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Lena Kalyan. React to the film, The Ottoman Lieutenant ‘Trailer’

February 22, 2017 by administrator

By Lena Kalyan

I have recently watched the ‘Trailer, film, where is an intension to introduce the small part of the huge tragical historical event: the ethnic cleansing of Armenian nation in 1915 and after.

The Turkish political representatives and the fake historians avoiding to name Genocide this historical event, even they brought up the new generations who trying to creat artificial reasons to reject criminal and guilty past of Ottoman murderer dynasty.

The positive side of the film is that author trying remind the horrific events against Christianity when Armenian people has been the biggest losers: not just they lost the motherland and the rich culture also physically wiped away, more than the half of nation most brutally murdered.

In the film there is a visible intention: the fine way the film makers introducing the Turkish soldier’s humanitarian character that he was trying to be helpful to the victims in horrific situation.

This is a real myth.

We should understand very important fact, the real mentality of the Turkish militants.

In this civilised world the Turkish soldiers don’t show any humanity and sorrow to the Kurds and without conches they kill fighting Kurdish woman and civilians. How it happened the Turkish soldier in his uniform revealed extraordinary humanity during the First World War when bloodthirsty ottomans had the ‘holy plans’ in their murderer heads to kill the Armenian nation and obtain their wealth and the land.

This film may be has some good intentions but doesn’t look realistic.
I can see more political intension that intention to introduce the real historical fact.
I believe they want confirm that it was just a unfortunate historical event between two nations and avoid to confirm that historical event was a carefully designed GENOCIDE.

Armenian Genocide it’s not a source for romantic creations.
It is a brutal fact, it needs to introduce the realistic way and put pressure on Turkish politicians and the historians to face to their GUILTY past.

This will be the start of the real HUMANITY.

Trailer for first Turkish film on Armenian Genocide released

July 6, 2015 by administrator

LOST BIRDS TRAILER (English Subtitled) from Kara Kedi Film on Vimeo.

The trailer for “Lost Birds,” the first film made in Turkey about the Armenian Genocide, was released on June 30.

“Lost Birds” tells the story of a brother and a sister who are left behind during the ‘1915 Armenian exile,’ Today’s Zaman reports.

Written and directed by Armenian director Aren Perdeci and Turkish director Ela Alyamac, “Lost Birds” is a turning point for cinema in Turkey.
LOST BIRDS TRAILER (English Subtitled) from Kara Kedi Film on Vimeo.

The trailer for “Lost Birds,” the first film made in Turkey about the Armenian Genocide, was released on June 30.

“Lost Birds” tells the story of a brother and a sister who are left behind during the ‘1915 Armenian exile,’ Today’s Zaman reports.

Written and directed by Armenian director Aren Perdeci and Turkish director Ela Alyamac, “Lost Birds” is a turning point for cinema in Turkey.

“Lost Birds,” a heartfelt film with themes of love and family directed by Armenian director Aren Perdeci and Turkish director Ela Alyamac is the first movie to depict the tragedy in a film shot in Turkey on its 100th anniversary.

The film is led by young actors Dila Uluca and Heros Agopyan, as well as an ensemble cast of Armenian actors living in Turkey.
“Lost Birds,” a heartfelt film with themes of love and family directed by Armenian director Aren Perdeci and Turkish director Ela Alyamac is the first movie to depict the tragedy in a film shot in Turkey on its 100th anniversary.

The film is led by young actors Dila Uluca and Heros Agopyan, as well as an ensemble cast of Armenian actors living in Turkey.

‘1915′ Movie Trailer, Poster Released #ArmenianGenocide

March 19, 2015 by administrator

‘1915’ movie poster

LOS ANGELES–In honor of the 100th anniversary of the forgotten genocide that ravaged the Armenian population of Ottoman Turkey, Bloodvine Media, in conjunction with Strongman and mTuckman Media, plans to release “1915” in theaters on April 17 and on demand April 22, 2015.

