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Sept 2 2014
Polish-backed Armenian Genocide film competes in Venice
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge 02.09.2014 13:16
A international co-production on the Armenian genocide represents
Poland's greatest chance of success at the 71st Venice film Festival.
Hamburg-born director Fatih Akin worked on the film with a crew that
included Oscar-winning art director Allan Starski (Schindler's List),
and the movie was partly funded by the Polish Film Institute (PISF).
The Cut is competing against 19 other films in the festival's Main
Competition, with new works by Abel Ferrara and Joshua Oppenheimer in
the running for the coveted Golden Lion.
The Armenian Genocide has rarely been covered by film directors to
date. Over a million ethnic Armenians are believed to have been killed
as a result of extermination policies carried out by the Ottoman
Empire between 1915-1917.
The plot of Akin's film focuses on Nazareth Manoogian, an Armenian man
who has survived the genocide and hears that his twin daughters may
still be alive. He sets off on a quest to find them.
The 71st Venice International Film Festival ends on 6 September. (nh)
Source: PISF
http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/180487,Polishbacked-Armenian-Genocide-film-competes-in-Venice
From: A. Papazian
Sept 2 2014
Polish-backed Armenian Genocide film competes in Venice
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge 02.09.2014 13:16
A international co-production on the Armenian genocide represents
Poland's greatest chance of success at the 71st Venice film Festival.
Hamburg-born director Fatih Akin worked on the film with a crew that
included Oscar-winning art director Allan Starski (Schindler's List),
and the movie was partly funded by the Polish Film Institute (PISF).
The Cut is competing against 19 other films in the festival's Main
Competition, with new works by Abel Ferrara and Joshua Oppenheimer in
the running for the coveted Golden Lion.
The Armenian Genocide has rarely been covered by film directors to
date. Over a million ethnic Armenians are believed to have been killed
as a result of extermination policies carried out by the Ottoman
Empire between 1915-1917.
The plot of Akin's film focuses on Nazareth Manoogian, an Armenian man
who has survived the genocide and hears that his twin daughters may
still be alive. He sets off on a quest to find them.
The 71st Venice International Film Festival ends on 6 September. (nh)
Source: PISF
http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/180487,Polishbacked-Armenian-Genocide-film-competes-in-Venice
From: A. Papazian