TWO HOMELANDS

Forthcoming screenings of TWO HOMELANDS:

November 24th - Melbourne, Sun Theatre, Yarraville, 4.30pm.

December 1st - Perth, Event Cinemas, Innaloo, 4 pm

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TWO HOMELANDS is both a commemoration of war and a celebration of community.

Fifty years after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, six Australian Greek Cypriots Elders (including the filmmaker's own father) give emotional eyewitness accounts of their beloved island and their migration to Australia: universal stories, reflecting on the cost of war and the resilience of the human spirit.

Sombre recollections are interspersed with funny anecdotes – creating a blend of both grief for Cyprus and hope for the future. And, as migrants, they speak of being torn between their two homelands.

In this outstanding documentary, these personal stories are woven together with rarely seen archival images to bring to life "the Cyprus problem", a conflict that is too often forgotten by non-Cypriots.

Although the filmmaker, Kay Pavlou, was born in Australia, both of her parents came from Cyprus, from a village that was occupied during the Turkish invasion of 1974. Most of her Greek Cypriot family became refugees. Her grandparents and uncle refused to leave their homes behind: they lost all of their land and lived under severe occupation confinement until they passed away.

VIEW TRAILER HERE: vimeo.com/1022267167

"Elegantly-made, moving and compelling." - Megan Spencer, film critic

"Sombre recollections are interspersed with humour – both grief and hope for Cyprus." - The Greek Herald

Stories told by Jim David, Evripidis Mouxouris, Panayiotis Pavlou, Georgia Yiannoukas, Kyriakos Vassiliou, Stella Papavassiliou, Jack Theothorou

Narrator – Justine Clarke

Writer and Director – Kay Pavlou
Editor – John Mandoukos
On-line Editor, Colourist – Miriana Marusic
Camera , Sound – Kay Pavlou
Sound Designer- Anthony Marsh
Composers – Daniel Denholm, Larkos Larkou
Executive Producer – Kay Pavlou

© 2024, Kay Pavlou

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