Marinos Kartikkis

Born in Limassol, Cyprus in 1963. He studied Fine Arts at UCLA (Bachelor of Arts, Honors) and at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid (scholarship by the Spanish government) and Filmmaking at the London International Film School. His credits include: TV productions, commercials, twelve solo painting exhibitions, three short films and four feature films. His first feature film Honey and Wine (2006) won the best feature film award at the Thessaloniki 9th panorama of independent cinema and also represented Cyprus in many festivals of European Cinema around the world. His second feature By Miracle (2010) was also screened in a number of international festivals. Family Member (2015), his third feature film, was screened in festivals around the world with great success (Best Cinematography at the London Greek Film Festival). His latest film Senior Citizen (2020) has been selected in 50 festivals (Thessaloniki, Shanghai, Bogota) and has won 35 awards, including the Audience Award at the 19th Cyprus Film Days, as well as first prize (Best Senior Film) at Cannes World Film Festival, Firenze Film Festival and Veracruz World Film Festival among others. He taught art in secondary education while continuing with painting and filmmaking.