“Aurora’s sunrise”
A survivor’s journey from bloodshed to the red carpet
An award-winning audience favorite at film festivals around the world
& Armenia’s official entry to the 95th academy awards
For “Best international feature film”
SYNOPSIS
At only 14 years old, Aurora lost everything during the horror of the Armenian Genocide. Four years later, through luck and extraordinary courage, she escaped to New York, where her story became a media sensation. Starring as herself in Auction of Souls, an early Hollywood blockbuster, Aurora became the face of one of the largest and most successful charity campaigns in American history.
With a blend of vivid animation, interviews with Aurora herself, and 18 minutes of surviving re-discovered footage from her lost silent epic, Aurora’s Sunrise revives a forgotten story of survival, hope, and the endurance of the human spirit.
DIRECTOR
PRODUCERS
Vardan Hovhannisyan
Christian Beetz
Inna Sahakyan
Juste Michailinaite
Kestutis Drazdauskas
Eric Esrailian
FILM DETAILS
Country: Armenia, Germany, Lithuania
Year: 2022
Language: Armenian (Western), Turkish, English, German, Kurdish
Duration: 94 mins
Genre: Documentary, Animation, Drama
Screening format: DCP 4K
International sales (excl. USA):