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Arpa Film Festival announces its Official Selection for 2016

The annual 19th Arpa IFF will be presenting one of the best selection of international films in the history of the festival, screening 10 USA feature and feature length documentary film premiers by world class contemporary international artists such as Dominique Pinon, John Savage, Jesse Williams, Karren Karagulian, Maria Furtwangler, Albert Kodagolian, Onur Turkel, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Yana Drouz, Ashot Adamyan, Marija Karan.

A total of 56 independent films from 23 countries will be screened. Films such as: “Lost in Armenia” from award-winning director Serge Avedikian, recipient of the Cannes “Golden Palm” short film Award, “Booger Red,” a narrative documentary from acclaimed Indy director Berndt Mader, U.S. premiere of Albert Kodagolian’s “Somewhere Beautiful,” world premiere of Levon Minasian’s “Bravo Virtuoso,” and 25 years after the premiere of his masterpiece debut movie “Lost Paradise,” which screened at the prestigious AFI Film Festival, we are honored to have David Safarian back with his amazing  U.S. premiere of “Hot Country Cold Winter.”

Arpa’s programming team has hand-picked socially engaging films with emphasis on issues in the U.S. such as Immigration, LGBT, sex trafficking, transgender and racial biases.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]

2016 FEATURE NARRATIVE FILMS

• BOOGER RED, 2015, directed by Berndt Mader

• BRAVO, VIRTUOSO!, 2016, directed by Levon Minasian

• GOOD MORNING, 2016, directed by Anna Arevshatyan

• HOT COUNTRY, COLD WINTER, 2016, directed by David Safarian

• LOST IN ARMENIA, 90 min, 2016, directed by Serge Avedikian

• MONEY, 85 min, USA, 2016, directed by Gonzalo Botija

• NOWHERELAND, 95 min, USA, 2016, directed by Robin Bain

• SOMEWHERE BEAUTIFUL, 2014, directed by Albert Kodagolian

• THE WEATHER INSIDE, 2015, directed by Isabelle Stever

• TRAIN DRIVER’S DIARY, 2016, directed by Milos Radovic

• WE WILL BE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS, 2015, directed by Darko Bajic

• WELKOME HOME, 2014, directed by Angelina Nikonova

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2016 DOCUMENTARY FILMS

• ALBERT’S WAY, 2014, directed by Predrag Bambic

• CROWS OF THE DESERT, 2016, directed by Marta Houske

• K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN, 2015, directed by Lara Lee

• KILLING ED, 2016, directed by Mark Hall

• OUT OF FASHION, 2015, directed by Lenard Laberenz

• PRELUDE TO SNIPER, 2015, directed by Danilo Marunovic

• RADIOVISION, 2015, directed by Milos Tomic & others

• REINVENTING THE REEL, 2015, directed by Michael Gorlick

• RESIDENT FOREVER, 2015, directed by Lyang Kim

• RUSSIA AS PHANTASMA, 2016, directed by Bertrand Gosselin, Andrey Silvestrov,…

• TERRA ARMENIA – A PHOTOGRAPHER’S JOURNEY INTO A PEOPLE’S IDENTITY, 2015, directed by Blake Lewis

• THE CAROUSEL (MERRY-GO-ROUND), 2015, directed by Luka Popadic

• THE OTHER SIDE OF HOME, 2016, directed by Naré Mkrtchyan

• TRAVERSED, 2015, directed by Emily Mkrtichian

• WOMEN OF 1915, 2016, directed by Bared Maronian

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2016 SHORT FILMS

• 3000, 2015, directed by Antonis Tsonis

• AYAYMAMA, 2016, directed by Marco Antonio & Tam Orellana

• BACKYARDS, 2015, directed by Ivan Salatic

• BALCONY, 2015, directed by Toby Fell-Holden

• BENEATH THE NEON, 2016, directed by Brandon Harris

• BLUEY, 2015, directed by Darlene Johnson

• BORN WITH IT, 2015, directed by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour

• BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID MEET PANCHO VILLA, 2015, directed by Kosta Ristic

• CAIN’S SHADOW, 2016, directed by Antonio De Palo

• CAPS, 2016, directed by Lola Ridgell

• GIRL KNIGHT, 2016, directed by Deborah Attoinese

• HARD PACK, 11 min, 2016, directed by Emmanuelle Pickett

• HOME, 2016, directed by Daniel Mulloy

• MILLENNIUM: ETERNAL SUNRISE, 2015, directed by Vlad Aksenov

• NOW I KNOW, 2016, directed by Anna Bayatyan

• RAIN, 2016, directed by Thomas J. Chavez

• SELVES, 2015, directed by Michael Aloyan

• SYRIA, MY LOVE, 2016, directed by Hayk Matevosyan

• THE LAST FILM, 2015, directed by Martiros Vartanov

• THE SEA WITHIN, 2014, directed by Wai Nap Wong

• TOUCH, 2015, directed by Lulu Wang

• TRANQUILITY OF BLOOD , 2015, directed by Senad Sahmanovic

• TWO SISTERS, 2015, directed by Keola Racela

• VESTIGE, 2016, directed by Taylor Salan

• ZAAR, 2016, directed by Ibrahim Nada

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2016 ANIMATED SHORT FILMS

• ANNA, 2015, directed by Alexia Rubod, and many others

• DAEWIT, 2015, directed by David Jansen

• JUNK GIRL , 2014, directed by Mohammad Zare

• LAZY HURI, 2016, directed by Artur Mikayelyan

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