Armenoid Productions

Program with Filmmaker Bared Maronian Sheds Light on Heroic Story of Armenian Women

armenoidx — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 23:33:50 +0000

LEXINGTON, Mass. — A cultural program on Sunday, September 23, titled “Lights, Camera, Stories!,” diverges from the traditional script of many Armenian gatherings. First, it is a collaboration between two organizations — the Armenian International Women’s Association (AIWA) and the Armenian Women’s Welfare Association — and second, it focuses on the history of Armenian women, celebrating them through the works of filmmaker Bared Maronian.

Aurora Mardiganian in “Women of 1915”

The event, however, is for everyone, Armenian and non-Armenian, and male as well as female.

The award-winning filmmaker will speak about his projects and show an abbreviated version of his documentary, “Women of 1915.” In addition, he will show footage he shot during the Velvet Revolution in April and discuss the Cultural Impact Foundation which he hopes to get off the ground to help him continue to make more documentaries, including the upcoming “Titanic Love.”

The program will take place on Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library, located at 33 Marrett Road, Lexington.

Proceeds will benefit programs in Armenia and Artsakh sponsored by the host organizations, the Hanganak NGO Clinic Elderly Project in Stepanakert, Artsakh, and the Women’s Support Center in Yerevan.

Organizing committee chair, Nicole Babikian Hajjar, said: “Through this collaborative effort, we also hope to raise awareness about Bared Maronian’s important work and upcoming projects in partnership with Cultural Impact Foundation, a non-profit organization that commissions and supports unique cultural projects that can improve our understanding of historical events by revealing acts of human kindness and heroism in the face of adversity.”

Event to Benefit Bared Maronian’s New Film about Velvet Revolution

armenoidx — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 23:33:17 +0000

LOS ANGELES–The Board of Directors of Cultural Impact Foundation, Inc. has announced its Inaugural Gala at the Taglyan Cultural Complex in Hollywood, California on September 7. CIF is a non-profit foundation established in 2017 which commissions and supports unique cultural projects that improve the understanding of historical events, and reveal acts of human kindness and heroism in the face of adversity.

The organization’s first two projects are “Titanic Love” and “Bloodless.” “Titanic Love” is a documentary film that tells the powerful story of Armenian passengers who set sail for the US aboard the RMS Titanic to escape the massacres in their homeland.

“Bloodless” tells the story of the successful and peaceful revolution that took place in Armenia in the summer of 2018 that was organized and led by Armenia’s youth. In so doing, they have provided the world with a blueprint of how to create sociopolitical change without bloodshed. This was true democracy in action.

CIF has commissioned the production of both projects to four-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, Bared Maronian.

“This exclusive gala is being meticulously planned and executed by a team of community leaders and proponents of Armenian causes” said the Chairwoman of the Gala, Kohar Mardirossian Pelter. The team members include Dr. Anait Alabyan, Nayiri Attarian, Liza Bagamian, Lena Basmajian, Hasmig Demirdjian, Anoush Sarkisyan, and CIF executive board members, Dr. Hrair Koutnouyan and Kohar Mardirossian Pelter.

Cocktails begin at 6:30 p.m. and includes a musical performance by flute and harp duo, Salpy and Sossy Kerkonian, and a surprise appearance by an international celebrity. A dinner reception will follow with a presentation by Bared Maronian on his two upcoming film projects. This will be followed with live entertainment by Allen G. and dancing. Throughout the evening, you will get the chance to bid on extraordinary and rare LIVE auction items.

Sponsorship packages and individual donation opportunities are available. Exclusive recognition opportunity is available in the program book as well as pre- and post-event coverage. Customized packages expand to “day-of event signage”, as well as national exposure on the CIF website. All proceeds from the event will benefit the production of the documentaries, Bloodless and Titanic Love.

For additional details about the gala, sponsorships and tickets, please contact 818-439-1358 or email http://www.culturalimpactla@gmail.com

Tickets are also available on www.itsmyseat.com/culturalimpactlagala

To know more about Cultural Impact Foundation, please visit us at www.culturalimpactfoundation.org

Orphans of the Genocide Nominated

armenoidx — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 23:31:57 +0000

Orphans of the Genocide documentary which in the past year has been screened worldwide in a number of prestigious national and international film festivals, as well as in such venues as U.S. PBS stations, universities (NYU, Berkeley, National University of Cordoba, Argentina), community centers throughout Canada, US, and the Middle East gaining such prestigious awards as:

Nominated: regional EMMY Award by National Academy of Arts and Sciences Suncoast Chapter.
Audience Choice Award – 2013 POM Film Festival -Toronto Canada.
Selected for screening as part of:
- Unspoken Human Rights Film Festival
- Socially Rated Film Festival
- 2014 Cannes Film Festival – documentary division
- Apricot Film Festival
- Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) as part of their 2015 lineup of films.

Previous productions by the Armenoid Team, screened in numerous film festivals and competitions, have garnered such national and international accolades for:

Komitas Hayrig — 18 minute documentary selected by ARPA Film Festival of Hollywood, California.
Wall of The Genocide – winner, Telly Award, in Historical Communicator category – screened in the Myrtle Beach International Film Festival and ARPA Film Festival, Hollywood, CA.