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1489
Preceded by Lumen Naturae | Film & Talk
The family of Soghomon Vardanyan, a young soldier who perished in the 2020 war in Artsakh and identified by a statistical number as missing in action, is waiting for his return. Soghomon’s sister deci ...
The family of Soghomon Vardanyan, a young soldier who perished in the 2020 war in Artsakh and identified by a statistical number as missing in action, is waiting for his return. Soghomon’s sister decides to document this emotionally- wrenching process on her phone. The resulting video diary becomes a confrontationally explicit meditation on inconsolable grief.
1489
Directed by Shoghakat Vardanyan
Conversation with Shoghakat Vardanyan
76 min, 2023, Armenia/Netherlands
ARM, RUS OVS
Photos 1-3: Shoghakat Vardanyan
Preceded by the screening of Lumen Naturae, the story of a couple who decide to conceive a child in honor of the son they lost in the 2020 war.
Lumen Naturae
Directed by Arthur Sukiasyan
Conversation with Arthur Sukiasyan
20 min, 2024, Armenia
ARM OVS
Photos 4-6: Arthur Sukiasyan
As part of 100 + 10 – Armenian Allegories