CINEMA RIALTO

CINEMA RIALTO

CINEMA RIALTO

2026 · 15 minutes

In a fading village cinema in Cyprus, siblings Aviana and Aenea spend their Sundays with their grandfather Petros, the Rialto’s projectionist, still running the matinee as his memory fades. When they find a hidden reel of a long-lost local hero, Professor Proton, and screen it in secret, he steps out of the film and into their world, not as he was, but as everything left behind. Petros must face the hero he once helped create, in a story about childhood, memory, and the pull of the pictures we grew up on.

Credits

Featuring
Aviana Bella Petrou
Aenea Kubrick
Petros Petrou

Director
Antony Petrou

Writers
Antony Petrou
Mario Michael

Producers
Anjelika Kapanida-Petrou
Tonia Mishiali
Antony Petrou

Composer
Christopher Barnett

Editor
Antony Petrou

Lead Animator
Bence Balaton

Storyboard Artists
Bence Balaton
Antony Petrou

Production Company
11 Little Films
Watermelon Films
Zena Film

Funding
The Department of Contemporary Culture Republic of Cyprus