Preceded by Lumen Naturae | Film & Talk
The family of Soghomon Vardanyan, a young soldier who perished in the 2020 war in Artsakh and identified by a statistical number as missing in action, is waiting for his return. Soghomon’s sister decides to document this emotionally- wrenching process on her phone.
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Lumen Naturae / 1489
The resulting video diary becomes a confrontationally explicit meditation on inconsolable grief. Screening with Lumen Naturae, the story of a couple who decide to sire a new child in honor of the son they lost in the 2020 war.
Lumen Naturae
- Directed by Arthur Sukiasyan
- Conversation with Arthur Sukiasyan
- 20 min, 2024, Armenia
- ARM OVS
- Fotos: Arthur Sukiasyan
1489
- Directed by Shoghakat Vardanyan
- Conversation with Shoghakat Vardanyan
- 76 min, 2023, Armenia/Netherlands
- ARM, RUS OVS
- Fotos: Shoghakat Vardanyan
As part of 100 + 10 – Armenian Allegories
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Participating artists
Arthur Sukiasyan
Shoghakat Vardanyan
