Documentary wins award in US

A CYPRIOT documentary has won the first prize in the Huston World Film and Video Festival ahead of 86 other entries.

The documentary My Country Alone won the Gold Special Jury Award in the Ethnic-Cultural category.

Thirty-seven countries with 4,500 films took part in the festival.

The Gold Special Jury Award is given to movies, which were also selected as candidates for the first prize in all categories.

The film was written and directed by Andys Roditis and was produced by Transvideo.

The theme concerns the location of the genuine elements of Cypriot identity, the discovery of spiritual dependency and their mimicking and emulating ways and methods that are not related to the traditions of Cyprus or its culture.

It was financed by the Education Ministry and sponsored by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the Leventis Foundation, the Cyprus Tourism Organisation and the Bank of Cyprus.

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