Cypriot director/screenwriter Myrsini Aristidou is currently in postproduction with her debut featureHold onto Me / Κράτα Με, which is a coproduction between Cyprus, Denmark and Greece made in joint participation with the United States.

Cast: Christos Passalis, Maria Petrova, Jenny Sallo, Aulona Lupa

Short Synopsis: It’s summer, and 11-year-old Iris is running wild through the streets with her older friend Danae when she learns her estranged father, Aris, is back in town for his own father’s funeral. Determined to know him, Iris tracks him down to a dilapidated shipyard, where he’s been keeping to himself. What begins as a stubborn attempt to reconnect slowly unfolds into a fragile bond - imperfect, yet poignant.

Filmblades (Cyprus) and One Six One Films (Cyprus) are producing the film in coproduction with Fredo Pictures (Denmark), Graal S.A (Greece), with the support from the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture, ERT (Greek TV Channel), the Danish Film Institute, the Greek Film Center, the Black Family Grant of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Pleasant Bay Pictures, the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab - Emerging Filmmaker Award, and Mango Productions.

The producers are Monica Nicolaidou, Myrsini Aristidou, Anders N.U Berg, Konstantina Stavrianou and Rena Vougioukalou. Mark Hollinger and Thomas J. Mangan IV (USA) are executive producers.