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Tetraktys Films Catalogue for the broadcast market | Summer 2014 |www.tetraktysfilms.com
Tetraktys Films is a documentary film and educational media
distributor/ sales agent and production company based on Cyprus.
COMING SOON
Kypris – Aphrodite: The Great Goddess of Cyprus
Episode 1: The worship of the Great Goddess in Cyprus from
the Chalcolithic period to the Roman era.
Directed by: Stavros Papageorghiou
Documentary│ Women Studies │History │Arts
Cyprus │73 min│ Released date: Sept 2014
This worldwide exclusive documentary about Goddess Aphrodite, the great Goddess of Cyprus, is actually a
breathtaking journey through time from the Chalcolithic period to the Roman era. Guided by Dr. Jacqueline
Karageorghis, an internationally renowned French Archaeologist, we investigate known and unknown aspects of
the worship of Aphrodite on her island.
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Outopos
Directed by: Diomides Kofteros
Documentary│ Politics │Philosophy
Cyprus │ 25 min│ Released date: Winter 2015
The story of the unlikely, eternal presidential candidate, Kostas Kyriakou
Outopos, the farmer who claims to hold the divine plan for a better future: city-states and free love. The plan, the
election campaign, the election, the vote-rigging allegations, and his efforts to convince; an intimate account of
the Outopos’ public and private life.
Forgotten Brides
Directed by: Yeliz Shukri
Documentary │ Women Studies │ Human Rights │ Society
Cyprus│60 min│ Released date: Autumn 2015
Forgotten Brides' is a documentary project that investigates a lost generation of young
women who were forced to marriage and left Cyprus starting from the 1930's, many
never to be heard from or seen again.
TRAILER LINK
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
From Cyprus:
Entelechy: The stone books of Gnosis
Astronomy │ Archaeology │Anthropology
Cyprus│ 60 min │Greek with English subtitles
In 1992 Stavros Papageorghiou documented on camera Goris Gregoriades' research about
the alignment of three ancient temples in Cyprus with the sun at the solstices. Twenty years
later the two men take a journey into the past seeking out the truth behind the universal
phenomenon of ancient temples aligning with celestial bodies. During his initiation trip
into religion and philosophy, Stavros records how these three temples are linked through geodesy with the Delphi
oracle and the Parthenon in Greece, the Aphrodite temple in Aphrodisias,Turkey as well as with the Great Pyramid
in Egypt through the projection of the Orion constellation. TRAILER LINK
The Fire Within
Directed by: Petros Charalambous
Art │Biography│
Cyprus│42 min│ Greek with English subtitles
The documentary begins with the fire that signals a new beginning for the well-known
Cypriot painter Andreas Charalambous. The painter‟s workshop was a really priceless
cultural treasure, with paintings of unique value, theatrical machetes, and hand scripts,
infrequent collection of books, precious stones and photographs. Through his
interviews and through the eyes of the persons who experienced the destruction and
were close to him, we get to know the person and artist Andreas Charalambous. The documentary includes shots
from his workshop before the fire, shots from a retrospective exhibition of 35 years of work, slides from paintings,
unedited material of fire from the television stations with interviews, photographs of the burnt workshop and
more. Andreas Charalambous has dedicated himself to the art of Cyprus but also to the cultural and political
happenings of our country. This film is a small token of what we can offer as an indication of our appreciation to
the artist and what he represents. TRAILER LINK
Murid
Directed by: Yeliz Shukri
Human Rights│ Cultural Diversity│ Religion
Cyprus│ 52 min │ English language
As a teenager, Chris abruptly abandoned his dream of becoming a fighter pilot of the US
Navy to join a colorful yet reclusive Sufi sect led by the mysterious Turkish-Cypriot
Sheikh Nazim. He then harbors a new dream of becoming an Islamic scholar. But the
Sheikh has other, maybe grander, plans for him. A decade and half later, Chris, now
known as Alauddin, lives in Germany, happily married to Fatima, the wife the Sheikh
advised him to marry when he was 17, and working as a cook in the Sheikh’s restaurant. But despite his apparently
problem-free lifestyle, Alauddin has begun to question whether the destiny alluded to by the Sheikh will ever
materialize. He travels to Cyprus, the Shiekh’s home and spiritual headquarters, to find out. TRAILER LINK
Hope against Hopeless
Directed by: Constantinos Patsalides and George Avraam
Human Rights│ Immigration│ Politics
Cyprus│43 min│ Greek, English, Turkish, Iraqi with English subtitles
This documentary “Hope against Hopeless” deals with the causes that provoke the refugee
‘waves and the trespass of Human Rights. It aims to shed light at the illegal movement of
economical immigrants and refugees from Syria into Turkey and later on into Cyprus.
