Film Lineup 2019 Official Selection

August 3, 2019 2019, News

Arpa IFF 2019 to Showcase Inspiring Line-up of 34 Films from 15 Countries Around the World

We are thrilled to announce the full lineup of the 22nd Annual Arpa International Film Festival (Arpa IFF) taking place at the historic Hollywood Post 43 Legion Theater from November 8 to 10. This year’s festival will once again highlight a diverse range of 33 films from 13 countries that explore themes such as Armenian history, immigration, family dynamics, environmentalism, music, art, and LGBTQ issues.

Official Selection 2019 Arpa IFF

Feature Narrative Films

~ COMING HOME by Daria Shumakova (Russia, Armenia, 2018)

~ LORIK by Alexey Zlobin (Armenia, 2018)

~ SAND AND FIRE by Souheil Ben-Barka (Morocco, Italy, 2019)

Documentary Films

~ 100 YEARS FROM HOME by Jared White (United States, 2018)

~ ARMENIA UNCOVERED by Andy Simon (UK, Australia, 2019)

~ REINVENTING ROSALEE by Lillian Glass (United States, 2018)

~ THE DEAD SOLDIER by Jesper Ærø (Denmark, 2019)

~ THE HIDDEN MAP by Ani Hovannisian (United States, 2019)

~ THE STATELESS DIPLOMAT by Mimi Malayan & Arthur Muradyan (United States, 2018)

~ UNACCOUNTABLE by Stacey Stone (United States, 2018)

Short Narrative Films

~ 8 by Gabriele Fabbro (United States, 2019)

~ CORTDOCKENS by Ben Erwin (United States, 2019)

~ DEAF HEARTS by Arnaud Khayadjanian (France, 2017)

~ IN COLORS by Stephanie Willis (United States, 2019)

~ LOST WEEKEND by Peter Marshall Smith (United States, 2019)

~ NEON RABBITS by Kenny Sheard (United States, 2019)

~ OUT OF MIND by Tigran Nersisian (United States, 2019)

~ PRE MORTEM by Danny Simonzad (United States, 2019)

~ PROPER BRITISH SEX by Shant Hamassian (United States, 2019)

~ SO CLOSE AWAY by Dimitris Georgiev (Bulgaria, 2019)

~ THE BROKEN SOUL by Gary Karapetyan & George Pilafdzhyan (United States, 2018)

~ THE SEA by Cameron Richards (UK, 2019)

~ THE STAR OF EROS by Jon Sahagian (United States, 2019)

~ WEAPONLESS by Gun Huh (Republic of Korea, 2019)

Short Animated Films

~ ANACRONTE by Raúl Koler (Argentina, 2018)

~ CARRIED AWAY by Kenan Gopffarth (United States, 2019)

~ SPIRIT OF DROWNING GIRLS by Runze Cao (China, 2019)

~ THE RIBBON by Polla-Ilariya Kozino (United States, 2019)

~ WATERS OF MARCH by Elizabeth Lewis (Canada, 2019)

Music Videos

~ BLOOM by Ben Phillippo (United States, 2019)

~ SOUTH CENTRAL STATE OF MIND by Timur Bootzin (United States, 2019)

~ SUITE AFTER THE FURIES by Kevin McGloughlin (Italy, 2018)

~ SUNNY AFTERNOON by Peter Wesley (United States, 2019)