Story
HYBRID The gripping story of Aurora Mardiganian, who as a child survived the Armenian genocide. Los Angeles, 1919. Auction of Souls, the first Hollywood film about the genocide of the Armenian people, is a huge hit. The film is based on the autobiographical best-seller by star Aurora Madriganian, who wants the world to know about the atrocities she experienced in the Ottoman Empire. Aurora’s Sunrise combines interviews and archive material with animation and exclusive excerpts from Auction of Souls, which had long been thought lost.
Armenia’s official entry for the 2023 Academy Awards
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Director
INNA SAHAKYAN (*1977 in Armenia) is an Armenian director and producer. Her Documentary The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia (2009) won several awards. The work on her monumental project Aurora's Sunrise lasted seven years.Info
Aurora's Sunrise
Animation
Armenian, English, Turkish, German
Kaleidoscope | FF2022
Armenia, Germany, Lithuania
2022
96 min
OV with English subtitles
Inna Sahakyan
Inna Sahakyan, Kerstin Meyer-Beetz, Peter Liakhov
Christian Beetz, Inna Sahakyan, Vardan Hovhannisyan, Justė Michailinaitė, Kęstutis Drazdauskas
Vardan Brutyan
Tigran Kuzikyan
Ruben Ghazaryan
Christine Aufderhaar
Bars Media
gebrueder beetz filmproduktion, Artbox
ZDF/Arte, Zoryan Institute, Eurimages, National Cinema Center of Armenia...
gebrueder beetz filmproduktion, Anja Käßner: a.kaessner@gebrueder-beetz.de
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AnimationDocumentaryMemoriesWomenHistoryMigration and OriginsFemale Directors