Film: Armenian Movie Week in Iran to feature genocide-themed Map of Salvation

Armenpress News Agency , Armenia
 Saturday


Armenian Movie Week in Iran to feature genocide-themed Map of Salvation



YEREVAN, JULY 22, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Genocide themed ‘Map of
Salvation’ documentary will be screened during the Armenia Movie Week
in Iran. The movie week will be held July 23 – 29 in Iran’s Tehran,
Mashhad and Shiraz, Financial Tribune reported.

During the course of the event, 10 Armenian modern films will be screened.

The Armenia Movie Week is organized by the Armenian Embassy and the
Art & Experience Cinematic Group.

Films will feature Aram Shahbazyan’s “Moskvitch, my love” and “Map of
Salvation”, as well as Aram Vatyan’s “The Clay Man”.

Map of Salvationis a feature-lengthdocudramafilm made to commemorate
the100th anniversaryof theArmenian Genocide.

The film tells about five European women,Maria Jacobsen(Denmark),Karen
Jeppe(Denmark),Bodil Biørn(Norway),Alma Johansson(Sweden),Anna Hedvig
Büll(Estonia), who were witnesses to the Armenian Genocide and
subsequently founded shelters for Armenian women and children.