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    The News, Poland
    Sept 2 2014

    Polish-backed Armenian Genocide film competes in Venice

    PR dla Zagranicy
    Nick Hodge 02.09.2014 13:16

    A international co-production on the Armenian genocide represents
    Poland's greatest chance of success at the 71st Venice film Festival.

    Hamburg-born director Fatih Akin worked on the film with a crew that
    included Oscar-winning art director Allan Starski (Schindler's List),
    and the movie was partly funded by the Polish Film Institute (PISF).

    The Cut is competing against 19 other films in the festival's Main
    Competition, with new works by Abel Ferrara and Joshua Oppenheimer in
    the running for the coveted Golden Lion.

    The Armenian Genocide has rarely been covered by film directors to
    date. Over a million ethnic Armenians are believed to have been killed
    as a result of extermination policies carried out by the Ottoman
    Empire between 1915-1917.

    The plot of Akin's film focuses on Nazareth Manoogian, an Armenian man
    who has survived the genocide and hears that his twin daughters may
    still be alive. He sets off on a quest to find them.

    The 71st Venice International Film Festival ends on 6 September. (nh)
    Source: PISF


    http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/180487,Polishbacked-Armenian-Genocide-film-competes-in-Venice




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