DIRECTOR: Sareen Hairabedian
STARRING: documentary
RUNNING TIME: 1 hr 25 minutes
LANGUAGE: Armenian
For 11 year old Vrej, life in his homeland Artsakh is like a paradise, but when war starts again, can he carry a nation's hopes on his young shoulders?
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My Sweet Land is Sareen Hairabedian's debut feature, following her documentary short We Are Not Done Yet, which was made for HBO. The film had its worldwide debut at the Sheffield Documentary Film Festival this year. It has since placed in a number of festivals including the Amman International Film Festival in July, where it won the Jury Award for Best Feature Documentary and the FIPRESCI Award for Best Feature Length Arab Documentary.
The selection was made by a committee overseen by the Royal Film Commission.
The film is produced by Azza Hourani under the banner of HAI Creative in co-production with Sister Productions and Soilsíu Films, a co-production of ITVS in association with ARTE France and World of HA Productions. Co-producers are Julie Paratian and David Rane.
My Sweet Land is a documentary and it was filmed in Artsakh, Nagorno-Karabakh, which has been at the heart of a violent dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia since the 1980s.
To check out all previous submissions for Jordan, click HERE.
STARRING: documentary
RUNNING TIME: 1 hr 25 minutes
LANGUAGE: Armenian
For 11 year old Vrej, life in his homeland Artsakh is like a paradise, but when war starts again, can he carry a nation's hopes on his young shoulders?
***
My Sweet Land is Sareen Hairabedian's debut feature, following her documentary short We Are Not Done Yet, which was made for HBO. The film had its worldwide debut at the Sheffield Documentary Film Festival this year. It has since placed in a number of festivals including the Amman International Film Festival in July, where it won the Jury Award for Best Feature Documentary and the FIPRESCI Award for Best Feature Length Arab Documentary.
The selection was made by a committee overseen by the Royal Film Commission.
The film is produced by Azza Hourani under the banner of HAI Creative in co-production with Sister Productions and Soilsíu Films, a co-production of ITVS in association with ARTE France and World of HA Productions. Co-producers are Julie Paratian and David Rane.
My Sweet Land is a documentary and it was filmed in Artsakh, Nagorno-Karabakh, which has been at the heart of a violent dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia since the 1980s.
To check out all previous submissions for Jordan, click HERE.
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