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The Second International North Cyprus Short Film Festival organized by the Cyrus Film Association kicked off today.
The festival started at 6 pm today at the Ataturk Cultural Centre in North Nicosia.

Film lovers will be able to watch over 100 films from different cultures during the festival between the 6th and 10th of May.

A selection of shorts from around the world as well as last year’s award winning short films will be screened at tonight’s gala, including a live performance by the LTB Woodwinds Trio and a cocktail reception.

The short film festival received 400 submissions from 43 different countries under two categories, fiction and documentaries.

The festival’s jury consists of Dervis Zaim, Andreas Treske, Panicos Hrisanthu, Taha Feyizli, Natali Yeres, Bennu Yildirimlar and Ruhi Sari.

In addition to the screening of category finalists, there will be special screenings of films and documentaries such as “Iranian Shorts”, “Why Democracy”, “Shorts from Cyprus”, “Filmmor Selection” and “Experimental Cinema” during the 5-day festival.

A number of debates, panels and workshops will also be held within the framework of the festival.

Screenings at the festival will be held at the Ataturk Culture Centre in North Nicosia and the Green Hall at the Faculty of Communication in the Eastern Mediterranean University, Gazimagusa(Famagusta)

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TURKISH CYPRIOT ART CULTURE GETS ARCHIVED

The history of the Turkish Cypriot culture gets archived.

The Department of Culture of the Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports, and the Cyprus Turkish Librarians Association, are jointly carrying out a project on `The Artist Folders`.

The project aims to allow people reach the digital archive of written, visual and audible information about the lives and art of artists who served the Turkish Cypriot culture.

Archives will be enriched with documentary films.
An automation system will be established to allow those interested to reach the archive on the internet.

The project began to take its shape when a documentary film of Ismet Vehit Guney- a famous Turkish Cypriot painter- was introduced with a press conference today.

Speaking at the event, the Head of the Cyprus Turkish Librarians Association Sibel Yemenicioglu said they have been filing all the data found which has its roots from 1940s