Filmmaker Arman Nshanian has unlocked a critical and tragic period in Armenian history with his homage to musical pioneer Komitas in his directorial debut Songs of Solomon. “The two massacres leading to the genocide are […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Amidst a time of war, Armenia has proudly announced that Arman Nshanian’s visually arresting and emotionally stirring historical drama Songs of Solomon is its official submission to the 93rd Academy Awards […]
PHILADELPHIA, Penn./DETROIT, Mich.– Generations of Americans of Armenian descent have had to reckon with the aftermath of a genocide that nearly annihilated their people. Their stories have a new urgency in light of the recent […]
Cultural Impact Foundation (CIF) is thrilled to announce that its first project, Bloodless: The Path to Democracy, commissioned to multiple award-winning filmmaker Bared Maronian about the pivotal events that led to Armenia’s Velvet Revolution, is the […]
SANTA MONICA, Calif.—“The Attempt”—a short film written and directed by Santa Monica College (SMC) film student Daniel Despart—has been accepted into The 23rd American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase during the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. SMC is the only community college and one […]
In the documentary “100 Years from Home,” questions chart Lilit Pilikian and Jared White’s journey across the globe. “How do we get over these wounds?” Pilikian asks her mother over the phone, sitting in the […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Lilit Pilikian’s parents would’ve never met, and a new family and generation would’ve never formed, had her ancestors not been targeted and forced to flee their homeland during the Armenian Genocide […]
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.– “I See Wings”, the passionate symphonic ballad recorded by Detroit performing artist Kenny Watson and featured in the award-winning documentary “An Armenian Trilogy” has been released on iTunes, Apple Music and Spotify. The […]
COCONUT CREEK, Fla.– Armenoid Productions has announced that its 2013 award-winning Orphans of the Genocide documentary is now available for free on Amazon Prime Video. The visual journey of never-before-seen archival footage and discovered memoirs […]
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – An Armenian Trilogy, a new documentary about Dan Yessian’s journey from advertising music creator to writing his first classical composition in honor of the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, has […]
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