"DO NOT BE AFRAID" FEATURE FILM DEDICATED TO ARTSAKH WAR IS ALREADY READY

Noyan Tapan
May 03 2007

YEREVAN, MAY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Works done on the "Do not be Afraid"
5-part TV film shot on the initiative of the Public Television of
Armenia which tells about the Artsakh war were finished. The first
show of this film dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the occupation
of Shoushi was to take place on late May 2, at the Moskva (Moscow)
cinema, and it will be shown by the Public Television on May 4-8.

As Alexan Haroutiunian, the Council Chairman of the Public Television
and Radio Company stated on the same day at the press conference,
such a TV feature film was shot in Armenia for the first time. In
film director Aram Shahbazian’s words, the most important merit of
the film is that "humane relations, characters, fates and phenomena
which become an example and way of living in time and space are arisen
against the war background."

In producer Hrach Keshishian’s words, works of shooting the film were
done during 100 days, 50 days in Yerevan, 50 days in Karabakh. In the
producer’s words, the shootings in Karabakh were carried out with the
assistance of the RA Defence Ministry: armoured technics were used,
a great number of soldiers participated.

Khoren Levonian and Lusine Tovmasian personified the main heroes of
the film. They mentioned that they are pleased with having been shot
in this film and impatiently wait for the spectator’s estimation.

"I am happy that I was given possibility to play in this film. I
had a possibility to speak about everything I wanted. The film has
an educational meaning to correct various situations in life of our
days," Kh. Levonian facted.

The film will soon be released in the DVD and CD variants. To recap,
sum less than 1 mln dollars was spent on the film.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress