Treehouse Films

🎬☀️ This Summer Begins with a Story from the Sea ☀️🎬

Today Monday, June 1st, as summer begins, The Cyprus Bycatch Project documentary is finally publicly available for everyone to watch. 🌊💙

After an incredible journey through screenings, festivals, awards, and conversations across the world, we’re proud to finally share our documentary publicly with all of you.

This project began with a simple but urgent goal: to raise awareness about bycatch in Cyprus — the accidental capture of marine species such as sea turtles, dolphins, sharks, rays, and seabirds in fishing gear. A problem that affects not only marine biodiversity, but also the future sustainability of local fishing communities.

The project was coordinated by BirdLife International, BirdLife Cyprus, Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre, the Society for the Protection of Turtles, and the University of Exeter, bringing together science, conservation, and storytelling to highlight this critical environmental issue.

Over the past months, our film traveled far beyond Cyprus and was recognized internationally with awards, finalist positions, and official selections at environmental and film festivals around the world. We are deeply grateful to every festival, jury member, audience member, and person who attended a screening, supported the film, shared it, and believed in its message. 💙

🏆 Highlights from our journey include:
• Best Documentary Award at MED-LIMES, Ai Confini del Mediterraneo
• Award Winner at Better Earth International Film Festival 2024
• Silver Award at International Tourism Film Festival Africa
• Finalist at Aravali International Film Festival
• Finalist at 16th International Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Fest 2024
• Quarter-Finalist at Neum Underwater Film Festival
…along with many official selections and nominations across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

This documentary would never have been possible without the incredible people behind it:

🎥 Produced by: Treehouse Films
🎬 Directed & Camera Operator: Constantinos Christou
✂️ Edited by: Iakovos Charalambous
🎨 Color Correction: Marios Stylianou
🎼 Original Score: Arsenios Agisilaou
🎞️ Motion Graphics: Valentinos Demetriou
🎧 Sound Mixing: Hook Recording Art Studio
🔊 Sound Design: Sofoklis Sofokleous
💬 Subtitles: Iliana Koulafeti
🤿 Safety Divers: Artemis Evlogimenou, Vasilis Grigoras

Special thanks to our interviewees:
Marios Papageorgiou, Robin Snape, Photis Gaitanos, Christodoulos Christodoulou, George Georgiou

And heartfelt thanks to:
Andreas Iosifakis, Marios Kyprianou, Louis Hadjioannou, Kimon Diving Academy, the Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Andriani Evropi Christou (Film Poster), and the Deputy Ministry of Culture of Cyprus for supporting this journey.

Most importantly — thank you to everyone who watched, listened, discussed, and helped amplify the conversation around marine conservation and sustainable fishing.

Now, the film belongs to everyone. 🌍💙