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Far from Michigan

Year:

2023

Duration

77min.

Countries of Production

France

Director:

Silva Khnkanosian

Far from Michigan

Cast & Crew

Producer: Stephane Jourdan

Director: Silva Khnkanosyan

Photography :Areg Hakobyan, Silva Khnkanosyan

Sound :Jean-Marc Schick, Silva Khnkanosyan

Editing :Justine Hiriart

Production :La Huit, Cined Productions, Margins Media, Fotogram

Synopsis

Armenia and Azerbaijan are engaged in a multi-secular conflict. A war breaks out again. In Stepanakert, capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, men are at the front, women hide in the cellars, director Silva Khnkanosian sets out to find them and keeps a logbook. Life is organized under the bombs, women follow the war on the radio or checking their phones. No one sees defeat as an option. Yet after 44 days of battles, radio announces the capitulation of Armenia.

We must leave.

Festivals/Awards and more

Dok Leipzig - official selection,  2023

IFFR Rotterdam - official selection, 2023

FipaDoc - official selection, 2023

FICCI Cartagena - official selection, 2023


Film on:

Cinéma du Réel -  https://www.cinemadureel.org/en/films/far-from-michigan-2/

MUBI - https://mubi.com/en/am/films/far-from-michigan

UniFrance - https://en.unifrance.org/movie/58845/far-from-michigan

Film Documentaire - https://www.film-documentaire.fr/4DACTION/w_fiche_film/70261_0

RIDM - far-from-michigan

Images en Biblioteques - https://imagesenbibliotheques.fr/docotheque/far-michigan



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