International Competition

Documentary Films

Story of People in War and Peace, A

Armenia
2007, 90min.

Prod./Script/Dir.: Vardan Hovhannisyan, Dir. of Phot.: Vahagn Ter-Hakopyan, Vardan Hovhannisyan, Edit.: Tigran Baghinyan.
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The film combines unique archival footage from the trenches of a 20 meter battlefield of the Karabagh war with the human and touching stories of the survivors who are now living on in peace time. Twelve years later the author had the opportunity to follow them over a year-long shooting period and to create a very close portrait of their lives and their universal stories.

Awards
Tribeca FF, 2007 (Best New Documentary Filmmaker Award).

Hovhannisyan, Vardan

Vardan Hovhannisyan (born )
He began his career as a freelance cameraman and covering the hot regions and ethnic conflicts related to the post-Soviet transition for international news agencies ( CBS News, WDR, Australian Broadcast Corporation and the World Monitor). In 1993 he founded Bars Media Documentary Film Studio and began working on documentaries about post-Soviet Armenia.

Filmography
Prison Art ( ), Non-Stop ( ), To Be and Never Forget ( ), Winter Melody ( ), A Story of People in War and Peace (2007).