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rector’s crew on several Greek productions. Con-
stantinides returned to Cyprus and, after the com-
pletion of his military service, he was hired by the
CyBC productions department for TV, where he
worked for 34 years.
Constantinides has directed a great number of
TV programmes, documentaries, theatre plays
and TV series. Many of his documentaries re-
garding the Cyprus Problem have been used by
the state for educational purposes, and some
of his TV series have enjoyed great success,
namely
The Teacher
,
The Grey Sky
,
Peter A’
,
Krisos and the Artist
,
The Church of Cyprus,
History and Civilization
, and
Argaki, A Cypriot
Village Before and After the Turkish Invasion
.
Several of his films were official entries from
Cyprus in a number of international festivals:
Constantinides won the Bronze Agrino Award
at the Commonwealth Movie Festival for
Aka-
mas
, and
Cyprus, the Island That Nobody For-
gets
, won the Prize of the Nations at both the
Rome and London Movie Festivals.
Constantinides was one of the founding members
and the President of the Cyprus Movie Club, the
Nicosia Movie Club and the Cyprus Film Library.
He is a member of the Film Classification Board
and was also a member of the Sciences, Arts and
Letters Committee. In 2004 he was appointed
by the Council of Ministers as a member of the
Cyprus Radio Television Authority. He teaches
History of Cinema at the Vladimiros Kafkaridis
Drama School.
Flights
(1969)
Director: Andreas Constantinides
Writer: Andreas Constantinides, DimitrisAndreou
Photography: Doros Partasides
Montage: Andrew Trillides
Sound: Thrassos Malas
Actors: Spyros Stavrinides, Dimitris Andreou,
Laika, Totos
An experimental film about the environment and its
destruction,
Flights
shows the extent of the destruc-
tion of beaches as a result of the erection of apartment
buildings.Thefilmcombines cartoonswith cinematic
images.The late painter,Mikis Phinikarides, designed
the graphics andwrote the screenplay.
In Unsung Toil
(1992)
Director: Andreas Constantinides
Writer: Andreas Constantinides
Photography: Evangelos Hadjikyriakos
Montage: Yiannakis Ioannides
Sound: Charis Mylonas
Music: Eleni Karaindrou
Script interviews: Costis Achniotis
Narrator: Andreas Koukkides
Special Adviser: Pantelis Varnava
A documentary dedicated to the unsung stran-
gers who sacrificed themselves for our country’s
workers’ conquests. The film’s subtitle is
Before
May Day
.
Akamas (1988)
Director: Andreas Constantinides
Writer-Narrator: Michalis Attalides
Photography: Dimitris Pavlides
Montage: Yiannakis Ioannides
Sound: Andros Chrysostomou
Music: Ross Daly
Special adviser: Symis Shukuroglu
A documentary about the Akamas Peninsula,
the last natural haven of Cyprus. The film as-
pires to portray the ecological significance of
the area. It also examines the villages of Aka-
mas and the difficulties and problems faced by
their residents.
Flights (1969)