
Yellow alert for extremely high temperatures on Thursday
Mainly fine weather on Thursday with yet another yellow alert for extremely high temperatures in effect from 13:00 to 17:00.
Temperatures are expected to rise...
World
Turkey accuses Greece of violating “Turkish” minority rights in Thrace
Turkey has said that minority schools are being closed down under the pretext of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry released a statement on...
Taste
Local Food
Octopus ‘Kathisto’ (or Octopus braised in Wine)
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Greek extra virgin olive oil
2 medium onions, chopped fine
1 large octopus, about 2kg (cleaned and kept whole)
3/4 cup dry red wine
1/3 cup...
Local Food
Homemade lemonade
Ingredients:
1 cup lemon juice
1 cup sugar
Method:
Thoroughly wash the lemons with soap and warm water. Roll each lemon with the palm of your hand, pressing...
Local Food
‘Striftaria’ mini cheese pies
Ingredients
1 ½ cup milk
2 tbsps. flour
4 tsps. of butter
3 eggs, slightly beaten + 1 extra with 1 tbs. of milk for spreading
1 pack of...
Local Food
Mini potato canapes baked on salt
Ingredients
Serves: 12
1kg small Cypriot potatoes
rock salt, as needed
250g salted butter
300ml full fat cremé frâiche
1 pot cod or salmon roe
Method
Prep:20min › Cook:35min › Ready in:55min
Take...