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The incredible true story of Aurora Mardiganian comes vividly alive in Inna Sahakyan’s poignant retelling of a teenage genocide survivor who briefly rose to fame as the star of Auction of Souls – a silent Hollywood dramatization of her own life.



Masterfully combining archival footage and animation, this harrowing but also stirring docudrama is a revelatory testimony of the unimaginable human toll of the 1915 genocide and its pernicious role in the formation of the Armenian diaspora.


  • 96 min, 2022, Armenia/Germany/Lithuania
  • ARM, ENG OVS

As part of 100 + 10 – Armenian Allegories

Additional information
Participating artists
Inna Sahakyan
Dates
April 2025
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