“The Palace” by Anthony Maras has won the the Best Short Film award at the 2011 Sydney Film Festival. The film depicts the horrors of war during the invasion of Cyprus in 1974, as viewed by both sides.
The expatriate writer and director Anthony Maras, whose film had recently won the Audience and Best Short Film Award at the 2011 Adelaide Film Festival, said that he wants people to perceive the movie as a “plea for peace.”
“We are thrilled with the success of the movie, as it can now travel to a wider audience and this will allow the world to see the real ‘cost’ of war from all sides,” he added.
Anthony Maras hopes that “The Palace” will serve as a cautionary story for future wars. “The world has emerged from the most violent and bloody century in history. We made this film as a plea for peace and justice, and as a jolt to the leaders of tomorrow,” he said.
Having won the Best Short Film award in Sydney, “The Palace” is now eligible for consideration in the 2012 Academy Awards for Best Short Fiction Film. Maras is now preparing, in collaboration with international partners, to present “The Palace” in some of the most affected regions of the world, such as the Berlin Wall and the buffer zone in Nicosia.
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