Projects Archive - AVA Films Production https://avafilms.am/projects/ AVA Films Production Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:54:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://avafilms.am/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Projects Archive - AVA Films Production https://avafilms.am/projects/ 32 32 Yana https://avafilms.am/projects/yana/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 06:32:30 +0000 https://avafilms.am/?post_type=ht-project&p=7153 Short YANA Story Yana visits her son Hakob who is at jail. Yana holds a math class at University. From a conversation of two other professors, it comes that Maya’s son in drunk condition has killed a woman in a car accident. In the morning Yana has a conversation with her daughter-in-law Anna, and she...

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YANA

Yana

Story

Yana visits her son Hakob who is at jail. Yana holds a math class at University. From a conversation of two other professors, it comes that Maya’s son in drunk condition has killed a woman in a car accident. In the morning Yana has a conversation with her daughter-in-law Anna, and she announces that she’s going to have new job and leave home. Yana goes out of town with her colleagues and after a private talk with her student Jeanne she realizes that she is not guilty for what Hakob has done. During Yana’s next visit, Hakob blames everyone for his condition. Yana bursts and makes Hakob understand he does not have the right to blame anyone, especially Yana.

Cast/Crew

Director
  • Martin Matevosyan
Genre
  • Drama
Category
  • Short
format
  • 4K
Length
  • 40 min
Country
  • Armenia
Filming Location
  • Armenia

Released

  • 16 November, 2024
Screenplay
  • Martin Matevosyan
  • Edgar Markosyan
DOP
  • Suren Tadevosyan
Language
  • Armenian (English subtitles)
Producer
  • Ani Vorskanyan
  • Martin Matevosyan
Production Company
  • Look Films
  • with the support of AVA Films

With the support of

  • National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCCA)

Cast

  • Narine Grigoryan
  • Sisian Sepanian
  • Mary Movsesyan
  • Ripsime Nahapetyan

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]]> BLACK SEAS https://avafilms.am/projects/black-seas/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 06:00:53 +0000 https://avafilms.am/?post_type=ht-project&p=7129 Feature BLACK SEAS Story Black Seas, inspired by a true story is a stylized espionage thriller set in the late 80’s at a time of war and at the cusp of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Our story follows a Vietnam vet, Jack, who has been struggling to cope with the traumas and pains...

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BLACK SEAS

Black Seas

Story

Black Seas, inspired by a true story is a stylized espionage thriller set in the late 80’s at a time of war and at the cusp of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Our story follows a Vietnam vet, Jack, who has been struggling to cope with the traumas and pains that the atrocities of war have left him with. He is sent into the epicenter of the cold war on the last mission before the fall of the USSR to rid the world of the dangers of the Soviet Union.

Cast/Crew

Director
  • Arman Nshanian
Genre
  • Action drama
Category
  • Feature
format
  • HD
  • 2K
Length
  • 90 min
Country
  • Armenia
  • USA
Filming Location
  • Armenia
  • USA
Screenplay
  • Michael A. Goorjian
DOP
  • A.J. Rickert-Epstein
Language
  • Armenian
  • English
  • Russian
Producer
  • Arman Nshanian
  • Ani Vorskanyan
  • Asko Akopyan
  • Nick Vallelonga
Production Company
  • People of Ar Productions

With the support of

  • National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCCA)

In coproduction with

  • AVA Films
  • OSCAR GOLD Productions
  • VALLELONGA Productions

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]]> “I Will Revenge This World with Love – S. Paradjanov” https://avafilms.am/projects/paradjanov/ Sun, 17 Dec 2023 20:55:48 +0000 https://avafilms.am/?post_type=ht-project&p=7071 Docudrama “I Will Revenge This World with Love – S. Paradjanov” Story Unfolding global events prompt the author of the film to leave the country where she lives andworks. Returning home to Armenia to search for a solution, she seeks out an example-settingicon who can show us the way forward. The museum dedicated to Sergei...

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“I Will Revenge This World with Love - S. Paradjanov”

Parajanov

Story

Unfolding global events prompt the author of the film to leave the country where she lives and
works. Returning home to Armenia to search for a solution, she seeks out an example-setting
icon who can show us the way forward. The museum dedicated to Sergei Paradjanov becomes a
place of inspiration, from which there can be no return to toxic reality.

