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Fearless and candid filmmaker
In one of the world’s great film directors THEO PANAYIDES meets a man with surging energy and compassion for all, ever since giving up wild living to thank God for a ‘low-key boring life’ Abel Ferrara...
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US filmmaker offers roadmap to boost local industry
Greece is luring foreign filmmakers with tax incentives. Cyprus is poised to do the same. Hollywood cinematographer Steven Bernstein explains how it could work By Theo Panayides Steven Bernstein is a...
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Champion gymnast was ‘born this way’
After starting gymnastics at the age of three, Marios Georgiou is one of Cyprus’ leading lights in the sport, but THEO PANAYIDES meets an athlete for whom the sport has been the anchor in his turbulent...
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Lives in limbo
In Cyprus, as with most of Europe, there is a growing number of people here not entirely because they want to be. THEO PANAYIDES meets two women who are trapped on the island but have found ways to...
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London Cypriot rising star is driven by snooker
For the man bringing Cyprus onto the sport’s world stage success is a result of practice over talent. THEO PANAYIDES meets a player who says if you enjoy something, just do it Here’s all you need to...
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LGBTI activist is out, open and proud
THEO PANAYIDES meets an LGBTI activist who says there is still a long way to go to promote people’s rights in Cyprus, a country that lacks a gay public figure Talking with John Zacharias Theophanous –...
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Flying, anthropology and everything in between
For the man charged with promoting Italian culture in Cyprus, it has been a busy life. THEO PANAYIDES meets someone with enough energy to have known the leader of the Catholic church, canoed down the...
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Protest against high rents in Limassol (VIDEO)
On June 23, ‘Limassol for All’ – an unofficial local group, recently formed following a call for a protest on social media – organised a demonstration outside the Limassol district administration...
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Logic, analysis and magical thinking: a life in casinos
THEO PANAYIDES finds that the maths whiz charged with overseeing the facility in Limassol expected to draw in hundreds of thousands of extra tourists has had a successful life, built on rising to a...
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Larnaca artist values craft over comfort
THEO PANAYIDES meets a man much like his art, where little details build a picture of a life that has included being a builder’s labourer and a member of a bikers’ gang The best way to describe Peter...
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Scion of Larnaca family is married to culture
THEO PANAYIDES meets a sentimental soul who has lived the good life, even if much of it was spent upstairs from the family museum The first Pierides to arrive in Cyprus was also a Demetrios – and...
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Local author has fought a war with darkness
THEO PANAYIDES meets a Cyprus based writer who grew up seeing things other people don’t and now uses writing to face her demons It was the author’s bio that caught my eye. The email came from Austin...
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Custodian of the Savino Experience
Nearly three decades of running a landmark bar in Larnaca adds up to a lot of memories for its owner, finds THEO PANAYIDES The first thing I see of Christos Koukkides is his back. I turn into a...
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Prize-winning Trinidadian writer leads double life
THEO PANAYIDES meets a mild-mannered biology teacher who turns into an award-winning fiction writer by night, and who sees himself as always being on the outskirts It’s the perfect cultural exchange,...
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Leading lifeguard is a man of the sea
The demands of being a lifeguard – swinging from inaction to life-and-death crises – are not for all. THEO PANAYIDES meets the president of the Limassol association, and finds a man always on the...
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One man and his village
After having brought the village of Kalopanayiotis back to life, one of its leading sons has now been charged with advising the president on an ambitious plan to rejuvenate 115 mountain communities....
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Angry antiques dealer is stuck in the ‘nouveau poor’
In a grumpy old man with a love for retro trinkets and nostalgia for the good old days, THEO PANAYIDES finds an ‘anti-person’ trained in antique restoration in Switzerland We stand on the pavement, in...
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Young fashion designer on the path to fulfilment
With her future stretching before her THEO PANAYIDES meets a fashion designer determined to find love on her own terms and do her bit to save the Earth in addition to working at a job she loves I don’t...
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Wedding planners ponder the question ‘Are weddings necessary?’
With conservative parents and pushy peer pressure, the number of weddings taking place in Cyprus shows no sign of slowing down. THEO PANAYIDES meets two wedding planners for whom the sky is the limit...
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Ayia Napa mayor is ‘married to the resort’
In the mayor of the island’s liveliest resort THEO PANAYIDES finds a smooth-talking dynamo with a different vision of Ayia Napa, determined to turn it into a destination offering a Complete Tourism...
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