Shocking images of immigrants at the borders of Syria and Iraq oscillate between hope
and hopelessness. The political position of Turkey, the position of the International Amnesty and the never ending
struggle of people thriving for a better quality of life are some of the major issues touched by this documentary.
Awards: 2nd prize Union of Cyprus Journalists. TRAILER LINK
Shushu
Directed by: Diomedes Koufteros
Gender Issues │Sexuality │LGBT
Cyprus│14 min│ Turkish, English with English, Greek, Portuguese subtitles
“I like being a woman. Because I get more sexy.”
At nights Ozkan changes. With wigs and glitter he turns into Shushu, the renowned bellydancing drag queen of Kyrenia. Ozkan also happens to be gay and living openly without
hiding his sexuality. The only one who appears not to know this is his mother, with whom
he lives. Based on interviews and performances, the documentary only scratches the surface of sexuality and
gender issues in Cyprus. Filmed by a Greek Cypriot and featuring a Turkish Cypriot, it also raises wider questions
of identity in a war-torn country. Awards: Best Film, Shooting Reality Film Festival, UNDP – ACT. Nicosia.
TRAILER LINK
Stelios/Ypervasi
Directed by: Costas Cacoyiannis and Pambos Kouzalis
Art │Human Rights│ Music│ Social
A lesson of power and willingness for life, from the composer Stelios Pissis. Paralyzed
in his bed for years due to muscular dystrophy, Stelios can only move the fingers of
his left hand. With the aid of modern technology he composes and orchestrates. In
this documentary, Stelios speaks about his illness and the deeper meaning of life. Also
featured is his mother Aglaia and the singer and collaborator Maria-Elena. Awards:
Music Award – Cyprus Short Film Festival, 1st Documentary Award Drama – 31st Film Festival. TRAILER LINK
Unwitnessed Memories
Directed by: Athena Xenidou
History│ War Memories│ Sociology
Eight people from the generation of the Cypriot Crisis, who were born after the war in
1974, recall memories of places where they never lived and talk about their personal
experiences, hopes, fears and the life they dream of living. In UNWITNESSED
MEMORIES, Athena Xenidou lets different youngsters explain what it means to live
among the remnants of war. As in Germany, Ireland, South Africa and the Middle East,
children in Cyprus grow up among monuments, memorial meetings and other memories of wars that they have
not themselves experienced. Costas, for example, explains what it is like to be a child of one of the 1619 people
who have been missing since the invasion of Turkey in 1974. Others come from families who were forced to
leave their house in that year and have been unable to visit their birthplaces ever since. For the first time, eight
youngsters talk about their dreams, nightmares and desires with “reality bites” of their everyday lives. About a line
of division, entrenched in their country by military force in 1974 -- a line they dare not cross. Awards: Gold Jury
award for Best Documentary at Worldfest Houston, Best Documentary at the Film Festival in Cyprus and was
also an International Emmy Awards semi-finalist. TRAILER LINK
In the Wake of the Barbarians
Directed by: Thomas Kallis
Archaeology │Cyprus History│ Culture
The destruction which the cultural heritage of Cyprus has suffered in the occupied areas
is complete. Archaeological sites wrecked. Churches destroyed wall paintings and
mosaics in fragments. In the 21st century, Cyprus is trying to save whatever is left of the
archaeological treasures which the occupying regime has sold at high prices in the
markets of Europe and America. TRAILER LINK
In Search of the Muflon in the Paphos Forest
Directed by: Loukas Christophorou
Wildlife│ Mammalogy│ Ecology
Follow us into the vast forest areas of Troodos and Paphos while exploring the wildlife
and the shelter of the beautiful and impressive mouflons. The mouflon is known to be
a unique subspecies of sheep-goat worldwide and the largest native ground (χερσαίο)
mammal that characterizes Cyprus fauna. It was considered an endangered species and
thus it is included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) red
list since 1978. However, since 1990 it is considered as Vulnerable species and under protection by the CITES,
the international treaty for the protection of rare species. In this documentary, we explore mouflon’s ecology, their
biology, nutrition, social space, safety and preservation. TRAILER LINK
Cyprus in the Silk Routes
Archaeology │ Anthropology│ Ethnrography
