Tumo Workshop Winner at International Film Festival
2015-03-20
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A Tumo workshop participants' film is part of this year's lineup at Hot Docs, one of the world's leading documentary film festivals. Sona and Marine Kocharyan's short film, "How to Cross (from Jiliz to Jiliz)" was developed last summer in Tumo's Young Documentarians workshop-competition, implemented with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia, and won the Best Film award there. With the support of Tumo and the Embassy, the young directors attended the New York Film Festival and presented their film to a number of other international festivals.
Sona and Marine Kocharyan at the 52nd New York Film Festival
The short documentary is a humorous take on a serious issue: a village split in two by the Armenia-Georgia border. Sona and Marine Kocharyan filmed and produced the documentary about young Lusine who lives in Jiliz, Armenia. She had not seen her relatives in six years because of the invisible border which prevented her from travelling the short distance to her relatives' home. Sona and Marine documented Lusine's 100km journey to get from Jiliz, Armenia to Jiliz, Georgia.
"How to Cross (from Jiliz to Jiliz)" will premiere at Hot Docs on April 24, alongside a lineup of outstanding documentaries from around the world.