Join us for the opening night of the 2024 Armenian Film Festival with the US premiere of Seven Veils, starring Academy Award-nominated actress Amanda Seyfried and written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Atom Egoyan.
Join us for the film festival premiere of Between Borders, which tells the true story of Violetta and Ivan, a resilient Armenian couple, who seek asylum in the US after fleeing Baku in the 1980s. Haunted by displacement, they attempt to rebuild their lives in a Russian city, finding solace in a local church, but continue to face overt discrimination and threats to their family. Their pursuit of freedom and safety leads them to America, where a challenging court battle leaves their future hanging in the balance. Q&A with director Mark Freiburger, actress Elizabeth Tabish, producer Isaac Norris, and the film’s real-life subjects Ivan and Violetta Petrosyan.
A former gang member who believes his daughter is the only one who save his community from an curse uttered by a rival gang member in his dying breath.
After the collapse of any empire, human destinies are crushed under the rubble. Yasha's fate is the tragicomic story of an ordinary Soviet worker, who has served faithfully all his life in an unpleasant production and now cannot come to terms with the changed realities. He continues to live in a country that no longer exists. The dead continue to bury the living. Winner of 5 Anahit Awards, including Best Director.
This screening will consist of Anna Mkrtumyan's short documentary Armat. The film follows the director, who, in search of answers, turns to science as a last hope. Embarking on a journey with Professor Cristina, their exploration centers around unraveling the mysteries of lan— probing into its essence and questioning the existence of a memory and connection between the land and its inhabitants.
The film will be followed by Alexis Pazoumian's documentary The Black Garden. Samvel and Avo, Erik and Karen live in the land of a century-old conflict, rooted in the rubble of the Russian Empire. In Nagorno-Karabakh, people live, dream and prepare for a tragedy that is always on the horizon. Over 3 years, Alexis Pazoumian films the epilogue of the black garden, a land where war waits for no one.
The first line of every Armenian fairy tale, There Was, There Was Not tells the collective myth of a homeland lost forever— and four women’s resistance to that loss. Q&A with director Emily Mkrtichian.
Join us for the premiere of the restored and remastered 2006 classic comedy film, Big Story in a Small City, followed by a Q&A with director Gor Kirakosian.
Anahid Nazarian holds the unique distinction of having worked alongside filmmaking legend Francis Ford Coppola for over 40 years. Anahid Nazarian's credits linclude One From The Heart, The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, The Cotton Club, Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker, The Rainmaker, The Godfather Part III, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and the forthcoming Megalopolis. Moderated by Emmy Award-winning actor Michael Goorjian.
1489 is a critically acclaimed and award-winning documentary. When a young Armenian soldier disappears at the start of the Nagorno-Karabakh war, his sister sets on filming their family as they navigate between hope and grief. Q&A with director Shoghakat Vardanyan.
Join us for a special screening of the Oscar-winning short documentary, The Last Repair Shop. The film features Steve Bagmanyan, who faced ethnic persecution in Azerbaijan in the 1980s. Q&A with Steve Bagmanyan.
Celebrate the closing of the Armenian Film Festival with a closing reception at LOOK Cinemas. Free admission.
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