LUMEN NATURAE
LUMEN NATURAE
Arthur Sukiasyan's fragmented narrative addresses several points that place an equal burden of Armenian society: the enormous loss of young men in the wars with Azerbaijan, the grief of the bereaved over the irreplaceable loss, the impossibility of making up for this personal loss - neither with national slogans, nor with new children - and the different value placed on daughters and sons by family traditions. In this film, Ani finds her very own way out: she hangs out with young people of the same age, far removed from social and family pressures, in search of something akin to emotional normality.
Text: Bernd Buder
Supporting film for: THE WAR DIARY (Hakob Melkonyan, FR/AM 2024, 84 Min)
05.11.2024 | 19:00 | Obenkino (original version with English subtitles)
08.11.2024 | 10:30 | Kammerbühne (original version with English subtitles + simultaneous translation into German)
Arthur Sukiasyan, Artavazd Yeghiazaryan
Moienoddin Jalali
Hayk Israelyan
Elina Abovyan
The Deenjes
Hasmik Suvaryan, Varag Gevorgyan, Gohar Poghosyan
Arthur Sukiasyan - Born in Gyumri, Armenia, Arthur Sukiasyan is an independent filmmaker. He participated in film workshops worldwide, worked as a film producer and researcher. He is alumnus of AFS International Documentary Workshop at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles. His debut feature length documentary OUR ATLANTIS has shown in a number of international film festivals, including the Pomegranate Film Festival in Toronto, where it won both The Audience Choice and Best Documentary Film Awards. His short documentary film WOUND, which had its world premiere at Visions du Reel International Film Festival's International Medium Length and Short Film Competition(2019, Nyon), and received the Best Film Award of Focus Caucasus Competition at CineDOC-Tbilisi International Documentary Film Festival (2019), as well as received The best Real Life Cinematic Portrait award (IFCA) at GoldenApricot IFF (2019). His current short film LUMEN NTURAE (2024) has been shortlisted by the prestigious Cannes Semaine de la Critique.
