PanARMENIAN.Net – Sydney audiences will have a unique opportunity to see "Intent To Destroy" – the Armenian Genocide documentary filmed during the production of "The Promise" – as part of Hamazkaine Shant Chapter's Armenian Film Festival, which begins this Friday, August 18, reports the Armenian National Committee of Australia.
The "Intent to Destroy" screening, which is being co-hosted by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), will close the Armenian Film Festival on Sunday, August 27. All films are being screened at Event Cinemas in Top Ryde.
Filmed on the set of Armenian Genocide epic, "The Promise", this documentary by Joe Berlinger looks at the difficulties experienced by the producers, cast and crew of the film starring Christian Bale, Oscar Isaac and Charlotte Le Bon.
Here is a summary of the film from the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival which premiered "Intent to Destroy" in Australia earlier this year:
"Legendary documentarian Berlinger’s (Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, Tony Robbins: I am Not Your Guru, Crude) thirteenth feature film, captures the cinematic and political challenges of producing a historically meaningful, big-budget film in an environment rife with political suppression."
"In 2015, Academy Award-winning director Terry George (Hotel Rwanda) took on the challenge of making the first mainstream film about the 1915 Armenian Genocide that wiped out 1.5 million Armenians in The Promise (starring Oscar Isaac and Christian Bale). Berlinger’s film combines a mixture of exclusive behind-the- scenes footage, rare archival material and investigative interviews that capture the shocking and complex history of the Armenian Genocide, all while presenting the unfolding, real-time drama of bringing this long-ignored chapter of human cruelty to the big screen."