Cyprus│50 min│ Greek with English, French and German subtitles
This documentary film concerns the Cyprus silk industry, which has played an important
role in the economic life of the island throughout the centuries. Although silk appeared
in Cyprus from the Byzantine times, the period in which this material predominated in
the "Silk Routes" is mainly from the 13th to the 15th century A.D. during the Lusignan
Rule of the island. Cyprus was then developed into the manufacturing and trade center of
the silk industry in the eastern Mediterranean basin, supplying with silk the Church in the
West. Besides, one has to mention that the silk industry in Cyprus survived as a cottage industry until the mid20th century. The traditional methods of silk production and weaving into precious textiles as well as their uses
for the dowry household linen and costumes are presented in this documentary film. Awards: Ministry of the
Aegean Sea. TRAILER LINK
Cementography
Directed by: Nicolas Iordanou & Sylvia Nicolaides
Arts │ Culture│
Cementography* is a documentary about an art form that carries a Cypriot identity. From
the sketched idea onto paper, to the making of the mould, to the celebration of a finished
piece, this documentary follows for over a year Costas Economou’s making of his latest
works usingcementography. Introduced for the first time by the Cypriot
artist Christoforos Savva and continued by Costas Economou, this technique transformed its decorative elements
into an exciting form of art. * cementography is a term created by Costas Economou to describe this art form.
TRAILER LINK
From Greece:
Immortals: At the Southern point of Europe
Directed by: Yiorgos Moustakis
Philosophy│ Religion │ History │ Biography
Greece│ 75 min │ Greek /Russian with English subtitles
In the Aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster and the "death" of the Soviet
Union, a team of Russian scientists seeks "immortality" on a tiny Greek island
and in the philosophy of Pythagoras. Along with a survivor of the disaster, the nuclear physicist Andrei, as their
leader, they create a commune on the island and establish there an esoteric school. The film presents the
development of their ideas and their adventurous relation with the local community, as it is now Greece's turn to
sink inside its own big crisis. A quest for certainties in an era of total uncertainty. TRAILER LINK
From India:
A Baul The Baul
Directed by: Samim Akhtar Ansari
Ethnography│ Music│ Anthropology │Spiritual│ Philosophy
120 min│ Bengali/English with English subtitles
This documentary, A Baul The Baul, unfolds polygonal aspects of the mysterious and mystic
life of this religio-cultural sect deeply rooted in Bengal. The phenomenon of ever-increasing
popularity of the Baul music and its influence on modern music are unplugged and
demystified here. This film deals with their worldview, their music and their interaction with
contemporary society. Various practitioners of the Baul music and philosophy like Gour Khyapa, Purna Das Baul,
Kanai Das Baul, Brahmakhyapa (an urban Baul music band) and others uphold their understanding on this issue.
Moreover, dynamics of the relation between the music and the philosophy in Baul life are discussed. Views and
interviews of social scientist like Jane Rowan, research worker like Shaktinath Jha, linguist like Pabitra Sarkar,
member of a Bengali rock band (Cactus) like Siddhartha Sankar Ray (or Sidhu), organizers of music festivals, and
concerned people across the society have been presented in a way which induces questions and answers on various
myths attached to this sect. To conclude, this is a trustworthy documentation to enter inside the enigmatic world
of Bauls and their music. TRAILER LINK
From Israel:
Sho Qostak (What’s your Story) Part I
Directed by: Pauline Carbonnier and Jamal Khalaile
Humanities│ Culture│ Philosophy
Israel│ 55 min│ Hebrew-Arabic with English, French and Arabic subtitles
Jamal, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, meets five young Israelis with different ideological
perspectives. Through conversations about different topics, they define their identity and
express how they see themselves, and how everyone finds the logic of their own narrative.
Furthermore, they explore their identities at a level deeper than the simplistic image of the
Israeli as an executioner, and attempt to find the person within the political persona. From this point their
discussion moves to ways of creating space for the "other" to exist -without delegitimizing their own existence.
