ML DV TRI NI WF The ghosts of Varosha – Angélique Kourounis, Switzerland, 2022, 28’23”

Synopsis: July 1974 Turkey invades the North of Cyprus as a response to the nationalist coup that had attempted to attach the island to Greece. The 44.000 habitants of Varosha fled the approaching Turkish army. Since the destroyed and looted city surrounded with barbed wire became a ghost town. 47 years later access is granted again to the prohibited city. For the first time its former habitants, Greek Cypriot refugees, are allowed to visit it but only as tourists.

Director: Angélique Kourounis

Writer: Angélique Kourounis

Producer: RTSR Radio Télévsion Suisse Romande