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Live Music at the Comic Con Fringe Festival


Our Sunday closing ceremony is the continuation of last year’s live band debut by Winter’s Verge and what we hope will become a tradition at every Cyprus Comic Con event from here on. 

What better way to end Cyprus Comic Con 2016, than loud and live on a warm summer’s evening, surrounded by hundreds of like-minded people with an ice cold drink in hand?

The two groups that will be performing at the Comic Con Fringe Festival stage are Scarlett Echoes and Infected Siren!

Both groups have prepared a real treat for con-goers and aim to bring a loud and proud close to our Comic Con Weekend. Expect their sets to be dripping with pop culture references with plenty of surprises to listen out for!


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Scarlett Echoes
Set time: 18:00

Scarlett Echoes formed gradually during August of 2014. The beginning of the band was a challenge since both guitarists were still living and studying abroad. However drummer, bassist and vocalist rehearsed and recorded each and every week, sending the recordings to the two guitarists who in turn practiced using those samples! Talk about willingness to make it work! At this point, the band was doing solely covers of rock, funkrock and bluesrock songs.

Within the next year, two members had to leave and so two new members were added and at that point, the group decided to replace one of the guitars with keyboard and started writing original music!

At the current time, Scarlett Echoes are continuing to write and record, as well as entertaining their audience with fun and challenging, funky rock covers.

Make sure to visit Scarlett Echoes’ profiles on Bandcamp and Youtube for a taste of their sound and also follow them on Facebook to stay up to date with their future plans and upcoming gigs!

Band Members:

Marianna Kofterou: Lead vocals
Elena Erotokritou: Guitars
Milto Constantinou: Keys, secondary vocals
Eliana Pavlou: Bass, secondary vocals
Stella Kouloukousa: Drums


 

Infected Syren
Set time: 19:00

Infected Syren started off in the UK but are now based in Cyprus. They incorporate punk, metal, rockabilly, swing and horror elements to their music which result in their own unique sound. Infected Syren are currently focusing on recording their debut album.

The band’s biggest appearance to this day was opening for Uriah Heep at the Pavilion hall in 2012. Their live shows are often described as very intense and energetic with a humorous twist!

To find out more, visit the group’s official website. Be sure to also check out their Youtube channel and Facebook, as well as their profile on Bandcamp!

Band Members:

Louis Syrimis: Vocals, Guitar
Constantinos Syrimis: Drums
Constantinos Lyras: Guitar
Miguel Trapezaris: Bass


We are thrilled to have both of these amazing groups closing our weekend celebration of geek and pop culture!

Let’s celebrate our cultural revolution!

 

Feature Film Premieres at CCC16’s Film Festival


Καθώς το Cyprus Comic Con μεγαλώνει χρόνο με το χρόνο, το ίδιο ισχύει και για το πρόγραμμα του Κινηματογραφικού του Φεστιβάλ!

Είμαστε στην ευχάριστη θέση να ανακοινώσουμε την προβολή τριών ταινιών, που θα πραγματοποιήσουν την πρεμιέρα τους στην Κύπρο κατά τη διάρκεια της εκδήλωσής μας.

Πρόκειται για τις ταινίες:

  1. Short Fuse
  2. For The Love Of Spock” (ευρωπαϊκή πρεμιέρα!)
  3. Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made

Οι ταινίες αυτές θα έχουν το αποκλειστικό ντεμπούτο τους στην μεγάλη οθόνη στο μεγαλύτερο pop-culture γεγονός της χρονιάς!

Εάν είστε λάτρης του κινηματογράφου, μη χάσετε την ευκαιρία και παρακολουθήστε τις ταινίες, που κατάφεραν να τραβήξουν τα βλέμματα των κριτικών σε όλο τον κόσμο! Επιφυλασσόμαστε και για μερικές φοβερές εκπλήξεις!

Αναλυτικά, δείτε πιο κάτω λεπτομέριες για τις ταινίες και τις ώρες προβολής τους:


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Πρώτη Προβολή
Short Fuse

03/08 Σάββατο 16:30 @ Jean Monet Auditorium

RATED PG13: Γονική Άδεια Απαραίτητη για ηλικίες κάτω των 13 ετών

 

Περίληψη

Η πρώτη ταινία δράσης από τους ανερχόμενους σκηνοθέτες Ανδρέα Λαμπρόπουλο και Κώστα Σκύφτα, σε παραγωγή των Πάρη Κασιδοκώστα-Λατσή, Terry Dougas και Κωνσταντίνο Μούτσινα (1821 Media). Η ταινία διανεμήθηκε από την Village Films στις 21 Απριλίου, στην Ελλάδα.

