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Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2018
Alik Tamar / Short Narrative / Armenia, United States of America / 2017 / 11 min / Colour / DCP / In Armenian / Arabic, English subtitles
Rated: Parental guidance is advised. Some material may be inappropriate for young children.
Synopsis
A personal look at the effect of displacement, this film centres on Lori, a young girl who is travelling with her father by bus. At first, she believes they are going on summer holiday but learns from the driver that they are leaving Armenia. After already fleeing the war in Syria, she is now desperate to stay in a place that she considers her new home.
About the Director
Alik Tamar is an Armenian-American independent filmmaker currently based in New York. Born in the U.S., she grew up in a family of performing artists from war-torn Lebanon. Alik’s background and exposure to the arts shaped her desire to explore the human experience through storytelling. In 2016, she earned her MFA in filmmaking from New York University’s prestigious graduate film program. Alik is currently developing her first feature film.
Credits
- Director
- Alik Tamar
- Screenwriter
- Alik Tamar
- Producer
- Ophelia Harutyunyan, Rajat Sharma, Alik Tamar
- Editor
- Ashish Ravinran
- Composer
- Ashot Kartalyan
- Cinematographer
- Laura Valladao
- Sound
- Eli Cohn
- Assistant Director
- Diana Avetisyan
- Cast
- Arpi Martoyan, Berj Djelladian, Arsen Soghomonyan