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Volume 6, No. 1 (60), OCTOBER 2010 Toronto Armenian Community Newspaper
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Pomegranate ripens with best Film Festival yet Army of Crime exemplifies the qualities of the Armenian Spirit by Roubina Shnorhokian Organized by Hamazkayin Toronto, the Pomegranate Film Festival (October 22-23-24, 2010), which is celebrating its fifth year, will showcase over thirty feature films, shorts, documentaries, animated and music videos from 11 countries around the world including Brazil, Lebanon, South Africa and Venezuela. The festival's opening night Friday October 22nd will take place at Toronto's historic Regent Theatre located at 551 Mount Pleasant Rd. The Festival will be launched by Academy Award nominated director Atom Egoyan who will be presenting his mesmerizing 2010 thriller Chloe and conducting an interactive Q & A with audience members following the screening. Chloe will be preceded by Serge Avedikian's short film Chienne d'Histoire, the 2010 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner, accompanied with a personal introduction from Egoyan, who served as President of the prestigious Cannes Jury. Friday night will also feature the actionromance blockbuster, Venezzia, directed by Venezuelan-Armenian director Haik Gazarian. A love story set in WWII, the film is considered one of the best films ever released from South America and stars Latin American sensations Ruddy Rodriguez and Alfonso Herrera. The film will be preceded by Toronto native Arev Manoukian's short film Nuit Blanche which recently captured the Best Short Film Award at the AFFMA Film Festival in Los Angeles. Gazarian will be in attendance to discuss his picturesque film shot in breathtaking Venezuela following the screening. The Festival will continue at the Armenian Youth Centre on Saturday October 23rd and Sunday October 24th with a number of noteworthy films being presented on Saturday afternoon, including a host of films by local Torontonians, including Serge Keshishian, Jennifer Kassabian and Sarmen Sarmazian. Saturday will also consist of a couple of written works by literary giants transformed into captivating short films such as A Nice Old Fashioned Romance (William Saroyan) and Pictures of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde). Sara Anjargolian, a talented photogropher, attorney and activist for the plight of those residing in rural Armenia, will be making the inaugural Canadian presentation of How We Live following an ecclectic series of short films. Anjargolian will be present to discuss her work as well as sign copies of her fascinating book that she has compiled about the topic. The film is part of her multimedia exhibition on the impact of poverty in Armenia Saturday's lineup also includes Arshak Amirbekyan's feature film, Three Evenings (Yerek Yereko). This unconventional love story
Actor Simon Apkarian as Missak Manouchian in Army of Crime directed by Robert Guediguian has been making the rounds throughout the film festival circuit in the United States, becoming one of very few films in recent decades that was produced in Armenia to garner international acclaim. Nora Martirosyan follows up on her film 1937 which was presented at the 2008 Pomegranate Film Festival with her latest release Les Complices which will be screened alongside Yerek Yereko. For adrenaline junkies, Saturday's program also provides its fair share of action flicks including Vahram Hakobyan's Power Poison and Kris Kertenian's Last Stop, both making their Canadian debuts. Kertenian, originally from Lebanon and now plying his trade for the big TV networks in Los Angeles, has directed a daring masterpiece based on real life events surrounding the Armenian community in Los Angeles. While a ticket for his film will buy
you a seat, you will only need the edge for this thrill-ride with heart pounding end to end action. Kertenian will be addressing the audience following the presentation of his film. The Festival will conclude on Sunday October 24 with a variety of films, touching on issues of Armenian identity, culture, and the Diaspora, starting off with Dr. Lorne Shirinian's So Far From Home, which explores his family's survival through the Armenian Genocide and eventual identity as part of the Georgetown Boys. Shareen Anderson's feature length film Charents: In Search of My Armenian Poet will journey into the life of one of Armenia's most beloved poets, just as Bared Maronian's Komitas Hayrig, will celebrate the life of the composer Komitas, the father of modern Armenian music. While the Shammasian brothers Akhtamar, whose previous Pomegranate Film Festival
entries included Romans 12:20 and The Carriage Way, retells the Armenian legend with a contemporary twist. Afternoon highlights on Sunday include three thought provoking films by AmericanArmenian director Robert Davidian. Smyrna 1922 is actual raw archival never seen before footage of the burning of the city of Smyrna by the Turks in 1922, filmed by the director's own grandfather who was born in Konya in 1895. This piece of film remained hidden for over 60 years in Davidian's grandmother's New York City apartment before it was discovered & digitally remastered. Davidian's other short film, Vakifli: Musa Dagh 95 Years Later, chronicles the only Christian all-Armenian village whose residents defended themselves and have withstood 95 years of Genocide denial in modern day Turkey. Both a riveting and refreshing See page 3 ... pomegranate
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