Nick Christoforou (Interview 2)
Interviewer(s):
Theo Xenophontos
Project:
Film as Mediator: Cultivating a Cypriot Canadian Community Audiovisual Media Archive
INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Zoom
LANGUAGE:
English
DATE:
August 17, 2023

Interview Summary:

Nick Christoforou was born in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1964. In 1970, he migrated to Canada with his family for educational and economic reasons. In 1998, he directed the television documentary, Cyprus at the Crossroads.

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Interview Details
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Date and Location
August 17, 2023
Zoom
Interviewee(s)
Nick Christoforou (Interview 2)
Interviewer(s)
Theo Xenophontos
Languages
English
Reference ID
FAMREF016B
Project
Film as Mediator: Cultivating a Cypriot Canadian Community Audiovisual Media Archive
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Categories
Culture and Tradition
Historical Events
Working Life
Tags
Cypriot Canadian Economic Relations
Cyprus 1974
Language
Decades Referenced
1990s
2000s
Locations Referenced
Cyprus; Pelathousa (Paphos District); Home for Cooperation (in the UN Buffer Zone); Palodeia (Limassol District); Limassol; Akamas; Canada; Toronto; Venice
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)
Names Referenced
Freda Iordanous; Nikos Evagorou; Niyazi Kızılyürek; Panicos Chrysanthou

[00:00:08] Experience with Panicos Chrysanthou

[00:03:29] Film as a conduit for intercommunal dialogue

[00:05:56] Freda Iordanous sponsoring Nick's TV documentary

[00:09:02] Discussing Panicos Chrysanthou’s other work

[00:10:35] Supplement to the previous interview

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Panicos Chrysanthou in Cyprus at the Crossroads discussing the importance of film as a conduit for intercommunal dialogue, which is also an essential theme for Film as Mediator
Panicos Chrysanthou in Cyprus at the Crossroads discussing the importance of film as a conduit for intercommunal dialogue, which is also an essential theme for Film as Mediator
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Panicos Chrysanthou in Cyprus at the Crossroads discussing the importance of film as a conduit for intercommunal dialogue, which is also an essential theme for Film as Mediator
Panicos Chrysanthou in Cyprus at the Crossroads discussing the importance of film as a conduit for intercommunal dialogue, which is also an essential theme for Film as Mediator
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