SPILIES

Abdullah Korkmazhan talks with Haris Psaltis, Maria Siakalli and Marios Georgiou about his new book from Almyra Publications.

Erato Ioannou, author of the novella "Nobody's" (The Purple Squirrel, 2024), and Apostolis Kouroupakis, creator of the video reportage "We Are Not Coming Here Just to Get" - Kathimerini Newspaper (July 15, 2024) talk about borders, identity and human resilience through stories of people who live in a prolonged state of waiting, uncertainty and invisibility.

Experiential activity with Maria Chrysostomou, in which children, through storytelling and robotics, discover the "Journey of Acceptance" and the message that acceptance means "I belong as I am."

A discussion on the poetic composition Arithmomnemon (Thrace 2024) by Michalis Theodorou with Erina Charalambous.

Author Dr. Andri Christofidou-Antoniadou presents her books "Federico Garcia Lorca in Three Dimensions" and "I, Federico Garcia Lorca". Actor and theater expert Dimitris Konstantinidis interprets and reads excerpts. Screenings from the author's archive.

A group of theater scholars discuss, research and briefly present the trajectory of Federico Garcia Lorca's plays on the stages of Cyprus – from 1963, when Monica Vassiliou staged and embodied The Wonderworker , to the present day – examining, among other things, the preferences of the troupes regarding the dramaturgy and the reception of the performances by critics.

Organization: Scientific Association of Theatre Scholars (ESOTHE).

Translator Babis Anagiotos and historian Andreas Kokkinoftas present the publication “Polypatho Nisi”. The discussion is moderated by author Euphrosyne Manta Lazarou. A forgotten masterpiece of Russian travel writing comes to life for the first time in Greek.

Discussion with Zeina Abirached focusing on her books "The Piano Oriental" and "The Game of Swallows", which explore issues of cultural identity, bilingualism, memory, divided cities and coexistence through the experiences of Beirut and the Mediterranean.

Organization: French Institute of Cyprus

The presentation will be held in English.

" La lengua de las mariposas " "The language of the butterfly" based on the short story of the same name by Manuel Rivas

Organized by: Instituto Cervantes