PBS TO AIR TWO ARMENIAN DOCUMENTARIES

[Yervant1]

PBS TO AIR TWO ARMENIAN DOCUMENTARIES

 

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Thursday October 14, 2010

 

Filmmaker Vardan Hovhannisyan.

 

Yerevan - Two top Armenian documentaries - both award-winning human

stories - will be shown on public television in the US over the next

two Sundays.

 

On Sunday October 17, Public Television stations around the country

will show "The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia," a warm, thoughtful,

beautifully-shot story about the dying art of tightrope dancers, and

the continuing competition and camaraderie between two old masters,

and the hopes they place on one young artist.

 

On Sunday October 24, the same public television stations will screen

"A Story of People in War and Peace," a passionate film that follows

the lives of soldiers and nurses who spent years in the trenches

during the Karabakh war. The film has already screened on BBC, ARTE

and other international channels, and has won over 20 awards including

the FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) prize. For

its director, Vardan Hovhannisyan, the film also garnered a Best New

Documentary Filmmaker Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

 

"The Last Tightrope Dancer" is the acclaimed work of two young

filmmakers -- Inna Sahakyan and Arman Yeritsyan. Both have produced

several documentaries over the last decade. Sahakyan has directed more

than 10 social documentaries for Armenian television and worked as

assistant director on "A Story of People in War and Peace." Yeritsyan

has directed a number of award-winning documentaries including,"Under

the Open Sky" and "Goodbye Fellini."

 

Both films are produced by Bars Media, which was established by Vardan

Hovhannisyan in 1993. Bars Media specializes in making documentaries

about human stories, culture, history and other social issues. The

studio currently develops documentary films in Africa, Russia and

Afghanistan.

 

The Public Television showings on October 17 and 24 offer a unique

opportunity for the Armenian-American public and the public at large to

enjoy these excellent productions. Both films have English subtitles.

 

Information about cities and airing time at:

http://www.pbs.org/itvs/globalvoices/guide.html

[MosJan]

Yervand jan shnorhakal em barekam.. anhamper pit spasem iys haghordman@

[Yervant1]

Yervand jan shnorhakal em barekam.. anhamper pit spasem iys haghordman@

Bari Yekar! Yes el anhamber em spasum.

I watched the trailer it's awesome.

[Armat]

Finished watching.Very impressive work but pretty sad ending.

I believe this film won 1st place in Russia in film festival