Επιπλέον, αξίζει να σημειωθεί πως η ταινία τράβηξε τα βλέμματα της διεθνούς αγοράς και έχει πωληθεί στην Ιαπωνία, την Κίνα, τις ΗΠΑ και τη Γαλλία.

Συντελεστές

Σκηνοθεσία: Ανδρέας Λαμπρόπουλος και Κώστας Σκύφτας

Ηθοποιοί: Αποστόλης Τότσικας, Κωνσταντίνος Μαρκουλάκης, Τάσος Νούσιας, Θοδωρής Αθερίδης, Ευγενία Δημητροπούλου,  Γιώργος Καραμίχος, Νίκος Ορφανός, Νίκος Κουρής, Ειρήνη Μπαλτά και Μάνος Γάβρας

Διάρκεια: 86’

 

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spock2η Προβολή
For The Love Of Spock

04/08 Κυριακή 15:00 @ Jean Monet Auditorium

RATED G: Κατάλληλο για όλους

 

Περίληψη

Σε αφήγηση του Zachary Quinto, η ταινία κάνει αναδρομή στη ζωή και την καριέρα του ηθοποιού Leonard Nimoy, και του εικονικού του χαρακτήρα Mr. Spock. Περιλαμβάνει συνεντεύξεις με τους ηθοποιούς και τα μέλη που εργάστηκαν στα Star Trek, λάτρεις των ταινιών σε Εκθέσεις καθώς και προσωπικές μνήμες του ίδιου.

Το ντοκιμαντέρ έχει σκηνοθετήσει ο Adam Nimoy (γιος του Leonard Nimoy). Το For the Love of Spock έχει κερδίσει το Βραβείο του Κοινού ως Καλύτερο Ντοκιμαντέρ στο Fantasia International Film Festival 2016 και αποτελεί μεγάλη τιμή που το φιλοξενούμε στο Κινηματογραφικό Φεστιβάλ του CCC 16, σε πανευρωπαϊκή μάλιστα πρεμιέρα προβολής.

Συντελεστές

Σκηνοθεσία: Adam Nimoy

Ηθοποιοί: Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, JJ Abrams, William Shatner, Jim Parsons, George Takei, Cathrine Hicks, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Zoe Saldana, Jason Alexander

Διάρκεια: 111’

 

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raiders3η Προβολή
Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made

04/08 Κυριακή 18:00 @ Jean Monet Auditorium

RATED G: Κατάλληλο για όλους

 

Περίληψη

Μετά την κλασική ταινία του Steven Spielberg, Raiders of the Lost Ark, η οποία κυκλοφόρησε πριν από 35 χρόνια, τρια 11χρονα αγόρια από το Mississippi ξεκινούν μια περιπέτεια που κρατά 7 χρόνια δουλειάς, αγάπης και τιμής στην αγαπημένη τους ταινία. Μια πιστή αναπαραγωγή της περιπέτειας. Έχουν πραγματοποιήσει κάθε σκηνή εκτός από μια: Αυτή με την έκρηψη του αεροπλάνου.

Δύο δεκαετίες αργότερα, το τρίο συναντήθηκε ξανά για να συμπληρώσουν το αριστούργημά τους.

Περιλαμβάνει συνεντεύξεις από τους John Rhys Davies, Eli Roth και άλλους!

Συντελεστές

Σκηνοθεσία: Jeremy Coon and Tim Skousen

Ηθοποιοί: Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala

Διάρκεια: 106’

 

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Play the most anticipated games at G3’s booth!


3We’re thrilled to inform you that G3 Great Games is one of the sponsors of this year’s Cyprus Comic Con. G3 will have a booth at the event where visitors will be able to compete on Overwatch Tournament and will feature the biggest releases of the year such as Overwatch, World of Warcraft: Legion, Skylanders SuperChargers, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, NBA 2K17, Mafia III, South Park The Fractured But Whole, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Watch Dogs 2 and LEGO: Star Wars the Force Awakens!

Overwatch 6v6 Tournament

G3 Great Games will be running a 6v6 Overwatch Tournament throughout the 2-day event which is supported by Kinx Esports Arena – Nicosia and BenQ (Gaming Monitors). The tournament will take place on the stage area and is free for all to sign up and participate!

