Iman

63rd TIFF: World Premiere

Abdallah, an Arab Muslim civil engineer, has to come to terms with his own responsibility in the collapse of a building, which caused the death of 7 people. Having been radicalized, Iman and Leila, are sent to Cyprus on a secret mission. Michelle, a lonely teenager falls for Angelos, a domineering young man with racist beliefs. Three stories, each involving characters whose actions mark the difference between life and death, are defined by their search for redemption.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Available at the Agora Market TIFF63.

Direction: Corinna Avraamidou, Kyriacos Tofarides

Script: Corinna Avraamidou, Kyriacos Tofarides

Cinematography: Sofronis Sofroniou

Editing: Elina Antoniou

Sound: Stavros Terlikkas

Music: Dimitris Zachariou

Actors: Stephanie Atala, Rita Hayek, Antreas Tselepos, Margarita Zachariou, Prokopis Agathocleous, Pambina Georgiou, Varnavas Kyriazis

Producers: Andros Achilleos

Co-production: Cyprus Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth, Cyprus Cinema Advisory Committee, Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation

Costumes: Lakis Genethlis, Romina Polymniou

Sets: Lisa Tsouloupas

Make Up: Stephanie Panagi

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Cyprus

Production Year: 2022

Duration: 110΄

Contact: A.B. Seahorse Film Productions (Andros Achilleos, andros@seahorsefilms.com)

Corinna Avraamidou

Cyprus-born Corinna Avraamidou studied film and television directing in London and New York. Her debut film, The Last Homecoming, won several festival awards. Iman is her second feature film. The screenplay of Iman won Best Feature Film Screenplay at the 2018 Greek Screenwriters Competition.

Filmography

2008 The Last Homecoming
2022 Iman

Kyriacos Tofarides

Kyriacos Tofarides studied theater and film directing at the Academy of Theatre and Film Art in Bulgaria. He produced and directed his debut feature film Block 12 (Special Jury Award – Cyprus Film Days IFF, European Film Awards Selection 2013). Iman is his second feature film.