{"id":63,"date":"2017-09-16T18:35:13","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T18:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hofilms.co.uk\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2017-09-16T18:35:13","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T18:35:13","slug":"bitter-lemons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hofilms.ch\/index.php\/film\/bitter-lemons\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitter Lemons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/59334495?h=71a6e7bc16&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Bitter Lemons<\/em><\/strong><em> is an observational documentary about a friendship that survived against the odds over 30 years of separation. It provides a unique local perspective on the largely forgotten conflict in Cyprus, which became part of the European Union in 2004, from people who have lived with the consequences of this conflict, the memories, the minefields and the barricades, since 1974.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hofilms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BL-stills-on-white-flat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-159\" src=\"https:\/\/hofilms.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BL-stills-on-white-flat-1.jpg\" alt=\"BL stills on white-flat\" width=\"519\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the heart of <em>Bitter Lemons<\/em> is the unlikely friendship between two farmers: Loizos (a Greek Cypriot) and Ali (a Turkish Cypriot). Ali and Loizos life were friends before the conflict in 1974; since then the two men have lived in exile from their homes on opposite sides of the UN-controlled Buffer Zone beween north and south Cyprus. But Loizos cultivates the land Ali used to own in the south, and Ali cultivates the land Loizos used to own in the north: just a minefield has separated them for over 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>After in 2003 the first checkpoint across the Buffer Zone opened, Ali and Loizos re-established contact. In the following years, possibility of a political solution in Cyprus meant that they cherished the hope that they might finally be able to return to their former homes: even the minefields separating their fields have gradually been cleared by the UN. But with all the bitter memories of conflict, and with a community around them that is still harbouring suspicions of the other side, it is not easy to re-establish trust and friendship.<\/p>\n<p>Bitter Lemons is a tale of failed narratives, traumatic testimonies and political stagnation, but also of resilience, humour and enduring friendship in spite of all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hofilms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ali-enver-in-the-field.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-161\" src=\"https:\/\/hofilms.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ali-enver-in-the-field-1.jpg\" alt=\"ali &amp; enver in the field\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Loizos Papayiannis<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> and all the Papayiannis family<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">Ali Nemetemini<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> and all the Nemetemini family<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">UN Mine Action Centre team<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> and all others who participated in this film<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">MUSIC<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Ross Daly<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">NARRATION<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Lennaart van Oldenborgh<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">ARCHIVE<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> ITNSource<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">TRANSLATION\/ INTERPRETATION<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Maria Chatzichristodoulou<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Nilgun Arif<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Filiz Bilen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">CAMERA\/ DV DIRECTOR<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Siamac Etemadi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">ADDITIONAL CAMERA<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Adnan Hadzi<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Lennaart van Oldenborgh<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">SOUND<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Adnan hadzi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Judith Lichtneckert<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">SOUND MIX<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Joel Cahen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">MONTAGE\/ COLOUR GRADE<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Lennaart van Oldenborgh<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Adnan Hadzi<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Lennaart van Oldenborgh<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">THIS FILM IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Petros Chatzichristodoulou<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> brother of Loizos and Ioannis and father-in-law of Adnan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">BITTER LEMONS WAS SUPPORTED BY<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Swiss Film Fund BAK<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">Unterstuetzt durch den Fachausschuss Audiovision &amp; Multimedia<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> der Kantone Basel und Basel-Land<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">ADDITIONAL SUPPORT<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Sources2<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> European Documentary Network<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> IDFA Academy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> EAVE<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Thessaloniki Film Festival<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Deckspace<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">THANK YOU<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Maria Chatzichristodoulou<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> James Stevens<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Magnus Rundstroem<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Clement Suwali<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Andre Zivanari<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Denise Robinson<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Helene Black<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Fatos Ustek<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Enver Gursev<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Paul Gardner<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Smadar Dreyfus<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\"> Natascha Sturny<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 0.7em;\">BITTER LEMONS IS AN H+O FILMS PRODUCTION<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitter Lemons is an observational documentary about a friendship that survived against the odds over 30 years of separation. 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