Cypriot Cinemas: Memory, Conflict, And Identity In The Margins Of Europe (topics And Issues In National Cinema)

Cyprus, the idyllic “island of Aphrodite,” is better known as a site of conflict and division between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, rather than for its film production. Constandinides and Papadakis work to rectify this dearth of information by discussing the __ouevre__ of filmmakers engaging with the island's traumatic legacies: anti-colonial struggles, post-colonial instability, interethnic conflict, external interventions and war. Starting with the cinema of the 1960s, when the island became a republic, the collection focuses on the recent decades of filmmakers exploring issues of conflict, memory, identity, nationalism, migration and gender, as well as the work of filmmakers who chose to cooperate across the ethnic divide. __Cypriot Cinemas__ utilizes a methodology that engages all necessary perspectives for an illuminating critical discussion: historical, theoretical and comparative (Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot films in relation to regional film cultures/practices). While the volume develops a discussion based on the reading of the political in Cypriot films, it also looks at other film cultures and debates such as (s)exploitation films and transnational cinema. "Cyprus, the idyllic "island of Aphrodite," is better known as a site of conflict and division between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, rather than for its film production. Constandinides and Papadakis work to rectify this dearth of information by discussing the ouevre of filmmakers engaging with the island's traumatic legacies: anti-colonial struggles, post-colonial instability, interethnic conflict, external interventions and war. Starting with the cinema of the 1960s, when the island became a republic, the collection focuses on the recent decades of filmmakers exploring issues of conflict, memory, identity, nationalism, migration and gender, as well as the work of filmmakers who chose to cooperate across the ethnic divide. Cypriot Cinemas utilizes a methodology that engages all necessary perspectives for an illuminating critical discussion: historical, theoretical and comparative (Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot films in relation to regional film cultures/practices). While the volume develops a discussion based on the reading of the political in Cypriot films, it also looks at other film cultures and debates such as (s)exploitation films and transnational cinema."--Bloomsbury Publishing. FC 1 Topics and Issues in National Cinema Volume 3 2 Topics and Issues in National Cinema 3 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 7 Introduction: Scenarios of History, Themes, and Politics in Cypriot Cinemas Costas Constandinides and Yiannis Papadakis 8 1 Archive, Evidence, Memory, Dream: Documentary Films on Cyprus Elizabeth Anne Davis 38 2 Aesthetics, Narratives, and Politics in Greek-Cypriot Films: 1960–1974 Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert and Nicos Philippou 68 3 Cyprus Past, Present, and Future: The Derviş Zaim Trilogy Laurence Raw 98 4 Tormenting History: The Cinemas of the Cyprus Problem Costas Constandinides and Yiannis Papadakis 124 5 Transnational Views from the Margins of Europe: Globalization, Migration, and Post-1974 Cypriot Cinemas Costas Constandinides 158 6 Women and Gender in Cypriot Films: (Re)claiming Agency amidst the Discourses of its Negation Nayia Kamenou 188 7 Postscript: Borders of Categories and Categories of Borders in Cypriot Cinemas Costas Constandinides 214 List of Contributors 244 Index 246 Introduction: scenarios of history, themes and politics in Cypriot cinemas / Costas Constandinides and Yiannis Papadakis -- Archive, evidence, memory, dream: documentary films on Cyprus / Elizabeth Anne Davis -- Aesthetics, narratives and politics in Greek Cypriot films: 1960-1974 / Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert and Nicos Philippou -- Cyprus past, present and future: the Dervi Zaim trilogy / Laurence Raw -- Tormenting history: the cinemas of the Cyprus problem / Costas Constandinides and Yiannis Papadakis -- Transnational views from the margins of Europe: globalization, migration and post-1974 Cypriot cinemas / Costas Constandinides -- Women and gender in Cypriot cinema: (re)claiming agency amidst the discourses of its negation / Nayia Kamenou -- Postscript Cypriot cinemas: borders of categories and categories of borders / Costas Constandinides Cyprus is better known as a site of conflict between Greek and Turkey, rather than for its film output. The authors seek to rectify this dearth of information by discussing the work of a new generation of filmmakers striving to engage with the island's traumatic legacies: anti-colonial struggles, post-colonial instability, interethnic conflict and war. Beginning from the cinema of the 1960s when the island became a republic, the study focuses on the recent decades and filmmakers currently exploring issues of conflict, memory, identity, nationalism, migration, gender and globalization, as well as the work of filmmakers who chose to cooperate across the ethnic divide Cyprus, the idyllic “island of Aphrodite, â€? is better known as a site of conflict and division between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, rather than for its film production. Constandinides and Papadakis work to rectify this dearth of information by discussing the ouevre of filmmakers engaging with the island's traumatic legacies: anti-colonial struggles, post-colonial instability, interethnic conflict, external interventions and war. Starting with the cinema of the 1960s, when the island became a republic, the collection focuses on the recent decades of filmmakers exploring issues of con