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The Faces of War

Year:

2019

Duration

56min.

Countries of Production

Armenia

Director:

Hrayr Sargsyan

The Faces of War

Cast & Crew

Producer: Liana Smbatyan

Director, Screenwriter: and Cinematographer: Hrayr Sargsyan

Artist: Edik Poghosyan
Photographer: Areg Balayan

Production company: Margins Media

Synopsis

Two artists research the consequences of war in post-war villages. They take photo-portraits of people who had a loss at wartime, collect huge metal pieces affected by massive shelling to make installations. They dig ghost houses and schools, where everything is left just as it was many years ago. Edik is a Visual Artist who has seen the Iran - Iraq war. Areg is a photographer and was on the frontline as a soldier in 2016. As they meet more people they get the sense that wherever war has stepped in it never left. They examine their own experience and bring up never asked questions "is war better than peace" and the answers are unexpected. The movie shows the transformation where Areg and Edik had a simple need to get rid of personal traumas by art which later became a statement that the war couldn't even exist if humans won't find it attractive and won't get fascinated by the idea of heroism.



Festivals/Awards and more

European Cinematography Award - Best Original Score, 2023


Oniros Film Awards - Best Soundtrack, 2023


Global Film Festival Awards- Best Original Score, 2023


Vegas Movie Awards- Best Original Score, 2023


New York International film awards - Best Soundtrack, 2023


World film festival in Cannes - Best Soundtrack, 2023



FIlm's page on NCCA - https://ncca.am/en/films/286-paterazmi-demqere

IMDB -https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27665329/awards/?ref_=tt_awd


The film was part of a multimedia project:

https://www.facebook.com/ConsequenceArtefact

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