Eventually, the focus shifts once more and rests on the ultimate question: How can we imagine/ picture a different
Israel? From this point onward the focus begins to shift more heavily towards the issue of fear, living in fear and
feeling trapped in it. As a result of the human instinct to survive and live well the need to resolve these fears arises
- not so much because of a shift in political views. The question of the hour becomes one of allowing a place for
"the other" without giving up your own existence. TRAILER LINK
From Italy:
The Real Cost Behind the Mask
Directed by: Mohamed Kenawi
Human Rights│ Social│ Arts
Italy│29 min│ Arabic, Italian with English subtitles
“Ali”, a young Tunisian came to Italy many years ago, hoping to find a better life. He bought
special clothes and a mask and became a living STATUE. He was able to face his new way
of life behind the mask. Passers-by were struck by his living statue but “Ali” felt humiliated,
sad and alone. “Ali”, the man with the mask ‘had found some work and a little money......but
had “Ali” the man without the mask found himself?’ TRAILER LINK
The Masters of the Vase
Directed by: Mohamed Kenawi
Art │ Antropology │Culture
Egypt│21 min│ Arabic with English subtitles
We are in Upper Egypt. In the crafting of the vases the same traditions and techniques have
been used forever. Nothing has changed for thousands of years. Man as craftsman is the
protagonist; his effort and commitment passed down through centuries breathes life into
the clay. TRAILER LINK
From Morocco:
The Threshold of the Desert
Directed by: Ramon Vila Alberich
Human Rights │ Historical│Social
18 min│ English/French with English, French, Spanish subtitles
Aziz Najat is part of the very limited 15% of women who are economically active population
in rural areas of Morocco. She has crossed the threshold of her house, has gone out to work
to generate resources and streamline her environment. Her daily struggle for autonomy is an
act of self-empowerment within a traditional Islamic Society that predominantly confines
women roles and activities to the domestic sphere. Najat and other women are facing with dignity, effort and the
collaboration of several international organizations, their difficult social and geographical environment, defying
with new proposals the desert and some of their traditions. TRAILER LINK
From Palestine:
Fragments of a lost Palestine
Directed by: Norma Marcos
Human Rights │ Middle East Studies│
74 min│ Arabic/English/French with English & French subtitles
Palestinian filmmaker Norma Marcos has a French passport, yet finds herself a citizen of
nowhere. Denied entry to Palestine by the Israel authorities, she is unable to visit her ailing
mother, and spends much of her time on the phone being given the runaround by civil
servants. When she is finally allowed home to visit, she is keen to show her friend Stefan
how people try to live normal lives outside of the occupation and that there is a vibrant side of Palestine that exists
outside of grim reports of violence and war. Marcos demonstrates that despite the inescapably tense political
environment, life goes on. TRAILER LINK
From Spain:
THE HEIR OF LISZT
Directed by: Natalie J. Halla
Social│ Human Rights │ History
Spain/Austria│ 60 min │ German/Spanish/Russian with English subtitles
How does musical genius come about? The documentary THE HEIR OF LISZT tells
about the unusual life of the 11-year-old piano genius and composer Michael Andreas
Häringer and sheds light on some of the lesser known aspects of the biographies of his
famous ancestors, Franz Liszt and Sophie Menter. TRAILER LINK
Separated
Social│ Human Rights │ History
Spain/Austria│ 60 min │ Arabic/Slovak/Spanish with English subtitles
In Slovakia, behind walls built to separate the Romani ethnicity from the “white”
population, babies are born in precarious conditions. In Palestine, a civilian population’s
life passes in the shadow of a concrete wall eleven meters high. Beyond that wall, family,
land, and jobs are left behind. In Western Sahara, in an attempt to create a safe zone, young
women risk their lives removing landmines from the 3,000-kilometer strip of sand wall that
separates them from their land and families. SEPARATED, through the voices of its protagonists, speaks of
three peoples’ struggle to survive. Their common destiny unites them: exclusion and oblivion. Awards: Belize
International Film Festival Special Mention of the Jury Best Documentary, Festivals Cinematografico
Internacional de Uruguay Special Mention of the Jury Best Film on Human Rights. TRAILER LINK
Gaelle (Y También Gaelle)
Social│ Human Interest │ Historical
Spain│ 65 min │ Spanish with English subtitles
A magnitude 7 earthquake shook Haiti on January 12, 2010, reducing the poorest country in
America to rubble. The earthquake took place close to the centre of Port-Au-Prince and cost
the life of over 316.000 people, being considered one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes
in history. Immediately rescue teams from all over the world came to the island to search for
the citizens trapped below the rubble in a fight against the clock. A team of Spanish firefighters, accompanied by
the rescue dog “Turco” answered the international call for help and became the protagonists of one of the most
media rescue: two years old Redjeson, was found alife 48 hours after the earthquake, becoming a symbol of hope.