Cast/Crew

Director
  • Zara Jian
Genre
  • Docudrama
Category
  • Full-length
format
  • 4K
Length
  • 110 min
Country
  • Armenia
  • France
Filming Location
  • Armenia
  • Serbia
  • Latvia
  • Germany

Released

  • 06 September, 2024 /Venice International Film Festival/
Screenplay
  • Zara Jian
DOP
  • Norayr Kasper
Language
  • Armenian
  • English
  • Russian
Producer
  • Zara Jian
  • Ani Vorskanyan

Co-Producer

  • Stephane Jourdain

Executive producer

  • David Kelly
Production Company
  • BOOMERANG MEDIA .AM
  • AVA Films

In co-production with

  • LA HUIT (France)

With the support of

  • Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of The Republic of Armenia
  • National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCCA)
  • Centre National Du Cinema Et De L’image Animee (CNC)
  • with the participation of Ciné +
Cast
  • Artavazd Peleshyan
  • Lora Guerra
  • Ali Khamrayev
  • Atom Egoyan
  • Emir Kusturica
  • Tarsem Singh
  • Levon Aprahamyan
  • Chulpan Khamatova
  • Joel Chapron
  • Sergei Paradjanov

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]]> The Driver https://avafilms.am/projects/the-driver/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 06:13:16 +0000 https://avafilms.am/?post_type=ht-project&p=7136 Feature THE DRIVER Story A young mother of two suddenly needs to provide for her family when her husband lands in the hospital. Her lack of work experience, as a result of her traditional husband’s confinement, makes it more challenging than anticipated. After unsuccessfully attempting several menial jobs, she finally decides to apply for her...

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THE DRIVER

The Driver

Story

A young mother of two suddenly needs to provide for her family when her husband lands in the hospital. Her lack of work experience, as a result of her traditional husband’s confinement, makes it more challenging than anticipated. After unsuccessfully attempting several menial jobs, she finally decides to apply for her husband’s job “a minibus driver” which, in Armenia, is commonly reserved for men. In the process, she rediscovers herself and her confidence, and knows, in the end, that there is no way back to the way things were before her husband’s accident.

Cast/Crew

Director
  • Lusine Sargsyan
Genre
  • Drama
Category
  • Feature
format
  • 4K
Length
  • 90 min
Country
  • Armenia
Filming Location
  • Armenia
Screenplay
  • Nairi Hakhverdi
Language
  • Armenian
Producer
  • Ani Vorskanyan
  • Nairi Hakhverdi
Production Company
  • AVA Films
  • Illusion Production

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]]> 20 Lives https://avafilms.am/projects/20-lives/ Sun, 15 Jan 2023 07:34:19 +0000 https://avafilms.am/?post_type=ht-project&p=7166 Feature 20 LIVES Story Shavo has no equal as a swimmer. Despite top results, he does not get selected for the World Championship Team. But he continues training and starts every morning with a long run around the lake.One day Shavo witnesses as a bus full of passengers loses control and drives full speed off a dam...

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20 Lives

Story

Shavo has no equal as a swimmer. Despite top results, he does not get selected for the World Championship Team. But he continues training and starts every morning with a long run around the lake.
One day Shavo witnesses as a bus full of passengers loses control and drives full speed off a dam into the lake. Without hesitating, Shavo dives into the water and for twenty minutes he is saving lives, not knowing that deep underwater is his fiancée Alisa.
A blood sepsis and a double pneumonia leave Shavo fighting for his life and puts an end to his career. No one believes that Shavo can ever be a competing athlete again, not even Shavo himself. In saving others, he lost his love, Alisa, and his faith in his future.
But Shavo eventually finds a way to challenge himself, and returns to his training and ultimately stands once again at the starting line to break his 11th world record.

