A Story of People in War and Peace 52', 70' & 90' HD
A Story of People in War and Peace
Synopsis
From 1989–1994, Vardan Hovhannisyan filmed the Karabakh war on the frontlines as a war correspondent. He lived alongside the soldiers, doctors, and villagers caught in the conflict and captured their immediate thoughts and last words to their families. A few years later, Vardan returns to Karabagh and reunites with some of the survivors to try and find answers to the war and lessons for peace.
Through chaotic and terse frontline images juxtaposed with intimate conversations with the veterans today, the documentary emphasizes the psychological effects the war had on the young Armenian soldiers. The filmmaker wants to show how they are surviving in peace and raises ultimate questions about the costs of war and how it changes life forever.
Awards
- DocPoint Documentary Film Festival of Helsinki (Finland)
- Official Selection
- Golden Apricot Film Festival (Armenia)
- Best International Documentary / Silver Prize Armenian Panorama
- Film Festival of Tribeca (United States)
- Best New Documentary Filmmaker
- One World Film Festival (Czech Republic)
- Official Selection
- Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra
- Official Selection
- International Film Festival of Aljazeera (Quatar)
- Official Selection
- International Film Festival of Moscow (Russia)
- Official Selection
- Docs Barcelona (Spain)
- Official Selection
- Film Festival of Belfast (Ireland)
- Official Selection
- International Film Festival of Warsaw (Poland)
- Official Selection
- International Documentary Film Festival of ZagrebDox
- Official Selection
- Film Festival of Limassol (Greece)
- Official Selection
- Kinoshok Film Festival (Russie)
- Official Selection
- Ukrainian International Documentary Film Festival
- Official Selection
- Amnesty International Film Festival
- Nomination for Movies that Matter Foundation
- Asia Pacific Screen Awards
- Nomination for Best Documentary Feature Film
- Film Festival of Saratov (Russie)
- Jury Special Mention
- Film Festival of Trieste (Italy)
- Audience Award
- The International Federation of Film Critics
- FIPRESCI Prize
- War Film Festival
- Best Documentary
- International Film Festival of Cancun Riviera Maya
- Best documentary
- International Documentary Film Festival of ZagrebDox
- Special Mention in the International Competition
- Docaviv Film Festival
- Special Mention
- DOCSDF Mexico City Int. Doc. Film Festival
- Jury Special Mention
- IDFA (The Nederlands)
- Nomination for the Joris Ivens Award
- International Documentary Film Festival of Chicago (United States)
- Official Selection
- Hotdocs Film Festival (Canada)
- Official Selection
- Mexico Festival (Mexico)
- Special Jury Prize
Videos
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PRODUCTION: Bars Media in co-production with BBC World News / BBC UK - Storyville / ITVS / PBS / WDR / ARTE / YLE / TV Polska / TV de Catalunya / DR2 / History Channel Iberia and co-sponsored by Discovery Campus Masterschool / UNESCO and British Counsil
Director: Vardan Hovhannisyan
Available versions
- English
- French