AEI Film Festival returns with upgraded edition
Press Release 12:22 - 26 September 2024
The 7th AEI Film Festival, taking place from 26 October to 3 November, is set to offer documentary film enthusiasts nine days of quality films from around the world.
The Archaeological, Ethnographic and Historical Documentary Film Festival (AEI Film Festival) will take place at the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), located on Ermou Street, within the walled city of Nicosia. The event, once again, is expected to attract hundreds of documentary fans as well as artists, creators and jury members from Cyprus and other countries. During the nine days of the AEI Film Festival, it is a given that the old town of Nicosia will be the focal point for dozens of people of letters and arts.
This year's event will be the seventh consecutive edition of the AEI Film Festival which has established itself as an important institution of the cultural pillar of audiovisual art in Cyprus and will feature documentaries from Cyprus as well as from the Netherlands, Greece, Australia, Spain, France, Italy, Romania, UK, USA etc.
The AEI Film Festival is organized by the non-profit cultural organisation AEI AUDIOVISUAL FORUM and its institutional sponsor is the Cyprus Ministry of Culture through the program CULTURE and CYPRIA. In addition, the institution of the AEI Film Festival is financially supported by OPAP CYPRUS and CYTAVISION. The AEI Film Festival emphasizes the promotion of quality films with themes that fall within the triptych of Archaeology, Ethnography and History (AEI) which highlight the richness of the cultural heritage of Cyprus and other countries. The Festival is among the internationally recognised festivals by the European Festivals Association (EFA), it is the only film festival of its kind in Cyprus and also holds a competition section. This year the AEI Film Festival is supported by the cultural collaboration between the AEI AUDIOVISUAL FORUM and the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and also with Frederick University.
All information about the Festival and this year's events are posted on the website https://aei-filmfestival.org