There will be collectible Overwatch prizes given to the overall winners of the Tournament. This tournament is officially supported by Blizzard and special accounts are being made especially for it.

People can register to participate in the Overwatch Tournament at the following link: http://kinxgaming.com/

They will also will have hands-on games for the general public to come and try out on interactive units on the stage, and will also have a private Cinema Booth set up on the stage where we will be showing in-depth gameplay videos to viewers for three upcoming AAA titles: Mafia III, Watch Dogs 2, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands. Each “show” will last approximately 20 minutes and will be viewed on a 4K TV with the audio coming through headsets. This is a first in CY.

They we will also be running a G3 Mystery Box competition giveaway at the event, and will also be handing out free gaming goodies to people who visit our Stage Booth.

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Short Film program


short film festivalIt is with great pleasure that we are announcing the finalists taking place in the short film competition for Cyprus Comic Con Film Fest 2016. With over 130 international submissions it was truly a hard tusk for our Jury to select the finalists especially because of the high quality of the overall films.

The high rate of local submissions from this year made us decide that other than the “Best of Con” award to also introduce the “National Treasure” award going out to one local filmmaker that the Jury felt will help introduce a new talent to the genre-loving CCCFF audience. Other than the films competing for the awards we have made a small selection of local web-shorts that we believe demand your attention and will be included in the schedule. Take note that some of the filmmakers will be present and short Q&A’s will follow their films.

To accommodate for the two-day upgrade of CCC2016 we have split up the selected films in three category blocks (fantastique, horror and kids films) spread out through the weekend.

Here is the film list in their respected blocks:

SHORT FILMS BLOCK A: KIDS

3/9 Saturday 13:00 @ Jean Monet Auditorium

RATED G: For All Ages


SHORT FILMS BLOCK B: HORROR

3/9 Saturday 15:45 @ Jean Monet Auditorium

RATED R: For Mature Audience Only

  • Mr.Dentonn  (Spain – 9′) – directed by Ivan Villamel
  • Sharkasaurus (Canada – 8′) – directed by Spencer Estabrooks
  • Bitch, Popcorn & Blood  (France – 16′) – directed by Fabio Soares
  • The Sweetmeat Boy – (UK – 6′)  – directed by Jahnavi Misra and Apoorva Mundoor
  • Mayday (France – 13′) – directed by Sébastien Vaniček
  • Playback (USA- 4′) – directed by Nathan Crooker
  • Nympho’s Diary (Cyprus/USA- 4′) – directed by Savvas Christou
  • Forget Me Not (Cyprus/UK- 9′)  – directed by Andreas Avgousti

SHORT FILMS BLOCK C: FANTASTIQUE

4/9 Sunday 17:00 @ Jean Monet Auditorium

RATED PG: Parental Guidance Advised

Collectors Realm


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One of the stores that will be at this year’s Comic Con is Collector’s Realm!

A passion turned into a profession when in last year in Nicosia, the founders of Collectors Realm, motivated and inspired by their hobbies of collecting and gaming, started importing licensed Statues and Figures.

Our products range from figurines, toys, model kits, statues and their accessories all the way to high-end replicas and life-sized sculptures. Dealers and customers from across the field of collectables agree that one of the hottest items on the market today are products relating to superheroes. Almost any product related to a superhero is a potentially valuable collectable, but among the most popular today are movie and comic book character statues and busts based on superheroes ranging from the all-time classics like Superman and Batman to more obscure and cultish characters.

Superhero statues are the ideal collectibles because they can be openly displayed and are durable and resistant to damage and deterioration from aging. They are three dimensional and often come posed in action poses that truly express the character’s dynamism and appeal. The figures are great conversation pieces and can provoke fun discussions among fans and collectors about the back story behind each of the superhero statues.

Yet beyond their attractive appearance and social significance, movie and comic book character statues and busts are also a valuable investment. The price of superhero statues varies widely, from less than $20 to a thousand dollars or more. But no matter what superhero figures you buy or how much you pay for them you can be sure of one thing; that your statues and busts will only increase in value with the passage of time. That makes superhero figurines the perfect collectible, they are cool to look at, easy to maintain and they only become increasingly more valuable with each passing year.

Come on iiiiin and check out what we got for you… Become a Collector or Just play the trading game with us.

That’s what we stand for. The Collecting Community. Welcome to the Realm!

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