Cast/Crew

Director
  • Peter Winther
Genre
  • Survival drama
Category
  • Feature
format
  • 4K
Length
  • 100 min
Country
  • Armenia
  • UK
  • Belgium
Filming Location
  • Armenia
  • Belgium
Screenplay
  • Peter Winther
  • Svetlana Migunova-Dali
Language
  • English
Producer
  • Svetlana Migunova-Dali
  • Olga Sinelshchikova
  • Natasha Rogal

Co-Producer

  • Ani Vorskanyan
  • Arman Nshanian
  • Robert MacLean
  • David P. Kelly
  • Jean-Luc Van Damme
  • Konstantin Elkin
Production Company
  • 20 LIVES LLC

With the support of

  • National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCCA)

In coproduction with

  • AVA Films
  • People of AR Productions
  • TRIBUNE PICTURES
  • DAVID. P. KELLY FILMS LIMITED
  • HAPPY MOON PRODUCTIONS

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]]> AMERIKATSI https://avafilms.am/projects/amerikatsi/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 06:50:19 +0000 https://avafilms.am/?post_type=ht-project&p=6679 Feature AMERIKATSI Story As a young boy, Charlie escaped the Armenian Genocide. His family was not so lucky. 30 years later, in 1947, Charlie decides to leave the United States, and repatriates back to Armenia only to be greeted by the harsh reality of Soviet Communism. Almost immediately he is arrested and sentenced to prison....

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AMERIKATSI

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As a young boy, Charlie escaped the Armenian Genocide. His family was not so lucky. 30 years later, in 1947, Charlie decides to leave the United States, and repatriates back to Armenia only to be greeted by the harsh reality of Soviet Communism. Almost immediately he is arrested and sentenced to prison.

Just as he appears to be succumbing to the terror of his situation, he discovers that the prison wall outside his cell window had been damaged during a recent earthquake. And through a hole he can see into a nearby apartment building…

The Armenian couple who lives in the apartment, Tigran and Ruzan, become Charlie’s only connection to the outside world, living vicariously through their private life, sharing meals with them, laughing, crying, singing, and dancing with them, all the while discovering the Armenian culture he never knew.

Cast/Crew

Director
  • Michael A. Goorjian
Genre
  • Dramatic Comedy
Category
  • Feature
format
  • HD
  • 2K
Length
  • 120 min
Country
  • Armenia
Filming Location
  • Armenia
Released
  • July 2022
Screenplay
  • Michael A. Goorjian
DOP
  • Ghasem Ebrahimian
Language
  • Armenian
  • English
  • Russian
Producer
  • Arman Nshanian
  • Patrick R. Malkassian
  • Sol Tryon
Co-producer
  • Ani Vorskanyan
Production Company
  • People of Ar Productions

With the support of

  • National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCCA)

In association with

  • Palodeon Pictures
  • H&H films
  • anEva production
Cast
  • Michael A. Goorjian
  • Hovik Keuchkerian
  • Nelli Uvarova
  • Jean Pierre Nshanian
  • Mikhail Trukhin
  • Narine Grigoryan
  • Aram Kharakhanyan

Behind the scene

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]]> EMMA https://avafilms.am/projects/emma/ Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:38:38 +0000 https://avafilms.am/?post_type=ht-project&p=6800 Short EMMA Story Emma has difficulties with her family concerning her lifestyle. As a result, her mother makes her son, Emma’s brother, restrain Emma which leads to a tragic outcome. Cast/Crew Director Martin Matevosyan Genre Drama Category Short format 4K Length 25 min Country Armenia Filming Location Armenia Released July 2022 Screenplay Martin Matevosyan Edgar...

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EMMA

Story

Emma has difficulties with her family concerning her lifestyle. As a result, her mother makes her son, Emma’s brother, restrain Emma which leads to a tragic outcome.

