{"id":9581,"date":"2016-08-04T10:21:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T10:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=9581"},"modified":"2016-08-04T10:21:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T10:21:09","slug":"sydney-premiere-screening-of-children-of-a-genocide-attracts-a-sell-out-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=9581","title":{"rendered":"Sydney premiere screening of Children of a Genocide attracts a sell-out audience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SYDNEY: The first ever Australian-produced film on the Armenian Genocide attracted a wide audience to a packed out premiere screening of Shahane Bekarian\u2019s \u201cChildren of a Genocide\u201d at Event Cinemas Top Ryde on July 31. <!--more Continue reading \/ \u0531\u0574\u0562\u0578\u0572\u057b\u0568 \u2192--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The film, which was produced in association with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ancaustralia\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Armenian National Committee of Australia<\/a> (ANC Australia), is a 62-minute documentary which addressed the hardships endured by Armenian children at the time of the Armenian Genocide through the use of archived interviews of 40 survivors who recorded their testimonies in the 1980s in Australia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Inspired by his grandfather\u2019s story, Bekarian identifies and interviews the descendants of the genocide survivors in the film, and addresses their experiences in retaining the Armenian culture, while confronting assimilation in Australia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event began with a short statement from Bekarian himself prior to the screening, followed by a Q&amp;A session with the filmmaker and some of his cast and crew after the documentary had been viewed by the audience. The evening\u2019s proceedings then concluded after a closing statement was made by Executive Administrator, Arin Markarian, on behalf of ANC Australia, thanking the audience for attending the premiere screening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cLets continue to pass on the stories from generation to generation and help people understand, that although the past is the past, this is a part of us. This is who we are. These stories have helped shape what we as a people continue to struggle for\u201d, said Markarian in his statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When commenting about the event, Markarian said: \u201cAll the hard work and dedication towards this film has finally paid off with the premiere screening of \u201cChildren of a Genocide\u201d. Although the survivors who were interviewed in the film are no longer with us, we know they would have been proud of all involved in having their stories told.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added: &#8220;With the production of this film, a new resource becomes available to academics and decision makers, and helps us continue to promote this year\u2019s significant focus on Australia\u2019s links to the Armenian Genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bekarian said: \u201cIt was humbling to finally share my film and perspectives on our culture with the community and wider audience. My thoughts throughout the film were of my late grandfather Boghos Tavrayan. I wish he could have been there to watch it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Please like the official FaceBook page of \u201cChildren of a Genocide\u201d at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/childrenofagenocide\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/childrenofagenocide\/?fref=ts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY: The first ever Australian-produced film on the Armenian Genocide attracted a wide audience to a packed out premiere screening of Shahane Bekarian\u2019s \u201cChildren of a Genocide\u201d at Event Cinemas Top Ryde on July 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[131],"class_list":["post-9581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anc-australia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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