Interview by Eleni Nearchou
The 2025 Lemesos International Documentary Festival will host the World Premiere of ‘Waves Won’t Stop’, an evocative experimental documentary and debut film by two acclaimed Cypriots living in New York—director Ioannis Papaloizou and producer Harry Mavromichalis. Through vivid recollections and archival imagery, ‘Waves Won’t Stop’ tells the story of a friendship formed between two young boys in Cyprus—one that survived distance, separation, and personal transformation. As both left the island and navigated lives abroad, the emotional tether to their homeland and to one another remained unbroken. Seven years in the making, the film interweaves observational moments from the daily life of Cypriots with personal home movies and with…