14:41, 7 May, 2013
YEREVAN, MAY 7, ARMENPRESS: The Acclaimed Bulgarian journalist and filmmaker Tsvetana Paskaleva will visit Australia to showcase her award-winning documentary “Karabakh’s Wounds” in May 2013. As reported to Armenpress by the Armenian National Committee of Australia, Paskaleva was an eyewitness journalist, who covered the 
1991 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between the people of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan. The conflict erupted after the Azeri government quashed the democratic right to self-determination of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.
“Karabakh’s Wounds” chronicles the struggles of the Armenian people during the brutal onslaught by the Azeri armed forces, which indiscriminately murdered innocent Armenian civilians. This acclaimed documentary has been showcased at numerous international film festivals and Paskaleva has been the recipient of numerous awards including from the President of the Republic of Armenia.
Tsvetana Paskaleva has travelled the world extensively, promoting the plight of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. She has had audiences in the Parliaments of France, Spain, the Czech Republic and various governmental and non-governmental organizations throughout the United States, Europe and the Middle East. She will be showcasing her documentary in London after her visit to Australia.
The New South Wales State Parliament will host the Australian premiere screening of “Karabakh’s Wounds” on May 7.
There will be a second community screening of “Karabakh’s Wounds” on Sunday 12 May, at Galstaun College.
This event has been organized by the office of the Representative of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh in Australia.
Tsvetana Paskaleva is a Bulgarian director, cinematographer and reporter. She was born in Bulgaria and graduated from National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia. The most famous films by Tsvetana Paskaleva are “Heights, hopes”, 1991, “Will there be a morning over Karabakh”, 1992, “My dear, alive and dead”, 1993, “Wounds of Karabakh”, 1994, “The soldiers of their land”, 1994, “Calm”, 1995, “Faith and spirit”, 2001.
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