Cast & Crew
Director, Screenwriter and
Producer: Vardan Hovhannisyan
Operators: Vardan Hovhannisyan, Vahagn Ter-Hakobyan
Editing: Tigran Baghinyan
Production company: Bars Media
In cooperation with BBC, ITVS,
Synopsis
Prompted by a question from his son, Hovhannisyan embarks on a journey to find his surviving trench mates from the Nagorno-Karabakh War of the early nineties with neighboring Azerbaijan and examines the lasting effects of the war during a time of peace. Timely and universal, A Story of People in War and Peace wrestles with the question of how to maintain dignity in the face of terror.
Festivals/Awards and more
Tribeca Film Festival, NY - Best New Documentary Filmmaker
IDFA - Nomination for the Joris Ivens Award at the FIPRESCI prize
Mexico Festival - Special Jury Prize
Trieste film festival - Audience award
ZagrebDox Film Festival - Special Mention in the International competition
Docaviv film festival- Special mention award
Golden Apricot Film Festival- Best International Documentary
DOCSDF Intl Doc Film Fest in Mexico – Special mention of the jury
Saratov Film Festival, Russia - Special mention of the jury
Cancun Riviera Maya International Film Festival - Best Documentary
Asia Pacific Screen Award - nomination for Best Documentary Feature Film
Amnesty International Film Festival - Movies that Matter Foundation Nomination
Golden Apricot Film Festival - Silver Prize Armenian Panorama
War Film Festival Russia – Best Documentary
FIlm's information at Bars Media website - https://documentarystudio.barsmedia.am/documentary
IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1002778/?ref_=ttawd_ov
IDFA - https://www.idfa.nl/film/624974b1-4eac-482c-ac71-ea52dc6ab904/a-story-of-people-in-war-and-peace/
ITVS - https://itvs.org/films/story-of-people-in-war-and-peace/
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