Nicosia Uncut – Episode 61: The Divided Island – “The generational trauma is real and profound” (16/7/2025)

About this episode

The episode discusses the documentary 'The Divided Island' and its exploration of generational trauma in Cyprus.

On the 51st anniversary of 1974 events, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli host Cey Sesigüzel and Andreas Tokkallos, co-producers of "The Divided Island" documentary at Nicosia Uncut podcast. These two British-Cypriot filmmakers of Two Fresh Productions are hailing from both communities and they featured real stories of Cypriots from various generations. The work is a striking contrast to the official narratives and propaganda of sides and provides humanitarian stories from the past in the first part, and a vision for the future in the second. The documentary that won the Best Documentary Feature at South London Film Festival, features James Ker-Lindsay, Andrekos Varnava, Sylvia Zacharia, Yaşar Ismailoǧlu, Tom Fortis-Mayer, Christina Pavlou, Suleyman Camgoz, Nick Yiannoullou, Sevgül Uludaǧ, Serife Gül, Ipek Özerim, and Nicosia Uncut producers Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli. It can be watched at: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thedividedisland The post Nicosia Uncut – Episode 61: The Divided Island – “The generational trauma is real and profound” (16/7/2025) first appeared on Island Talks .

People in this episode

Hosts: Andromachi Sophocleous, Kemal Baykallı

Guests: Cey Sesigüzel, Andreas Tokkallos

Topics covered

• generational trauma
• Cyprus
• documentary
• historical narratives
• humanitarian stories
• film festival

Keywords

• Cyprus
• documentary
• generational trauma
• Two Fresh Productions
• historical narratives
• humanitarian stories
• film festival
• Andromachi Sophocleous
• Kemal Baykallı

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Two Fresh Productions

Books & works: The Divided Island

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