| Unleash your inner Armenian this Fall by attending the 7th annual Pomegranate Film Festival and supporting Armenian film makers as well as Armenian causes. This year's program offers a series of films that examine issues of identity, restoration and the plight of minorities in Anatolia today. |
Turkey/Western Armenia - 108 min. - PG 13
Friday Oct. 19 @ 9:30pm - Regent Theatre |
Armenia/Artsakh/Azerbaijan/Turkey - 54 min. - F
Saturday Oct. 20 @ 1pm - AYC |
 Hamshen Director Ozcan Alper was the first film maker in Turkey to depict the Armenian language on film and was persecuted by the Turkish government as a result. His latest film premiered at TIFF and will be his 4th film to be presented @ POM. It is the compelling story of Turkey's unnamed war told through the eyes of a Hamshen Armenian and filmed in part at the St. Geragos Monastery in historic Dikranagert. | 
An edgy documentary spearheaded by Director Mehmet Binay, making his 4th contribution to POM. This remarkable film collaborated amongst four different cinematic crews divulges hidden Armenians in Turkey and depicts the long history of Armenians in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku whose remnants are now invisible. The film will be shown with ****GRANDFATHER MARKARand ***NEW JULFA as part of the ARMENIA'S BOUNDARIES series. |
Armenia - 41 min. - AA 14
Saturday Oct. 20 @ 3pm - AYC |
Western Armenia/Turkey - 89 min. - AA14Saturday Oct. 20 with cocktails @ 7pm and screening @ 8pm - AYC |
Veteran documentary film maker Robert Davidian delves deep into multiple layers of Armenia's current social structure to examine the reforms being sought by environmental, electoral and economic activists in Armenia today. This will be Davidian's 4th presentation at POM and will be presented with ***MY MOM PROJECT and***DISAPPEARING MEMORIES. Q&A to follow the screening with Robert Davidian. | 
The 2012 Festival's Gala film is a beautiful journey through Anatolia for a father & son team fulfilling a dying women's final wish while unearthing their own family history.TRACE has led to a phenomena throughout Turkey, a topic that was once spoken of in clandestine circles is now being acknowledged in the public sphere. Reception to follow screening. Special guests to include Roger Kupelian (WAR GODS), Angela Sarafyan (LOST & FOUND IN ARMENIA) and Armenia's Ambassador to Canada, Mr. Armen Yeganyan. |
Turkey - 99 min. - R
Sunday Oct. 21 @ 11am - AYC |
Armenia - 109 min. - PG 13
Sunday Oct. 21 @ 1:15pm - AYC |
In 2011, cinematographer Norayr Kaspar became the first Armenian film maker to win a major award in Turkey for his incredible work in this feature film about a gay university student in Istanbul. This film will be presented with ***MORNING, NOON, EVENING...AND MORNING a short film by Syrian-Armenian director Gayaneh Jiji. Q&A to follow the screening with Norayr Kaspar. | 
Most North American teenagers could not imagine serving two years of compulsory military service, yet that is a reality for Armenians in their homeland with ongoing tensions with Azerbaijan, Georgia & Turkey. This is a romantic comedy about one such youth who learns to appreciate the patriotism military service instills and the responsibility it brings to bear. It will be presented with a short film by Australian-Armenian Actor/Director Shant Sarkissian. |
|
Turkey/Western Armenia - 60 min. - PG 13Sunday Oct. 21 @ 3:15pm - AYC |
Armenia/France - 69 min. - AA 14
Sunday Oct. 21 @ 7pm - AYC |
Prominent author & Hrant Dink's attorney Fethiye Cetin did not discover that her grandmother was Armenian until she passed away. With the assistance of the Hrant Dink Foundation, Cetin ventures to her grandmother's birthplace to restore the ancient fountains that the aboriginal Armenian population had enjoyed for hundreds of years prior to 1915. An astonishing achievement in Turkey today. To be presented with two excellent short films;****MY MOTHER'S VOICE and ****AFTER WATER THERE IS SAND. Q&A to follow with Directors Saro Varjabedian & Dr. Kay Mouradian. | 
Anticipated to be one of the most popular films at this year's Festival, the word AZADhas the same meaning in Armenian as it does in Kurdish. The film depicts the efforts of a third generation Genocide survivor attempting to tell his grandfather's story while coping with a Kurdish roommate in contemporary society. This is a film that all generations of Genocide survivors will appreciate. It will be presented with BAD FATHER, a short film starring Serge Avedikian (ARAM). Q&A to follow the screening with Director Nicolas Tackian and Actress Alexandra Bienvenu. |
* - Toronto Premiere
** - Canadian Premiere
*** - North American Premiere
**** - World Premiere | Ratings:
F - Family
PG 13 - parental guidance recommended under 13 years of age
AA 14 - adult accompaniment required under 14 years of age
R - restricted to those 18 years of age or older |
Full Festival schedule
To order tickets please call;
Mihran (647-868-9442) | Hrant (416-560-6226) | Hovsep (416-838-4135)
or buy your tickets online by visiting our website
Ticket prices:
|
If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from us or would like to update your profile, please click here.
No comments:
Post a Comment