Chypre

EVENTS CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2018 Cannes celebrates its 71st year and Women in Film and Television International and our Chapter members from all over the world will be there.  ​ PROGRAMS ​SHORT FILM SHOWCASE WIFTI Short Film Showcase is a powerful demonstration of our members’ creativity, vision and artistry. Founded in 2004, the Short Film Showcase presents selected films from WIFTI Chapters around the world.  Some of the recent Short Film Showcase short films have been nominated for Academy Awards, received distribution deals and garnered other recognition globally.     WOMEN'S FILM PRESERVATION FUND The Women's Film Preservation Fund (WFPF) is the only program in the world dedicated to preserving the cultural legacy of women in the industry through preserving films made by women.  It was founded in 1995 by New York Women in Film and Television in conjunction with  the Museum of Modern Art.  The WFPF’s goal is to ensure that the contributions of women to film history are not forgotten. To date the WFPF has preserved a remarkable spectrum of more than one hundred American films in which women play key creative roles. These include works by early feminists, women of color, social activists and artists that represent a unique and irreplaceable part of our nation’s cultural legacy. The films already preserved range from Barbara Koppel’s Harlan County USA (1976) and Cinda Firestone’s Attica (1974) to productions by pioneering early film directors Lois Weber and Alice Guy Blaché and experimental and animated films by Maya Deren and Mary Ellen Bute.

We have organized 9 international Xarkis Festivals in Arsos, Lofou, Koilani, Polystipos Lympia and Agros (2013-2022), 1 celebration at the National State Fair (2013), 6 nomadic Xarkis Multi-Residency Programs in the villages of Lofou, Koilani, Lympia and Agros (2016-2022), 8 workshops and participatory projects including the Nicosia Pop-up Festival, City Plaza, (2014) 3 workshops at Tenta Festival, Kalavasos, (2015), 3 educational (non-formal learning) programmes including: Voicing & Craft Stories at NiMAC, Nicosia, (2017), 2 Masa potluck and Participatory Design workshops at the Museum of Cultural Heritage and at the Adult Center of Deryneia (2019), 5 kaFEMio coffee shops focused on feminist conversations in Polystipos (2019, 2020) with an online and a site-specific event at the Deryneia Adult Center and in Agros (2022), 1 digital Festival titled Everything Flows (2020), 1 award winnning digital platform called Voicing Stories focusing on oral stories and the related educational program at the Municipal Arts Center (NiMAC) Nicosia, (2017) with an EU Youth Social Entrepreneurship Award from the Youthopia Program, 1 Interdisciplinary Artists’ Residency Program (2020) and 1 transnational Arts Program titled CONTESTED DESIRES (2019-2022) funded by Creative Europe, in which we explore the impact of colonial heritage and are responsible for the communication of the consortium.

Expertise

We design, curate, organise and manage practice-based research projects, nomadic initiatives, non-formal education programmes, interdisciplinary arts festivals, multi-residency programmes, exhibitions, workshops, gatherings, interventions, talks, lectures, and communication design initiatives including communication strategies, campaigns, films, publications and participatory web platforms

YEU Cyprus advocates on the rights of young people with regards to having a voice in the Cypriot society and beyond; specifically on matters of human rights, sustainable development, intercultural education and youth participation. This is achieved by coordinating and collaborating in various international and local activities and events through mobilities and other local and European projects. On an international level, YEU Cyprus organizes and delivers training courses, youth exchanges, youth dialogue projects, and ESC projects on different topics, focusing always on youth development, awareness raising and capacity building. On a local level, the organization implements workshops, seminars, activities and offers internships to further promote youth empowerment and support young people in their progress. To do so we provide opportunities for all young people that reside in Cyprus to participate and engage in matters related to social, economical, cultural development of themselves and their communities. Through non-formal education and experiential learning we implement creative activities to engage young people in finding a more healthy lifestyle, employment and respond to the issues that youth is facing in our societies and in Europe at large. The organization has great experience in NFE, since it is one of the first youth organizations implementing non-formal methods in Cyprus, advocates for NFE on a national level and supports lifelong learning through its actions. 

? Actions
Bicommunal Activities
Research and Studies
European Issues
Combating of Racism and Social Discrimination
Human Rights Education
Activities for Children
? Substance abuse prevention
“Gnorizo” – Substance abuse prevention Programme
? Campaigns
Council of Europe “All different, all equal”
European Commission “2007 – European Year of Equal Opportunities for All – Towards a Just Society”
Campaigns, Seminars, Exhibitions
? International Cooperation – YOUTH
International Cooperation
E.U. “YOUTH” Programme
E.E. EQUAL Programme

The second phase of Youth Power’s USAID and UNDP-ACT funded project started in February 2012. The Small Grants Program will be the major activity under the second phase. Under the terms of this activity, two rounds of Small Grants (February and September 2012) will be administered and granted to awardees.

Our main projects and activities are the "Saturday Aftermarket" in which we are collecting food that would be wasted at the "OXI" food market every Saturday and the "Wasteless Wednesdays" in which we are saving food from the Kyrenia food market every Wednesday.