Shootings for 40 00 N, 45 00 E and a new film coming up

40 00 N, 45 00 E project is still in progress, most of the Sunday was spent for more filming outside of Yerevan. We hope to finish the production period of this film by the middle of July, but it mostly depends on whether Mush and David pass their exams if we manage to get all the actors for the final chapter of the film and finish up some minor organizational works.

Last month I wrote about another short documentary film we are working on now, about Asheer Akram, a young American sculptor who is making a metal sculpture in Armenia. Good news; the sculpture will be ready in a few days, and the shootings are almost over. I had a hard time trying to come up with an interesting title for this project, till Asheer suggested a working title himself. So, please meet our new film project, Moving a Mountain. Coming soon! Hopefully.

More photos here.

Some updates

It’s been quite a while since our last post, most of you probably were thinking we have gone for a vacation. Nope! We’re here and working even harder.

First news; the next two episodes of 40 00 N, 45 00 E are being filmed right now, and one of them is being filmed in Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, one of the most beautiful and amazing places in Armenia.

Neighbors project is going pretty much as it was planned; we are going to film on Turkish side of the borders somewhere in the middle of July. Lots of preparation work to do by that time, hope everything goes fine.

And the latest news; I spent the last week in Kiev, working as a trainer in filmmaking workshop organized by OneMinutesJr. and UNICEF. The subject of the workshop was HIV/AIDS, and all the 15 teenage participants were either infected themselves or had HIV-positive family members. As a result, we had 15 one-minute-long films telling the true life stories of these children. This was the fourth and perhaps most psychologically challenging OneMinutesJr. workshop I worked for, and I’m definitely looking forward for new ones.

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