Armenian Association to screen ‘Yeva’

Armenian Association in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, has been scheduled to screen Armenian-Iranian director Anahid Abad’s ‘Yeva’.

To go on the screen on September 26, the movie tells the story of a young woman who is forced to flee Yerevan with her daughter Nareh. She would have to stand trial there because she allegedly killed her husband.

Uncle Ruben and the remote village in Nagorno-Karabakh are her last chances to go into hiding. But the villagers recognize her from the days of war when she had cared for the wounded as a doctor at the front.

‘Yeva’ is a joint production between the National Cinema Center of Armenia and the Iranian Farabi Cinema Foundation in Tehran.

The cast members of the flick, which represented Armenia at the 90th Academy Awards, include Narine Grigoryan, Shant Hovhannisyan, Marjan Avetisyan.

Notable screenings, awards and mentions of ‘Yeva’ include the Montreal World Film Festival in Canada, the Mill Valley Film Festival in the US, the Asian World Film Festival in the US, Audience Award at the Pomegranate Film Festival in Canada, the Tbilisi Int'l Film Festival in Georgia, the Palm Springs Film Festival in the US, the Rafael Film Center in the US, and the Los Angeles Armenian Film Society in the US.

The list goes on with the Bengaluru International Film Festival in India, the International Filmmor Women’s Film Festival on Wheels in Turkey, the Sofia International Film Festival in Bulgaria, the Cleveland International Film Festival in the US, the Best Film and the Best Actor Awards at the Yerevan International Film Festival in Armenia, the Burgas International Film Festival in Bulgaria, the Armenian Film Festival in Australia, the Rolan Bykov Film Festival for Children and Youth in Armenia, the Best Actress Award at the Kinoshock Film Festival in Russia, and the Cottbus Film Festival in Germany.

The film also won the award for best feature film at the Arpa International Film Festival in the US, the Grand Prix at the Socially Relevant Film Festival in US, the Best Film award at the Rolan - International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Armenia, the best foreign film award at the Annual DTLA Film Festival in the US, and Iran actor Homayoun Ershadi and director Abad were praised with awards during side event of the annual Venice International Film Festival in Italy.

Most recently, ‘Yeva’ won the first award at the French festival of new generation of Iranian cinema (Nouvelles Images d'Iran) and the audience award at the Rome Francophone Film Festival in Italy.

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