NICOSIA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

The Nicosia international Festival is a performing arts celebration for the city of Nicosia, with a series of theatre, music and contemporary dance performances and a Parallel Programme, which officially starts in September.

The festival remains faithful to the strategic objectives of the Nicosia Municipality for culture, while maintaining the special artistic focus of the programme. In this philosophy, the festival supports and promotes young professional artists, aims at raising awareness and enhancing inclusion through artistic expression and audience's contact with other cultures.

In 2024, the festival will tackle subjects such as democracy, forced displacement and the need for acceptance by giving the floor to all nationalities.

"We have been building expertise in large-scale cultural production and in building our network of contemporary Cypriot and international artists. This is why the Nicosia International Festival is our bullet train in our bid for the European Capital of Culture 2030". The Vice President of Nicosia for Art (the company that co-organises the Festival with the Nicosia Municipality) and member of the Festival Committee, Mrs. Leoni Orphanidou, pointed out that, although only four years old, the Festival “is the biggest Festival in Cyprus and this, rightly, makes us proud". In turn, the Festival's Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Nicosia for Art George G. Papageorgiou highlighted the fact that "it is our strategic goal to contribute to the growth of sustainable tourism for Nicosia through culture. We have been implementing this objective from our 1st edition in 2019 attracting visitors from the rest of Cyprus and abroad".

The Nicosia International Festival includes:

• Programme for children and young people

• Theatre

• Music

• Contemporary dance

• Exhibitions