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A Story of People in War and Peace

Year:

2006

Duration

70min.

Countries of Production

Armenia, UK, USA,

Director:

Vardan Hovhannisyan

A Story of People in War and Peace

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

  1. Tribeca Film Festival, NY - Best New Documentary Filmmaker


  2. IDFA - Nomination for the Joris Ivens Award at the FIPRESCI prize


  3. Mexico Festival - Special Jury Prize


  4. Trieste film festival - Audience award


  5. ZagrebDox Film Festival - Special Mention in the International competition


  6. Docaviv film festival- Special mention award


  7. Golden Apricot Film Festival- Best International Documentary


  8. DOCSDF Intl Doc Film Fest in Mexico – Special mention of the jury


  9. Saratov Film Festival, Russia - Special mention of the jury


  10. Cancun Riviera Maya International Film Festival - Best Documentary


  11. Asia Pacific Screen Award - nomination for Best Documentary Feature Film


  12. Amnesty International Film Festival - Movies that Matter Foundation Nomination


  13. Golden Apricot Film Festival - Silver Prize Armenian Panorama


  14. 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/

Press:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Story_of_People_in_War_and_Peace

  2. https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/a-story-of-people-in-war-and-peace-1200559179/

  3. https://www.moderntimes.review/vardan-hovhannisyan-surviving-war-and-peace/

  4. https://media.am/en/critique/2013/07/18/3677/

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