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Armenian Center for National and International Studies
75 Yerznkian Street
Yerevan 0033, Armenia
Tel: (+374 - 10) 52.87.80 or 27.48.18
Fax: (+374 - 10) 52.48.46
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: www.acnis.am
January 30, 2015
Armenian Genocide thriller `1915' to be released in 2015
Yerevan--Production companies Bloodvine Media and Strongman announced
on January 28 their co-production of 1915, a psychological thriller
set against one of the most terrifying events of modern history.
1915 is the feature film debut of writer-directors Garin Hovannisian
and Alec Mouhibian. Together with producer Terry Leonard (Before I
Disappear, Cold Comes the Night, Amira & Sam, Hounddog) and an
international cast including Simon Abkarian (Casino Royale, The Cut,
Gett), Angela Sarafyan (The Immigrant, Twilight), Sam Page (Mad Men,
House of Cards), Nikolai Kinski (Aeon Flux), and Jim Piddock (HBO's
Family Tree, The Prestige), 1915 was filmed on location in Los
Angeles.
Set on the single day of April 24, 2015--the 100th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide--the film follows one man's controversial and
dangerous mission to bring the ghosts of a forgotten tragedy back to
life. The movie will play a leading role in the global movement this
spring to shed light on all genocides of the past century. "1915" was
produced in partnership with the Armenian Center for National and
International Studies (ACNIS).
Grammy Award winning musician and human rights activist Serj Tankian
(System of a Down) has composed the cutting-edge original score for
1915. For more information, visit www.1915themovie.com and our social
media pages.
`We expect 1915 to be more than a movie,' said co-director
Garin
Hovannisian. `We have made this movie to serve not only as art or
entertainment, but also as an act of defiance against the continuing
silence, indifference, and denial that have fueled an entire century
of genocide.'
[email protected]
Website - http://www.1915themovie.com/
PHOTOS
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bzjhtvczclu9put/AABf0ydH46j4QyZR1zdNU12la/1915%20PHOTOS?lst
PRESS KIT
Directors' Statement
In 1915, under the cover of a world war, millions of Armenians were quietly
taken out of their homes and marched to their deaths in the deserts of
Ottoman Turkey. Their towns and villages were burned to the ground. Their
churches were dismantled, too; the crime was to be denied forever.
It was a crime so new, it did not even have a name.
Those who escaped 1915 tried to find new lives across the world. Many
survivors, like our great-grandparents, never spoke of what they had seen.
But some nights, we would hear them crying and screaming in their sleep.
In April 2015, millions of Armenians across the world will commemorate the
100th anniversary of those nightmares--what historians now call the
Armenian Genocide--the first genocide of modern history and the blueprint
of the genocides that followed: the Holocaust, Rwanda, Cambodia, the Sudan.
They will march in commemoration but also in protest against the silence,
indifference, and ongoing denial that have fueled an entire century of
genocide.
Our movie takes place one hundred years after 1915, on the other side of
the world. It is about denial: what happens when the past is ignored; what
happens when it is confronted. It tells the story of a man who is on a
mission to bring the unrecognized ghosts of 1915 back to life.
How can something that happened 100 years ago possibly matter today? How
does any past tragedy, individual or historic, continue to affect our
lives? What does it mean to `move on'? These are some of the questions we
pursue in 1915.
As we face the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, we are grateful for
your support and friendship.
Warmly,
Garin K. Hovannisian, co-writer/director
Alec Mouhibian, co-writer/director
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bzjhtvczclu9put/AACXPJD3OJE4-jlIIztfN4Uea/1915%20PRESS%20KIT/1915%20The%20Movie%20-%20Press%20Kit%20-%20Jan%202015.pdf?dl=0
Armenian Center for National and International Studies
75 Yerznkian Street
Yerevan 0033, Armenia
Tel: (+374 - 10) 52.87.80 or 27.48.18
Fax: (+374 - 10) 52.48.46
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: www.acnis.am
January 30, 2015
Armenian Genocide thriller `1915' to be released in 2015
Yerevan--Production companies Bloodvine Media and Strongman announced
on January 28 their co-production of 1915, a psychological thriller
set against one of the most terrifying events of modern history.
1915 is the feature film debut of writer-directors Garin Hovannisian
and Alec Mouhibian. Together with producer Terry Leonard (Before I
Disappear, Cold Comes the Night, Amira & Sam, Hounddog) and an
international cast including Simon Abkarian (Casino Royale, The Cut,
Gett), Angela Sarafyan (The Immigrant, Twilight), Sam Page (Mad Men,
House of Cards), Nikolai Kinski (Aeon Flux), and Jim Piddock (HBO's
Family Tree, The Prestige), 1915 was filmed on location in Los
Angeles.
Set on the single day of April 24, 2015--the 100th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide--the film follows one man's controversial and
dangerous mission to bring the ghosts of a forgotten tragedy back to
life. The movie will play a leading role in the global movement this
spring to shed light on all genocides of the past century. "1915" was
produced in partnership with the Armenian Center for National and
International Studies (ACNIS).
Grammy Award winning musician and human rights activist Serj Tankian
(System of a Down) has composed the cutting-edge original score for
1915. For more information, visit www.1915themovie.com and our social
media pages.
`We expect 1915 to be more than a movie,' said co-director
Garin
Hovannisian. `We have made this movie to serve not only as art or
entertainment, but also as an act of defiance against the continuing
silence, indifference, and denial that have fueled an entire century
of genocide.'
[email protected]
Website - http://www.1915themovie.com/
PHOTOS
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bzjhtvczclu9put/AABf0ydH46j4QyZR1zdNU12la/1915%20PHOTOS?lst
PRESS KIT
Directors' Statement
In 1915, under the cover of a world war, millions of Armenians were quietly
taken out of their homes and marched to their deaths in the deserts of
Ottoman Turkey. Their towns and villages were burned to the ground. Their
churches were dismantled, too; the crime was to be denied forever.
It was a crime so new, it did not even have a name.
Those who escaped 1915 tried to find new lives across the world. Many
survivors, like our great-grandparents, never spoke of what they had seen.
But some nights, we would hear them crying and screaming in their sleep.
In April 2015, millions of Armenians across the world will commemorate the
100th anniversary of those nightmares--what historians now call the
Armenian Genocide--the first genocide of modern history and the blueprint
of the genocides that followed: the Holocaust, Rwanda, Cambodia, the Sudan.
They will march in commemoration but also in protest against the silence,
indifference, and ongoing denial that have fueled an entire century of
genocide.
Our movie takes place one hundred years after 1915, on the other side of
the world. It is about denial: what happens when the past is ignored; what
happens when it is confronted. It tells the story of a man who is on a
mission to bring the unrecognized ghosts of 1915 back to life.
How can something that happened 100 years ago possibly matter today? How
does any past tragedy, individual or historic, continue to affect our
lives? What does it mean to `move on'? These are some of the questions we
pursue in 1915.
As we face the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, we are grateful for
your support and friendship.
Warmly,
Garin K. Hovannisian, co-writer/director
Alec Mouhibian, co-writer/director
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bzjhtvczclu9put/AACXPJD3OJE4-jlIIztfN4Uea/1915%20PRESS%20KIT/1915%20The%20Movie%20-%20Press%20Kit%20-%20Jan%202015.pdf?dl=0