Nick Christoforou (Interview 1)

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Interview Details
Categories and Themes
Content
Media
Participants
Nick Christoforou (Interview 1)
Intervieweer(s)
Theo Xenophontos
Date and Location
July 31, 2023
Toronto, ON
Languages
English
Permalink
Project
Film as Mediator: Cultivating a Cypriot Canadian Community Audiovisual Media Archive
Reference ID
FAMREF016A
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Categories
Associational Life
Canadian Society
Culture and Tradition
Economy
Education
Historical Events
Homeland Activism
Migration
Tags
1974 Protests
Australia
Cypriot Canadian Economic Relations
Cypriot Canadian Identity
Cypriot Community of Toronto Inc.
Cyprus 1974
Dance
English Learning
EOKA
Greek Community of Toronto Inc.
Greek School
Language
Postsecondary Education
Pre-1974 Migration
Religion
Traditions
UK
Decades Referenced
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2020s
Locations Referenced
Cyprus; Nicosia; Nicosia International Airport; Ledra Palace; UN Buffer Zone; Kyrenia; Varosha (Famagusta District); Famagusta; Palodeia (Limassol District); Nikos Evagorou Military Base (Palodeia); Limassol; Northern Cyprus; Turkey; Canada; Toronto; Cypriot Community Centre (Thorncliffe); Nathan Phillips Square; York University; Centennial College; Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (Panagia) Greek Orthodox Cathedral; St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church; St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church; Scarborough; Whitby; Oshawa; The United States of America; Ohio; New York City; Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Australia; The United Kingdom; Russia; Ukraine
Occupation(s)
He currently works as a writer, director, and producer at CP24. In the past, he was a writer, director, and producer at OMNI-TV.
Parents Occupation(s)
His father was a math teacher for the TDSB and a Greek school teacher.
Names Referenced
Nikos (Nick) Avramidis; Nikos Evagorou; Lellos Demetriades; Semi Bora; Kate Bush

[00:00:13] Early memories of Cyprus and of family

[00:01:33] His uncle's involvement with EOKA

[00:02:47] Familial migration due to education & economics

[00:07:25] Differences in adjustment amongst family

[00:11:56] Language as a form of connection to Cyprus

[00:14:58] Cypriot government commemorating his uncle

[00:17:16] Memories of 1974

[00:23:39] Directing Cyprus at the Crossroads (1998)

[00:38:00] Anxiety about the reopening of Varosha

[00:40:48] Background on his television industry career

[00:44:27] Communication with family

[00:45:36] Importance of photos and his student short film

[00:46:16] Ambivalence about the link between film & culture

[00:49:28] How photographs document the times

[00:50:02] The divide between being Cypriot and Canadian

[00:52:28] The importance of maintaining Cypriot identity

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