Phantom of Venus
Christiana Ioannou / Cyprus / 2022 / World Premiere / 10 min.
synopsis
The second part of the series Cypriot Collage Stories sketches out the history of this Mediterranean island as a conflict of its two mothers – Aphrodite and Virgin Mary. Animations and collages are intertwined with found footage of the 1974 Turkish invasion of the island, revealing the obvious fact that modern conflicts are rooted in history.“The two mothers of Cyprus, Aphrodite goddess of Love and Mary, Mother of Jesus, enter a fight. Which one will conquer all the island? Aphrodite holds the people together, Mary keeps them apart. History versus Religion.”
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Source: https://www.cypriotcollage.com/ashes-of-venus
biography
Christiana Ioannou (* 1991) is an artistic director of the Cyprus Contemporary Film Centre. She is focused mainly on alternative and experimental film. As a film amateur, she has worked out her filmmaking method of direct interventions into film material, collages and ethnographic animations.more about film
| director: | Christiana Ioannou |
| producer: | Christiana Ioannou |
| music: | Tasos Stylianou |
contact
Christiana Ioannouchristiana.ioannou@outlook.com
Film at festival
| premiere type: | World Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2022 |
| section: | Fascinations |
| language: | English |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Black and white |
Info
| director: | Christiana Ioannou |
| original title: | Το Φάντασμα της Αφροδίτης |
| country: | Cyprus |
| year: | 2022 |
| running time: | 10 min. |
