Omeris, a Turkish Cypriot boy, grows up with Greek Cypriots in an age of innocence. He has been taught that human beings have no differences between them, whether they call themselves Greek or Turk, Muslim or Christian. When he falls in love with a Greek Cypriot girl, he realises that the world is not as he imagined it to be.

“Akamas is a romance, a beautiful one at that, but it also helps to explain how people get swept into conflict not just through greed, fear and poverty but also loyalty: loyalty to religion, to family, to identity and in this instance, to love. How they are forced to take sides, to retreat to tribalism, to make their neighbor their enemy.” – LAUREN O’HARA, CYPRUS MAIL

Screening as part of Walled Cities 2, a short season exploring political conflict in walled cities around the world.

This screening will be followed by a discussion with Dr Evropi Chatzipanagiotidou, Queen’s University Anthropology, and Dr M. Satish Kumar, Queen's University Geography. 

This is a CACity collaborative research group (Cinema and Architecture in the City) event series funded by Queen's SNBE Culture and Society research cluster. Visit cacity.org for more information.