“Aurora’s Sunrise” will screen at Amed International Film Festival
The 2025 Amed International Film Festival in Diyarbakir will feature the Turkish premiere of the award-winning Armenian documentary Aurora’s Sunrise (Barz Media, 2022). Based on the extraordinary life of Aurora Mardiganian, the film chronicles her journey from surviving the destruction of Armenians in Çemişgezek in 1915 to escaping to Hollywood and achieving stardom by 1919.
Founded in 2012, the Amed International Film Festival champions independent cinema, particularly Kurdish filmmakers resisting mainstream industry power dynamics in Turkey and abroad. With a focus on women’s liberation, social diversity, ecological awareness and creative defiance, the festival has become a landmark for Kurdish cinema, uniting dispersed initiatives and amplifying voices worldwide.
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