Cast/Crew

Director
  • Martin Matevosyan
Genre
  • Drama
Category
  • Short
format
  • 4K
Length
  • 25 min
Country
  • Armenia
Filming Location
  • Armenia
Released
  • July 2022
Screenplay
  • Martin Matevosyan
  • Edgar Markosyan
DOP
  • Suren Tadevosyan
Language
  • Armenian (English subtitles)
Producer
  • Ani Vorskanyan
  • Martin Matevosyan
Production Company
  • AVA Films
Cast
  • Ermina Zakharova
  • Armen Mikayelyan
  • Robert Hakobyan
  • Mary Movsesyan
  • Christine Danielyan
  • Liza Yengibaryan
  • Daniel Sirekanyan

Behind the scene

festivals and awards

WreathGolden Apricot International Film Festival
Armenia

WreathCuckoo International Film Awards
India

WreathTokyo Film Awards
Japan

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]]> Should The Wind Drop https://avafilms.am/projects/should-the-wind-drop/ Sun, 28 Feb 2021 18:45:44 +0000 http://gator3079.temp.domains/~aneva031/?post_type=ht-project&p=5233 Feature Should The Wind Drop Si le vent tombe Story Alain, a French airport auditor, arrives at the brand-new airport of Artsakh Republic. This tiny self-proclaimed Republic with uncertain borders, surrounded by the territory of its hostile neighbour, is now getting back on its feet after a war of independence. Alain is assigned to study...

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Should The Wind Drop

Si le vent tombe

Should the wind drop

Story

Alain, a French airport auditor, arrives at the brand-new airport of Artsakh Republic. This tiny self-proclaimed Republic with uncertain borders, surrounded by the territory of its hostile neighbour, is now getting back on its feet after a war of independence. Alain is assigned to study if the new installations of the airport conforms the international standards from the perspective of its imminent reopening. Through interviews with the airport’s employees and other encounters, Alain begins to discover a country that exists only on certain maps but that is well and truly there in reality, with its population, its government, its institutions and its crops. He starts to care for the people he has become attached to: Korune, the director of the airport, who left behind his life in France when the war broke out, and who is leading his mission with a determination that verges on folly; Seirane, his young and clear-sighted driver; Karinée, a war widow and journalist convinced of the necessity of reopening the airport, and especially, Edgar, a boy of about ten years that he frequently sees in the airport carrying two large bottles of water…

Cast/Crew

Director
  • Nora Martirosyan
Genre
  • Drama
Category
  • Feature
format
  • HD
  • 2K
Length
  • 100 min
Country
  • France
  • Armenia
  • Belgium
Filming Location
  • Armenia
  • Artsakh
Released
  • March 2021
Screenplay
  • Nora Martirosyan in contribution with Emmanuelle Pagano
DOP
  • Simon Roca
Language
  • Armenian
  • French
  • English
Producer
  • Julie Paratian
Co-producer
  • Ani Vorskanyan
  • Annabella Nezri
Production Company
  • Sister Productions
  • anEva production
  • Kwassa Films

With the support of

  • National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCCA)
  • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
  • European Cinema Support Fund (EURIMAGES)
DISTRIBUTION IN ARMENIA
  • anEva production
Cast
  • Gregoire Colin
  • Hayk Bakhryan
  • Arman Navasardyan
  • David Hakobyan
  • Vartan Petrosyan
  • Narine Grigoryan

Behind the scene

festivals and awards

WreathCannes 2020
France
WreathACID 2020
France
WreathAFI FEST 2020
USA
WreathFIFF Namur 2020
Belgium
WreathUlaanbaatar IFF 2020
Mongolia
WreathTokyo Film Ex 2020
Japan
WreathThessaloniki IFF 2020
Greece
WreathLeiden IFF 2020
Netherlands
WreathTallin Black Nights FF 2020
Estonia
WreathYerevan 2020
Armenia
WreathCinemania 2020
Canada
WreathAuteur FF 2020
Serbia
WreathAFI European Union Film Showcase 2020
USA
WreathLondon Film Week 2020
UK
WreathHainan Island IFF 2020
China
WreathKragujevac 2020
Serbia
WreathYoung French Cinema – Unifrance 2021
USA
WreathKyoto Film Ex 2021
Japan
WreathPune IFF 2021
India
WreathFIFDH – Grand Genève 2021
Switzerland
WreathSocially Relevant Film festival 2021
USA
WreathNorth Park Theatre 2021
USA
WreathRendez vous with french Cinema 2021
USA
WreathA Taste of Rendez-Vous 2021
USA
WreathMaine Film Center | Railroad Square Cinema 2021
USA
WreathA Taste of Rendez-Vous 2021
USA
WreathBengaluru IFF 2021
India
WreathFinger Lakes Environmental Film Festival at Ithaca College 2021
USA
WreathZawya Cinema 2021
Egypt
WreathGoeast 2021
Germany
WreathSPYFLIX Festival 2021
USA
WreathMinneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival 2021
USA
WreathShanghai IFF 2021
China
WreathHawai IFF 2021
USA
WreathJerusalem FF 2021
Israel
WreathFebiofest – Prague IFF 2021
Czech Republic
WreathGangneung IFF 2021
South Korea

