Competition - Creative documentaries
Aurora's Sunrise
By Inna Sahakyan
The Ottoman Empire, 1915. Aurora is 14 years old when her life and that of an entire people turns to horror: massacres, sexual assaults, slavery, forced exile... From the Ottoman Empire to New York, the teenager is propelled onto the Hollywood scene where her story is the subject of a famous film, Souls for Sale. Filmmaker Inna Sahakyan's documentary is interspersed with animation, archive footage and interviews with Aurora Mardiganian. "Aurora's Sunrise" relates a tragic event in contemporary Armenian history by chronicling the personal journey of Aurora, one of the survivors of the genocide.
Section Competition - Creative documentaries
Original language(s) Armenian, Turkish, German, Kurdish & English
Subtitle(s) English & French
Women*Memory & HistoryMiddle East
- Director(s)
- Inna Sahakyan
Co-writer
- Kerstin Meyer-Beetz
- Peter Liakhov
- Inna Sahakyan
World sales
- Cat&docs
Production
- BARS MEDIA
Cinematographer
- Vardan Brutyan
Music
- Christine Aufderhaar
Sound
- Tigran Kuzikyan
Editor
- Ruben Ghazaryan
- Duration
- 97'
- Year
- 2022
- Production country
- Armenia, Germany & Lithuania
- Status
- Regional Premiere
Friday 10 March
20:00
Espace Pitoëff - Théâtre
sold out - in case of cancellation, tickets will be put back on sale before the screening
Followed by the debate "Human rights, victims of the humiliation society"
Tuesday 14 March
18:45
Grütli - Salle Langlois
sold out - in case of cancellation, tickets will be put back on sale before the screening
Wednesday 15 March
17:00
Espace Pitoëff - Théâtre
sold out - in case of cancellation, tickets will be put back on sale before the screening
In presence of the filmmaker (videoconference)
Sunday 19 March
20:30
Grütli - Salle Simon
sold out - in case of cancellation, tickets will be put back on sale before the screening
