My Sweet Land
My Sweet Land
Genre:
Documentary
Documentary
Year:
2024
2024
Duration:
86 minutes
86 minutes
Rating:
16+
16+
Screenplay: Sareen Hairabedian
Cast: Vrej and the Khatchatryan family
Cinematography: Sareen Hairabedian
Editing: Sareen Hairabedian, Raphaëlle Martin-Holger
Production: Azza Hourani, Sareen Hairabedian, Julie Paratian, David Rane
Début Status: National Première
Synopsis
My Sweet Land is a coming-of-age story set against a multigenerational war in the post-Soviet Caucasus Mountains. Eleven-year-old boy Vrej, who dreams of becoming a dentist, is forced to leave his homeland Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) during the 2020 war with Azerbaijan. Months later, upon returning to his surviving village, he confronts the devastation, new power dynamics, and education that prepares children for near-future battles. Vrej must learn the rules of war… but can he carry a nation’s hopes on his young shoulders?
Director’s biography
Sareen Hairabedian is an Armenian-Jordanian documentary filmmaker. Through her observational films, she captures the stories of the underrepresented. Hairabedian’s directorial debut "We Are Not Done Yet” is a 40-minute HBO documentary about the power of poetry to heal (Best Documentary: G.I. Film Festival, nominee for Best Documentary Shorts: International Documentary Association 2018 Awards.) "My Sweet Land” (Sheffield DocFest, 2024) is her debut feature-length documentary featuring one child’s journey through trauma and hope. It’s the recipient of the IDFA Spotlight Award, and is supported by ITVS, ARTE, International Documentary Association, Arab Fund for Arts & Culture, the Jordan Film Fund, CNC and others.
Screening Date & Time
July 4, 2024
8:00 pm
Royal Film Commission (RFC)
July 6, 2024
6:00 pm
TAJ Cinema 6
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