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]]> Songs of Solomon https://avafilms.am/projects/songs-of-solomon/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 10:28:28 +0000 http://gator3079.temp.domains/~aneva031/?post_type=ht-project&p=640 Feature Songs of Solomon Story Film is about a childhood friendship torn apart by a horrible empire set out to destroy everything in its path. A brave woman at a time of dire prejudice risks her life and the life of her family to save her best friend who is hunted down for her religious...

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Songs Of Solomon

Story

Film is about a childhood friendship torn apart by a horrible empire set out to destroy everything in its path. A brave woman at a time of dire prejudice risks her life and the life of her family to save her best friend who is hunted down for her religious beliefs. This epic portrayal takes place at the turn of the century in Constantinople, taking us on an emotional and musical journey. A film of love, hope, courage, deceit and pain. And music, a film just as much about music… Ancient pagan music. Music that would bind an entire people to the heavens and the earth, to the rivers and the stars. The music of Komitas, also known as Solomon.

Cast/Crew

Director
  • Arman Nshanian
Genre
  • Drama
Category
  • Feature
format
  • HD
Length
  • 103 min
Country
  • Armenia
Filming Location
  • Armenia
Released
  • November, 2020
Screenplay
  • Audrey Gevorkian
  • Story by Sylvia Kavoukjian
DOP
  • Anthony J. Rickert-Epstein
Language
  • Armenian
Producer
  • Nick Vallelonga
  • Asko Akopyan
  • Arman Nshanyan
Executive Producer
  • Karo Kavoukjian
Co-Producer
  • Ani Vorskanyan
  • Edgar Karapetyan
Production Company
  • PEOPLE OF AR Productions
  • OSCAR GOLD Productions
  • VALLELONGA Productions
In association with
  • anEva production
Cast
  • Samvel Tadevosyan
  • Tatev Hovakimyan
  • Sos Janibekyan
  • Arevik Gevorgyan
  • Jean-Pierre Nshanian
  • Arman Nshanian
  • Shake Tukhmanian
  • Narine Grigoryan
  • Artashes Aleksanyan
  • Slava Seyranyan
  • Iren Ayvazyan
  • Meri Hovsepyan

Behind the scene

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]]> Three Days https://avafilms.am/projects/three-days/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 10:18:48 +0000 https://aneva.am/?post_type=ht-project&p=5504 Short Three Days Story Sarah is a big fan of the great Russian poet Osip Mandelstam’s poetry. She has a goal to discovering Armenia, as Mandelstam did during his famous trip, so she arrives in Armenia for a three-day trip. The three days become fatal for Gor, who guide Sarah during her little trip. Three...

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Three Days

Story

Sarah is a big fan of the great Russian poet Osip Mandelstam’s poetry. She has a goal to discovering Armenia, as Mandelstam did during his famous trip, so she arrives in Armenia for a three-day trip. The three days become fatal for Gor, who guide Sarah during her little trip. Three wonderful days that may outweigh the whole life… and then an unexpected denouement.

Cast/Crew

Director
  • Davit Nerkararyan
Genre
  • Drama
Category
  • Short
format
  • 2K
Length
  • 35 min
Country
  • Armenia
Filming Location
  • Armenia

Released

  • 2021
Screenplay
  • Davit Nerkararyan
  • Gnel Hakobyan
DOP
  • Vahagn Ter-Hakobyan
Language
  • Armenian
  • Russian (English subtitles)
Producer
  • Ani Vorskanyan
  • Edgar Karapetyan
Production Company
  • anEva production
With support of
  • National Cinema Centre of Armenia (NCCA)
Cast
  • Svetlana Pervushina
  • Vache Yeritsyan

Behind the scene

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