Outdoor movie nights are a popular summer activity as with popcorn in hand audiences enjoy big screen screenings in open-air venues. This July and August, several cities in Cyprus will host movie marathons offering cinephiles evenings to enjoy the best from international and local cinema with a choice of blockbusters and independent films.
Kimonos Arts Centre in Paphos has already begun its annual garden screenings at Attikon Open Air Theatre. Every Wednesday and Friday, a new film is screened. Popular films such as V for Vendetta, No Country of Old Men and The Silence of the Lambs are included in the screening programme which will continue until August 9 with a short break between July 19 and August 2. This year’s movies were selected on the theme of power and madness and will all be screened in their original language with Greek and/or English subtitles.
Weekly films are also screened in Larnaca at the Pierides Museum, organised by the Larnaca Cinema Society. Monday and Wednesday evenings are dedicated film nights that transform the museum’s back garden into an outdoor cinema. Screenings begin at 8.30pm and include foreign and Cypriot cinema.
The Protaras Summer Film Festival also returns for its 10th edition from July 10 to 28. Lefkola square on the main Protaras Avenue will host a big screen from where moviegoers can enjoy 25 blockbuster films for free.
Finally, the Constantia Summer Movie Marathon 2024 will take place in Nicosia this summer from July 10 to September 8. Films from around the world will be shown every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 9pm, in collaboration with the Friends of Cinema Society and Queer Wave. The marathon brings independent international cinema to Nicosia, as well as several local productions, in a long series of evenings presented by the Ministry of Culture and Theatro Ena.
Garden Film Screenings
Summer film nights. Until August 9. Attikon open-air cinema, Paphos. 9pm. €5. Screened in original language with subtitles in Greek/English. www.kimonosartcenter.com/garden-screenings. Tel: 26-102180, 99-478162
Larnaca Cinema
Film nights. Every Monday and Wednesday. Pierides Museum, Larnaca. 8.30pm. Free. Tel: 99-434793. www.facebook.com/larnakacinema
10th Protaras Film Festival
25 blockbuster film screenings. Organized by Paralimni Youth. July 10-28. Lefkola square, Protaras. www.psff.cy
Constantia Summer Movie Marathon 2024
Film screenings. July 10-September 8. Wednesday-Sunday. 9pm. Tel: 22-348203
