J WILLIAM FULBRIGHT CENTER,
UN BUFFER ZONE, NICOSIA
8 – 10 March 2011
Dear Friends,
The International Center for Transitional Justice has the pleasure of inviting you to their next series of events, focused on discussing how the past is confronted in other contexts and in our own society.
On Tuesday 8th March, the Northern Irish film 'Five Minutes of Heaven' will be shown, followed by a discussion led by Professor Costas Constantinou from the University of Cyprus.
On Wednesday 9th March, the film 'Parallel Trips’ by filmmakers Panicos Chrysanthou and Dervis Zaim will be shown, followed by a discussion led by Panicos Chrysanthou, filmmaker.
On Thursday 10th March, a panel discussion will be held, focusing on whether and how Cypriots are coming to terms with the legacy of conflict. The panel will discuss if there is a need to come to terms with the violence of the past for a transition to a stable democratic society. The speakers will also focus on the question of whether coming to terms with the past undermines or contributes to reconciliation, and if the current situation in Cyprus is leading to a reckoning with the past.
We look forward to having you with us!
For reservations please email: anforevents@gmail.com or call: Andrea Nicolaou, Tel: +357.99935683 and/or Umut Bozkurt Tel: +90.5338701503
All events will be held at the Fulbright Center in the Ledra Palace buffer zone.
For more information please consult the program below.
COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST IN CYPRUS
PROGRAM 8TH -10TH MARCH 2011
ALL EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT CENTER,
UN BUFFERZONE, NICOSIA
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Tuesday 8th March 2011: Film Screening – 20.00
Five Minutes of Heaven
Written by Guy Hibbert (Omagh) and directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall) is a fiction inspired by real people. In February, 1975, in Northern Ireland, seventeen year-old Ulster Volunteer Force member Alistair Little kills the catholic Jimmy Griffin in his house in Lurgan in front of his younger brother Joe Griffin. Alistair is arrested and imprisoned for twelve years while Joe is blamed by his mother for not saving his brother. Thirty-three years later, a TV promotes the meeting of Alistair and Joe in a house in River Finn, expecting the truth and the reconciliation of the murderer and the victim who actually seeks five minutes of heaven.
Discussion afterwards led by Professor Costas Constantinou (University of Cyprus) |
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Wednesday 9th March 2011: Film Screening – 20.00
Parallel Trips
Filmed in Turkey and Greece during 2004 and directed by Derviş Zaim and Panicos Chrysanthou. From both sides of the conflict, Greek Cypriot director Panicos Chrysanthou and Turkish Cypriot director Dervis Zaim record the human dramas that unfolded during the war of 1974 and the legacy that remains today. This is a moving document whose common perspective can only help to heal old wounds. As Zaim says: "We know we can live together, but we still have to ask why we did this to each other. The film’s production was funded by UNDP. *English and Turkish subtitles
Discussion afterwards led by Panicos Chrysanthou (Award-winning Director and Filmmaker) |
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Thursday 10th March 2011: Panel Discussion – 19.30
How are Cypriots coming to terms with the legacy of the conflict in Cyprus?
· Is there a need to come to terms with the violence of the past for a transition to a stable, democratic society?
· Does coming to terms with the past undermine or contribute to reconciliation?
· Is the current process in Cyprus leading to a reckoning with the past?
Panel Speakers:
Professor Niyazi Kızılyürek (University of Cyprus)
Assoc. Professor Rebecca Bryant (METU NCC)
Asst Professor Nicos Trimikliniotis (University of Nicosia)
Mr. Christos Eftymiou: Coordinator, Bi-communal Initiative of Relatives of Missing Persons and Victims of Massacres
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