But their mission in Haiti changed their life forever… One year after the tragedy, when the world seems to have
forgotten about the little island, three Spanish firefighters decide to return to search for Redjeson and try to get
their wounds to heal. Awards: Best Content Award, Cebu Int. Film Festival Philippines. TRAILER LINK
Drugmothers (Madres De La Droga)
Social│ Human Interest │
Spain│ 60 min │ Spanish with English subtitles
They reach great lengths to support their families. They carry their babies on their backs
while they pick coke leaves and step on the lethal mass barefoot, to then extract the cocaine
base paste. By trying to avoid prostitution, others search within drugs micro-commerce for
work. And some try to change their destiny by taking the white poison from South America
to the countries of highest consumption. They don’t feel guilty about the damage they are causing. They ignore
the fact that they form part of a game where there are very little winners and where many lose everything. Our
moral standards don’t apply to them. With the crime they’re committing they want to buy a better future for their
children and many times suffer the consequences alone, forgotten by their surroundings and partners. They are
drug mothers. TRAILER LINK
SHORT FILMS
Adventure of the Soul – Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”
Philosophy│ Greek Classical Studies│ Platonic Philosophy
Cyprus│ 11 min │ No narration
“Adventure of the Soul‟ has its roots in the well-known Allegory of the Cave in which,
the Greek philosopher Plato describes how a prisoner freed from the cave of ignorance
comes to understand that the shadows projected on the wall have nothing to do with
reality. Enlightened, he has to persuade the other prisoners in the underground cave about what reality is. Even
though this particular myth is written twenty-four centuries ago, the strong and intense messages it conveys
affiliate with our present. The most astounding part is the direct relationship of the myth and its messages with
the power of cinema and television and the influence they have on modern society. TRAILER LINK
Blind Passions
Directed by: Tonia Mishiali
Drama│ Society│ Culture
Cyprus│ 33 min│ Greek with English subtitles
Based on true events in Cyprus, “Blind Passions” is a short period drama about love,
passion…and its consequences. Christmas 1935 - Philippos, a poor young man is
passionately in love with Giorgoulla, the daughter of Neophytos, a wealthy, arrogant man.
Philippos knows that if he asks Giorgoulla‟s hand in marriage he will be turned down
because of his low social status. His passion for the young lady makes him do something inconceivable for that
period on the island: ignoring his friend’s indications, he follows Giorgoulla on Christmas day. He stuns her by
grabbing her from the back, tries to tell her that he is in love with her and forcefully kisses her. She struggles to
get away but Philippos manages to do so when her cousin Niki arrives at the scene. Philippos runs away. When
Giorgoulla tells her parents what happened, they turn to the local police. Neophytos is furious with Philippos and
demands that he gets arrested and put to jail. Events take an unexpected turn and someone ends up… murdered!
TRAILER LINK
Corridors
Directed by: Michael Georgiades
Drama| Society| Family
Based on a true story, this film depicts the journey of a young couple, after they discover
they cannot have a child. It then begins a long and hard period of doctor visits, medical
experiments and the prospect of IVF. This journey takes the couple through the
psychological strain of such procedures as well as the financial difficulties the couple
must face. Pavlos and Maria, being Greek-Cypriots, also have to face the cultural issues
which add to their never ending list of problems. How does a young couple deal with these circumstances? Do
they try by any means to have a child of their own? Or do they adopt? Awards: 1st prize of Direction at the
International short film festival of Limassol TRAILER LINK
Omicron Plus
Directed by: Michael Georgiades
Drama │Social
Cyprus 1974, few days after the Turkish invasion we are placed at a random refugee
settlement next to one of the Turkish occupied villages. Hundreds of families deprived
of everything are forced to live there, filled with anxiety for their recruit men. A dying
girl, waiting for a blood transfer (in hospitals they only transfer blood to wounded
soldiers), she desperately wants her bridesmaid’s dressing gown that she left when she was in a hurry and they had
to evacuate their house. At the beginning of the movie she experiences a dream sequence where she is supposed
to be dressed in the bridesmaid’s gown and that another little girl attacks her to take her place. The little girl’s
mother not able to bear the fact that she can’t have her gown asks from the United Nations representative to
bring the gown to the refugee settlement. The representative refuses at first but after a few days he comes back to
the settlement with the gown only to witness the burial service. Awards: Best actress award & Best photography
at the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus 2013. TRAILER LINK

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