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Garin Hovannisian
AM US 2019 52' 93'
⚬ Current Affairs & Politics ⚬ Human Rights
How long does it take to overthrow a corrupt government? In Armenia, it took 40 days, the Velvet Revolution. With the help of social media, pop songs, traffic blockades and the country's students, Nikol Pashinyan manages to change history and bring about a people's movement for change and is still in power today.
Director | Garin Hovannisian |
Producers | Alec Mouhibian, Eric Esrailian, Tatevik Manoukyan, Garin Hovannisian |
Executive Producers | Joe Berlinger, Serj Tankian, Raffi K. Hovannisian, Suren Ambarchyan, Alen Petrosyan, Dan Braun |
Production Company | Avalanche Entertainment |
Co-Production Company | Serjikal Strike Entertainment |
Cinematography | Vahe Terteryan |
Editor | Barry Poltermann |
Music | Serj Tankian |
Sound | Jeremy Grody |
People's Choice Documentary Award | TIFF 2019 |
Audience Award | DOC NYC 2019 |
Audience Award | AFI Fest 2019 |
Best of Fest | Palm Springs IFF 2020 |
Best Documentary Feature | RiverRun IFF 2020 |
TIFF 2019 |
DOC NYC 2019 |
AFI Fest 2019 |
Palm Springs IFF 2020 |
RiverRun IFF 2020 |
Al Jazeera Balkans DFF 2021 |
| Runtimes | 52' 93' |
| Spoken Languages | Armenian, English |
| Production Countries | Armenia, USA |
Garin Hovannisian has been an active participant in Armenia’s struggle for freedom, and has written about it for The Atlantic, The New York Times, and in his memoir Family of Shadows. He is the co-writer/ director of the feature film 1915 (2015), a psychological mystery set 100 years after the Armenian Genocide, and praised by the Los Angeles Times as a “a high-minded version of Birdman...a creative way to do justice to such a monumental topic.” He splits his time between Los Angeles and Yerevan, Armenia, where he has founded the arts foundation Creative Armenia. His production company Avalanche Entertainment (est. 2014) has produced I AM NOT ALONE and 1915, and a variety of forthcoming projects in film and television. Garin was an IFP 2020 Series Lab Fellow for his series RED CURTAIN, co-created with Alec Mouhibian.
