FIGHT
FIGHT
In particular, it is Karine's father who wants a different, more 'feminine' future for his daughter. He himself introduced her to the trade and is also happy that she takes on the work of caring for the animals and providing them with medical treatments. The film accompanies Karine and her family in a series of scenes both carefully selected and calmly captured: here the family's everyday existence in the cramped living room, there conversations about school and games with the cat. And then there’s the feeding of the chained dogs, a row of kennels in which the animals, bred for aggression and strength, can hardly contain their excitement, and finally the violent scenes of the dog fights. FIGHT is characterised by a constant, irresolvable ambivalence between a love for animals and cruelty towards them. The competitions, which often end in bloodshed, are part of the tradition, and also an expression of the patriarchal structures in which Karine grew up and which encourage her to pursue her hobby - dancing - as a career. At almost seventeen, she is soon to graduate from school and has to make a decision that will determine her future.
Text: Merlin Webers
05.11.2024 | 22:00 | Glad-House (original version with English subtitles + simultaneous translation into German)
07.11.2024 | 13:00 | Kammerbühne (original version with English subtitles + simultaneous translation into German)
Lilit Movsisyan
Lilit Movsisyan
Narek Khachatryan
Carlos Proteus
Vie Des Hauts Production
Lilit Movsisyan - Lilit Movsisyan is a dynamic and emerging talent, graduated with honors from the Institute of Theater and Cinematography in 2009. Her short film "Me Too" won three prizes at the Syracuse International Film Festival.In 2018, she served as a jury member at the ReAnimania International Animation Film and Comics Art Festival of Yerevan. Her short film "The Trial" competed at GAIFF 2019. Lilit's first feature-length documentary, "Fight," a collaborative Armenian-French production, has earned recognition on various platforms, including DocsBarcelona Public Pitch 2020 and Baltic Sea Docs in 2019. She is a seasoned participant in industry events such as GAIFF Pro C2C Market, B2B Doc, EurasiaDoc workshops, EAVE on Demand, and Talents Sarajevo.Committed to sharing her experience, Lilit teaches filmmaking at the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies for teenagers. Her latest film project, "Shakespeare Goes Armenian," in co-direction with Inna Sahakyan (Aurora's Sunrise 2022) has already won The DAE Talent Development Award at WHEN EAST MEETS WEST co-production forum.Falls diese zu lang ist, hab ich noch eine kürzere Variante:Lilit Movsisyan is a dynamic and emerging talent, graduated with honors from the Institute of Theater & Cinematography in 2009 and teaches filmmaking at TUMO (Center for Creative Technologies). "Fight", her first feature-length documentary, has earned recognition on DocsBarcelonaPublicPitch 2020 and BalticSeaDocs 2019. Lilit’s latest project, "Shakespeare Goes Armenian," has already won the DAE Talent Development Award.
