The curtain closed for the 4th Cyprus International Film Festival which took place at the Pantheon Art Cinema in Nicosia between 30 October and 5 November and invited all movie-lovers into this great celebration of cinema. For a whole week, audience and film-makers in a common wonder of the fascinating landscape of the 7th art, transformed Pantheon Art Cinema into a discovery scene of modern cinematographic trends and a place of interaction. Films of recent production, were presented in the Festival to entertain, to raise concerns, to make us dream, to lead us into the journey of the magical world of cinema.Two awards went also to the Cypriot participation Alysidoti Exelixi (Evolutions) film by George Voulgaris. It won the award for Best Production for VAG Movietec and the Audience award. The award for Best Musical Score went to Sergio Lasuen, composer of the music of Spanish surrealistic film Lodo (Mud), by Carlos Alastruey. A young girl walks by the sea when she suddenly steps on a red slimy substance.The award for Best Set Design and Costumes went to Ursa Loboda and Bjanka Adzic Ursulov for their wonderful work in film Prehod (The transition), by Boris Palcic from Slovenia. Thriller with psychological effects Prehod (The transition), by Boris Palcic from Slovenia, takes us to a world in which fantasy mingles with reality.The closing ceremony was attended by Mr George Moses, member of the Board of the Cyprus Tourism Organization, Mr. Vakis Loizides and Ms, Maro Kazepi, from CTO, Ms. Evi Rizos, reprtesenting the Press Office of the Greek Embassy in Cyprus, Mr Salvador Zambraro representing the Spanish Embassy in Cyprus, representative of jury committee Mr Tony Srour, the President of the University of Cyprus Cinematographic Association and the jury for short films Mr. Onesilos Pavlidis, President of the University of Cyprus Photographic Association, Mr. George Moleskis, President of the Photographic Club of University of Cyprus, as well as most directors and actors of the films screened during the festival, such as directors Thanassis Sarantos, Panayiotis Karamitsos, Petros Papadopoulos from Greece, director Joseph Kalouf from Lebanon,
the one of best Greek actor George Georgiou (VI)
and Cypriot actors Costas Demetriou, Elia Ioannidou, Sophocles Kaskaounias, Andreas Georgiou , Niovi Charalambous, Andria Zebedeou, Christina Dimitriades, Marina Ioannidou, Michael Zittis and of course many cinema-lovers like Christopher Harris, importer for women's clothing stores Aisha Lulu in Cyprus,