From Home to Home Armenia
2008, 28min.
Script: Seda Muradyan, Dir.: Arsen Gasparyan, Seda Muradyan, Dir. of Phot.: Samvel Babasyan, Edit.: Izabella Nersisyan
In 1989, the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh had been escalating for a year. The Soviet regime proved unable to curb the violence. Armenians living in Azerbaijan and Azerbaijanis living in Armenia were forced to leave. From Home to Home tells the story of Azerbaijanis and Armenians who swapped villages and countries, and made a unique deal. They decided to exchange their villages and countries promising each other to look after the village graves. Since then, they have been keeping their promise.
Production Company
Hayk Film Studio
| Gasparian, Arsen  Arsen Gasparian (born 1981, Yerevan)
He got his degree at the Department of the Documentary Film Directing of Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinema (Ruben Gevorgyants` master class).
Filmography
Fuck the Taker’s Mother… (2001), Bitter Wine (2002), The Last Tram (2003), Uninterrupted flight (2004), David and Lala (2005), To Ergir (2006), How Much is the Heart? (2008), From Home to Home (2008).
Muradyan, Seda  Seda Muradyan (born 1977, Yerevan)
She got her degree in TV reporting from the Department of Culture at the Yerevan State Pedagogical Institute. In 1997 she started working at A1+ TV Company as a reporter, presenter and editor. She is the author of numerous TV reports, TV films and articles published in local and foreign media. Since 2005, she has been the Armenia Country Director of the British Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Worked on From Home to Home in 2006-2008. Her first documentary project, it was awarded the annual prize of the Radio Netherlands Training Center (RNTC) in 2006. The production of the film was also supported by the Swiss Embassy to Armenia in 2007-2008. The production of film was finalized at Hayk Documentary Film Studio, in 2008 through the support of the Armenian Ministry of Culture.
Filmography
From Home to Home (2008).
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