More info on the project

Deneia is one of the 4 villages of Cyprus that are completely in the dead zone after the Turkish invasion in Cyprus in 1974. At a short distance from the village there is the prehistoric settlement of Deneia, where the carved tombs of the cemetery contributed to the rapid growth rodent population. These rodents afflicted the community in agricultural and livestock work as well as being a source of infection and disease. Now the community is using a biological way to fight rodents. Using Barn Owls it replaced the use of harmful rodenticides.

Credits

  • Produced by: Treehouse Films

  • Directed/Edited by:

    Constantinos Christou

  • Director of Photography:

    Constantinos Christou

  • Additional Footage: Nicholas

    Loizou, Haris Nicolaou

  • Interviewees: Christakis

    Panayiotou, Christodoulos

    Christodoulou, Haris Nicolaou

  • Filmed in: Deneia Village

  • Music by: SLPSTRM

  • Lead Researcher: Haris

    Nicolaou

  • Translation by: Yiannis

    Georgiades

Awards

  • Winner at the “Cyrus International Monthly Festival of Toronto”

  • Winner at the “Nature Without Borders International Film Festival”

  • Finalist at the “Prague International Monthly Film Festival”

  • Finalist at the “Kosice International Monthly Film Festival”

  • Finalist at the “4theatre Selection”

  • Semi Finalist at the “Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival”

  • Semi Finalist at the “CMS Vatavaran Environment and Wildlife Festival”

  • Quarter Finalist at the “Jade Jaguar Cinema Festival”

  • Official Selection at the “International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő”

  • Official Selection at the “The University of Idaho Fish & Wildlife Film

    Festival”

  • Official Selection at the “Wildlife Conservation Film Festival”

  • Official Selection at the “Tulum World Environment Film Festival”

  • Official Selection at the “Babul Eco Film Festival”

  • Official Selection at the “The Lift-Off Sessions”

  • Referenced at the “Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market Catalogue”

An interview to Constantinos Christou by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation about his work.

An interview to Constantinos Christou Interview at the International Nature Film Festival of Gödöllő for the short documentary “Life in the Buffer Zone”.