From Groong. Anyone in New York in April can check this out. I’ll be there.

NEW YORK - Following its sold-out run in San Francisco, the Armenian Film Festival is bringing a program of feature-length and short films by and about Armenians to New York City. Screenings will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 16, 17, and 18, 2004 at the intimate and historic 100-seat Millenium Film Workshop in the East Village. Each screening is designed as an approximately two-hour program.

PRESS RELEASE
March 18, 2004 through April 18, 2004
Media Contact
Hillary Knill
(917) 653-5931
noralik@aol.com

Armenian Film Festival
April 16, 17, and 18, 2004

Millenium Film Workshop
66 East 4th Street
New York, NY

www.armenianfilmfestival.org

NEW YORK - Following its sold-out run in San Francisco, the Armenian Film Festival is bringing a program of feature-length and short films by and about Armenians to New York City. Screenings will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 16, 17, and 18, 2004 at the intimate and historic 100-seat Millenium Film Workshop in the East Village. Each screening is designed as an approximately two-hour program.

The films range from documentary to fiction, features to shorts, and experimental to narrative works by filmmakers in Armenia, the Middle-East, Europe and the Americas. The program highlights contemporary pieces that reveal a surprising breadth of approaches and issues relevant to the current moment. Across formal and geographical differences, recognizable themes of displacement, loss, memory, trauma and recognition emerge. Many works will be shown for the first time in New York, among them `Garden Dwelling,’ a world premiere by award-winning filmmaker Tina Bastajian, and New York premieres of `Roads Full of Apricots’ by Lebanon’s Nigol Bezjian and `Music is the Air I Breathe,’ a beautiful documentary about the legendary `new music’ vocalist and New York native Cathy Berberian, directed by Carrie de Swaan of the Netherlands.

Fiscally sponsored by Golden Thread Productions, the Armenian Film Festival is co-presented in New York, by Nor Alik/New Wave, a local organization committed to supporting contemporary arts in Armenia and locally.

The Armenian Film Festival is indebted to United Artists for their generous support, which has made both the San Francisco and New York engagements possible. UA is the specialty film division of MGM, and it is committed to encouraging independent filmmaking and fresh new voices, which makes it a perfect match for this festival.

Curatorial Team
Anahid Kassabian, Film & media professor at Fordham
University, NY
Hrayr Eulmessekian, Filmmaker
Thea Farhadian, Interdisciplinary artist and composer

NY Armenian Film Festival Screening Schedule
(all screenings subject to change)

Friday 4/16

7 PM
*The Song of Stones (Nika Shek, Armenia, 2002, 13 m)
*Life Is Sweet (Diana Hakobyan, Armenia, 2003, 13 m)
*Our House (Sevan Matossian, USA, 2002, 84 m)

9:30 PM
*Oral Hysteria (David Kareyan, Armenia, 2002, 4 m)
Open House (Atom Egoyan, Canada, 1982, 26 m)
*The Pink Elephant (Ara Madzounian, USA, 1987, 30 m)
*Istanbul 1999 (Linda Ganjian, Turkey/USA, 2002, 2 m)
Yerevan Conversations (Andrew Demirjian, Armenia/USA,
2003, 4 m)
*The Naming (Eileen Claveloux, USA, 2000, 28 m)
Followed by Q&A

Saturday 4/17

12 PM
For You, My Beloved Grandparents (Christopher
Atamian, USA, 2001, 3 m)
*20 Ans Apres (in Armenian and French: Jacques
Kebadian, Armenia/USA/France, 2002, 71 m)
*Aram (in French: Robert Kechichian, France, 2002,
87 m)Followed by Q&A

3:30 PM
*Mark Set Burn (Christine Khalafian, USA, 2002, 8 m)
*Hamburger and Dolma (Caroline Babayan, USA/Norway,
1999, 49 m)
*Music is the Air I Breathe (Carrie de Swaan,
Netherlands, 1994, 70 m)
Followed by Q&A

6:30 PM
*The Song of Stones (Nika Shek, Armenia, 2002, 13 m)
*Life Is Sweet (Diana Hakobyan, Armenia, 2003, 13 m)
*Our House (Sevan Matossian, USA, 2002, 84 m)

9:00 PM
*Bleached Blood (Nishan Kazazian, USA, 2002, 3 m)
*Roads Full of Apricot (Nigol Bezjian, Lebanon,
2001, 32 m)
*(Translated) Tebi Gyank (in Armenian: Hrayr
Anmahouni, USA, 1995, 25 m)
**Garden Dwelling (Tina Bastajian, Turkey/USA,
2004, 25 m)
*The Duduk (Vardan Hakobian, Armenia/Russia,
2002, 50 m)

Sunday 4/18

12 PM
*Bleached Blood (Nishan Kazazian, USA, 2002, 3 m)
*Roads Full of Apricot (Nigol Bezjian, Lebanon,
2001, 32 m)
*(Translated) Tebi Gyank (in Armenian: Hrayr
Anmahouni, USA, 1995, 25 m)
**Garden Dwelling (Tina Bastajian, Turkey/USA,
2004, 25 m)
*The Duduk (Vardan Hakobian, Armenia/Russia,
2002, 50 m)

3 PM
*Oral Hysteria (David Kareyan, Armenia, 2002, 4 m)
Open House (Atom Egoyan, Canada, 1982, 26 m)
*The Pink Elephant (Ara Madzounian, USA, 1987, 30 m)
*Istanbul 1999 (Linda Ganjian, Turkey/USA, 2002, 2 m)
Yerevan Conversations (Andrew Demirjian, Armenia/USA,
2003, 4 m)
*The Naming (Eileen Claveloux, USA, 2000, 28 m)
Followed by Q&A

5:30 PM
**Sirvart (Kardash Onnig, USA, 1993, 24 m)
The Land of Holy Rites (Edgar Baghdasaryan, Armenia,
2002, 52 m)
Followed by Q&A

8:00 PM
*Mark Set Burn (Christine Khalafian, USA, 2002, 8 m)
*Hamburger and Dolma (Caroline Babayan, USA/Norway,
1999, 49 m)
*Music is the Air I Breathe (Carrie de Swaan,
Netherlands, 1994, 70 m)
Followed by Q&A
** denotes world premiere
* denotes New York premiere
All films have English subtitles unless otherwise noted.

Advanced tickets available through Ticketweb Call 866.468.3399 or visit www.ticketweb.com Limited number of tickets may be available at venue on day of screening.