Music for Projections

We always pay a lot of attention to music in our films, since we all like music in general (those who has been to our studio, has probably seen Moush’s guitar), and we usually don’t work with people who listen to crap. Seriously.

The work on music for our new project, Projections, has been especially interesting. Since the videos are quite experimental, we wanted the soundtracks to be really cool by themselves.

So, we’re proud to work with two different groups of artists on these video series.

Music for one of the films is written and performed by Hugh Wilson and Lindsay Jehan, the authors of the well-known “Falling Away”, the one you probably know from the cool Sprite commercial.

The music for the other film is from Raised by Swans (they are also known for the music for “Chloe” by Atom Egoyan), one of our most favorite bands, which made the experience of working with them especially enjoyable. For example, here is one of my personal favorites.

So, once again, our biggest thanks and gratitude to these wonderful people for taking Projections to a new level with their work, and doing that simultaneously from Canada and New York to Singapore. Thank you guys a lot for believing in this project.

Neighbors premiere screening in Istanbul

Yesterday was the day we were waiting for so long. Neighbors was finally screened for the first time. It was a special screening in frames of Istanbul International Film Festival, in an event organized by Anadolu Kultur and Golden Apricot. The film was screened together with other films made on Armenia Turkey Cinema Platform; Galata by Diana Kardumyan, Master of Doves by Arthur Sukiasyan, Puppet Theatre by Canay Ozden, and Don’t Get Lost Children by Gulengul Altinas.

Since the interest towards these films is rising, Anadolu Kultur will probably organize an additional screening later here. 

Our huge thanks again to all the organizers for this great event, but we have to fly back to Yerevan to finish the Projections and all the other stuff. You know, really cool stuff.

Moving a Mountain is nominated again

Yes, Moving a Mountain again got nominated, this time in International Festival of Film & Culture in Greece. The event will take place in August 1-8, 2011 in Patras City.

So, this is already the fourth international festival in this film’s event history, including one Best documentary film award. It’s not bad I would say, but this is still the first quarter of the year, we look forward for more good news.

If you haven’t seen the film yet, we strongly recommend you to watch it, since it’s available online in HD, as well as on DVD now.

New project and shootings

Our studio keeps generating new awesome ideas and projects all the time, so that our audience, all those cool, good-looking, interesting and intellectual people can have more and more visual food of a good quality for their unresting minds.

Projections is one of the new and experimental projects we’ve been working on since the beginning of this year, and started the shootings in March. It’s a series of PSA-s about civil society and importance of being an active citizen. Series contain three one-minute-long advertisements, all done with experimental technique and style.

All three films will be ready and available on our website in the highest quality in mid-April, as well as broadcasted by several TV channels of Armenia. And maybe some other places too, I don’t know.

Meanwhile, check some photos from the shootings on our website, and on our Facebook page.

Meet the Neighbors

At last, after almost one and half a year of hard work, our epic documentary film, Neighbors, is ready to go.

This was probably the heaviest project that we ever worked on, in many ways; the subject of Armenian-Turkish relationships is something not everyone would risk to work on, but we were stupid ambitious enough not only to work on it, but to go to the actual borders and film people living on the edge of two different civilizations for a whole year. We had to deal with two different governments who have no diplomatic relations with each other, worked with national security, three different armies, got arrested and taken to the court, and generally we managed to drive a number of governmental institutions mad. Despite all the adventures, we did everything to make a very interesting and emotional story and present you the colorful characters of nice, controversial, funny and crazy people that you’ll love.

Once again, I would like to thank all the people who worked very hard on this film; thanks to Moushegh and David, the cruel cameramen, and Narek, who assisted them; to Tzovinar and Gayane for an outstanding soundtrack and performance; to Nesra, who put all the efforts for the film with love and devotion; to Tim Straight, who followed every single day of the work on the film and supported it in all the possible ways, to all Manana, where every single person was doing everything to help us on the most difficult periods of the project, to Paros Foundation for support and guidance, and of course, the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Golden Apricot Film Festival and Anadolu Kultur, the sponsors and supporters of this film. Thanks for being crazy enough to believe that this initiative can come true.

So, Neighbors’ premiere screening will take place in Istanbul on April 12th, in frames of Istanbul International Film Festival, those who are there or plan to attend the festival, make sure to be there. If you forget to buy a ticket, or will have any problems getting inside, or will need any kind of help, please make sure not to ask me for anything. And don’t look for me. And I don’t know you. Leave me alone. Ehm, sorry, it’s just something left from the screenings of The Third Rider. Don’t pay attention.

The film is not available online or on DVD-s yet, but it will be later this year, so don’t forget to check our website regularly.

Moving a Mountain is available for watching

So, finally Moving a Mountain is available for watching on our website for only $1,99! This is the first film that is available for sale on our website, but soon some others will be online, too.

The principle of paying for a view on our website is very simple; you go to the Watch the film page, click play, select the way you prefer for paying, and the film will be available for you for 48 hours. In HD quality, by the way. I know, I know, no need to thank us, it’s ok.

As about the payment methods, right now you can purchase it with PayPal or Amazon accounts. If you don’t have an account in any of these services, no need to burst into tears; PayPal supports payments with credit and debit cards even without opening an account, so, it will take only a minute from you.

Almost forgot; if you really like the film and want to have it in your personal collection, you can order the DVD on Moving a Mountain's Indieflix page for only $5,95.

As about agreements concerning public screenings and other events, it’s better to get in touch with us personally.

Moving a Mountain wins The Best Documentary Film award

While we’re working our Final Cuts off on finishing Neighbors (I’ve tried to jump out the window after another sleepless night, but couldn’t open it), Moving a Mountain makes us happy and gives another reason not to break the keyboards in desperation, while deadlines approach us rapidly.

We accidentally found out that Moving a Mountain has won The Best Documentary Film award in FiLUMS International Film Festival in Pakistan. As we haven’t been informed about it, I almost fell off the chair when read about it in Herald Tribune this morning.

And the interesting detail is that it's not the short documentary nomination, but the whole documentary category, although the film is only 20 minutes long.

Well, so far the festival circuit of this film goes quite well, but we probably need to read more newspapers from now on.

I feel people pulling me off the computer, showing the amount of work left, shouting on me and hitting me with a calendar with a lot of dates marked red on it, and, in general, insulting and abusing me, so, back to work!