More Filming for Neighbors Project

We just came back from another trip to borders, where we were filming for the Neighbors project. We finally managed to get access to some really fascinating places where no one else except military officials are allowed to be. The trip was tough; lots of walking through swamps, hours of driving through dusty deserted areas with almost no roads, military checkpoints every now and then, etc. Although officials were really friendly and helpful, which was very nice.

And, of course, we met our friends from the village, who were really glad to see “those filming guys” again.

Meanwhile, the film grows bigger, and one of the most important trips in frames of this project, the trip to Turkish side, is close.

More photos here.

What's up?

Most of the last couple of weeks were spent on working hard on 40 00 N, 45 00 E project. This is a full-length film, which consists of 6 different stories, both fiction and documentary. Right now we are editing the first three films, the other three are being developed and will be filmed soon. Editing goes quite well, although it is very tough; scripts are being changed, concepts are reviewed, gallons of coffee are drunk. We hope to release this film in summer, but not sure in which month. The production of this film took a bit longer than we planned, but it is going to be a really, really nice one, you just wait.

Besides, we plan another trip to borders for this month, as we already miss our main characters, Narek and his family.

The other interesting news is that I also work on a short film about a very great guy and a talented sculptor from United States, Asheer Akram, who is making a metal sculpture to be placed somewhere in Yerevan.

That’s basically what we were busy with for the last several days, thought you might be interested. Oh, you’re not? Ok, sorry.