Following the 1974 Greek-backed coup and Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the town of Varosha became an inaccessible military zone for 46 years. In this short film, the filmmaker’s mother reflects on the experience of returning to her home as a visitor, 46 years after she was forced to flee.
Argyro Nikolaou
Argyro Nicolaou is a filmmaker and researcher based in New York. Her work explores the displacements of bodies, images, and artifacts in post-conflict, post-colonial places like her native Cyprus. Her films and media performances have been presented at the Museum of the Moving Image, New York; Tallinn Black Nights; Drama International Short Film Festival; and Gallatin Galleries, New York, among others. She is currently working on her first feature, Unsettled (My Sea), selected for UnionDocs’ 2024 Early Production Lab. Argyro is an Artist-in-Residence at the Center for Human Rights and the Arts, Bard College.