The psychological thriller is directed by Armenians Garin Hovannisian (author of Family of Shadows) and Alec Mouhibian, and features a who’s who of Armenian cast and crew, including executive producer Raffi K. Hovannisian (Armenia’s first foreign minister), Grammy Award winning composer Serj Tankian (from the band System of a Down, soon to go on a tour dedicated to the Genocide), and actors Simon Abkarian (Casino Royale) and Angela Sarafyan (Twilight). The filmmakers will also join tens of thousands of Armenians on a march for justice on April 24 in Los Angeles to bring attention to the first genocide of modern history – which has been denied by the government of Turkey for an entire century. In Yerevan, a historic premiere is being planned at the Moscow Theatre for April 25.

“2015 marks not only the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, but also the close of an entire century of forgotten genocides,” said Garin Hovannisian. “‘1915’ is about denial – how we try to escape history, how history continues to haunt us. It is also about the need to face the ghosts of our own pasts.”

Exactly 100 years after the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey, a mysterious director (Simon Abkarian) is staging a play at the Los Angeles Theatre to honor the victims of that tragedy – a horrifying crime forgotten and denied for an entire century. But as protesters surround his theatre, and a series of strange accidents spread panic among his producer (Jim Piddock) and actors (Angela Sarafyan, Sam Page, Nikolai Kinski), it appears that the director’s mission is profoundly dangerous, and the ghosts of the past are everywhere.

“1915” is directed and written by Garin Hovannisian and Alec Mouhibian, produced by Terry Leonard, Garin Hovannisian, and Alec Mouhibian, executive produced by Raffi K. Hovannisian, with original music by Serj Tankian (from the band System of a Down), cinematography by Leigh Lisbão Underwood, production design by Michael Fitzgerald, costume design by Lauren Oppelt, and editing by Dan Dobi and Paul Forte. The film stars Simon Abkarian, Angela Sarafyan, Sam Page, Nikolai Kinski, Debra Christofferson, and Jim Piddock. For more information, please join the 10,000 strong followers of the film on Facebook at www.facebook.com/1915themovie. You can pre-order the movie at www.1915themovie.com and instantly receive the haunting musical composition “1915 – The End Begins” from the original score by Grammy Award winning composer Serj Tankian.

The movie has been produced in partnership with the Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) and the RVVZ / IDeA Foundation.

Release and Premiere
“1915” will open in select theaters across Southern California on April 17, in New York City on April 22, and in Yerevan, Armenia, on April 25. (The film will also be available on demand on April 22 across all platforms.) For a full list of theaters showing “1915,” see below or visit www.1915themovie.com.

In addition to its traditional release, “1915” has partnered with the innovative distribution company Tugg to bring screenings on-demand in cities and towns all over America. To see if “1915” is screening in your area, or to host a screening at a theater, community center, or campus near you, visit www.tugg.com/titles/1915.

A European Preview of “1915” will take place at the Maxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin, Germany, on April 5, headlining the prestigious theater’s groundbreaking six-week artistic commemoration of the Armenian Genocide. “1915” will then have its United States premiere at the historic Egyptian Theatre on April 13, in an event co-presented by the American Cinematheque and the Arpa Foundation for Film, Music and Art (AFFMA). The highly-anticipated Armenia premiere will take place at Yerevan’s Moscow Theatre on April 25.

Traditional Release Theaters

Opening April 17
Laemmle’s Music Hall, Beverly Hills (CA)
Laemmle’s Town Center, Encino (CA)
Laemmle’s Playhouse, Pasadena (CA)
MGN Five Star Cinema, Glendale (CA)
Regency South Coast Village, Santa Ana (CA)

Opening April 22
Quad Cinema, New York (NY)

Opening April/May
United Artists Sierra Vista 6, Clovis / Fresno (CA)

Opening April 25
Moscow Cinema, Yerevan, Armenia
Cinema Star, Yerevan, Armenia