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ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY ON ARMENIAN HUMAN RIGHTS “MY SWEET LAND” TO PREMIERE IN BOSTON APRIL 24
MY SWEET LAND, an award-winning film exploring childhood resilience and human rights in Armenia, will screen at the historic Somerville Theatre in Somerville, Massachusetts as an official selection of the Independent Film Festival Boston on April 24th marking Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, a date that commemorates the victims of the 1915 Armenian genocide.
MY SWEET LAND is a coming-of-age story set against a multigenerational war in the post-Soviet Caucasus Mountains following an 11-year-old boy named Vrej, who grows up in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and dreams of becoming a dentist in his picture-postcard village. But Vrej’s life takes a sudden turn when war erupts, forcing him to flee with his family. The film is a testament to the people of Artsakh, where hope and resilience had shaped communities across generations.
MY SWEET LAND had its US premiere at the prestigious DOC NYC festival in November 2024, and was nominated for four International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards in the categories of Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Editing and Best Feature. Last fall, the Jordanian government withdrew their submission of the film for the 97th Academy Awards for Best International Feature due to diplomatic pressure as reported by DEADLINE.
Sareen Hairabedian is an Armenian-Jordanian documentary filmmaker based in the U.S. Through her intimate observational filming style, she captures the untold stories of the underrepresented. MY SWEET LAND is her debut feature-length documentary featuring one child’s journey through disillusionment, trauma, and hope. The film is supported by ITVS, ARTE, AFAC, IDA and others. Sareen is a 2023 fellow at Video Consortium x DOCNYC and Creative Armenia.
Sareen writes: “Children bear the harshest burdens of war. My Sweet Land invites us to see them not as numbers, but as individuals with hopes and dreams who deserve to live in peace, rather than become victims of inherited conflict.”
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Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3001689-0
