Festival

Armenian Film Festival London

Armenian Film Society London

Program

6 déc. 2024 6:15 PM

The Institute of Contemporary Arts is located between Buckingham Palace, 10 Downing Street and Piccadilly Circus in the heart of central London and easily accessible by public transport and bike.
The Mall
London SW1Y 5AH

London - United Kingdom

https://www.ica.art/armenian-film-festival

The Armenian Film Festival London is the first London-based annual festival celebrating Armenian culture and creative potential. It aims to showcase the best emerging and classic filmmaking from the Republic of Armenia and the Diaspora. This festival follows the Armenian Film Society’s second annual film festival, which was held in September in Los Angeles.

The programme follows two main thematic strands: war in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and the centenary of the joint national cinema and Sergei Parajanov while promoting new talent, with special emphasis on the British Armenian creative community.

Friday 6 December, 6.15pm | Amerikatsi + Q&A with Michael Goorjian

The first Armenian production short-listed for Academy Awards tells the story of an American Armenian who returns to his homeland in 1948, decades after fleeing Armenia to the US as a child.

Saturday 7 December, 2.00pm | 1489

The first time director’s younger brother Soghomon, 21, a musician, was close to completing his mandatory military service when the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) War broke out on September 27, 2020. Soghomon disappeared in the war zone without a trace on the 7th day. Coping with despair, Vardanyan started documenting her family's daily ordeal with her phone.

Saturday 7 December, 4.30pm | My Sweet Land + online Q&A

A coming-of-age story set against a multigenerational war in the post-Soviet Caucasus Mountains.

Sunday 8 December 2.15pm | British Armenian Focus + Q&A

A special short film strand highlights moving image works produced or directed by British Armenian filmmakers, regardless of thematic choices, plot twists, genres, or techniques. The screening is followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, hosted by Nelly ben Hayoun-Stépanian.

Program