‘Voices from the Lake’ Documentary Leads Conference at Shoah Memorial in
Paris

ASBAREZ, 1/13/2007

LOS ANGELES–Voices from the Lake, the Armenian Film Foundation’s
seminal documentary on the deportation and massacre of Armenians,
leads a conference and full week of film screenings on the Armenian
Genocide at the Memorial de la Shoah in Paris January 14 to 18.

Voices from the Lake is being screened as part of France’s Year of
Armenia, or Année de l’Armenie, which began in September 2006 and ends
in July. Year of Armenia is a monumental undertaking of conferences,
screenings, exhibits and other events throughout France organized by
Armenie Mon Amie, a large committee of influential Frenchmen,
including the presidents of the Senate and National Assembly, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and a host of business people,
entertainers, filmmakers, artists, fashion designers and other
cultural leaders. Charles Aznavour serves on the committee. The
official website is _www.armenie-mon-amie.com_
(http://www.armenie-mon -amie.com) .

Edward Nalbandian, the Armenian ambassador to France, and Nelly
Tardivier-Henrot, the Commissaire generale of Armenie Mon Amie, kick
off the conference on Sunday, Jan. 14. Historians Yves Ternon at the
University of Paris at Sorbonne, Raymond Kevorkian of the University
of Paris at Saint-Denis, and Claire Mouradian of the Nubar library
also will participate in the conference.

The Memorial de la Shoah will be showing two documentary films a day
through Thursday. Voices from the Lake will be screened on
Jan. 15. The film, the first feature-length documentary on the
Armenian Genocide, focuses on the tragedy unfolding during the last
days in the city of Kharpert. It won the Bronze Chris Award from the
Columbus Film Festival.

Voices from the Lake and Germany and the Secret Genocide, which
received first prize out of 1,500 entries from 17 countries at the
U.S. International Film and Video Festival, are films one and two in a
trilogy of films Dr. J.

Michael Hagopian has produced on the Armenian Genocide. The third and
final film in the trilogy, Caravans Along the Euphrates, is in
production.

Donations are being sought to complete the final film in the
trilogy. For further information, please contact info@armenianfilm.org
or 805-495-0717.