Atom Egoyan to present his new film on April 24

PanARMENIAN.Net - Canadian-Armenian filmmaker Atom Egoyan will be presenting a sneak preview of his latest film, Adoration, on Friday April 24 at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, CA. The showing will begin at 7:30 pm. Egoyan will lead a discussion on the film after the screening, Asbarez reports.



Adoration, written, produced and directed by Egoyan, tells the tale of a young French student who uses a school assignment on terrorism to delve into his own family's murky past. The film speaks to our connections with one another, with our family history, with technology and with the modern world.



The special sneak preview will be followed on April 25 by screenings of two of the director's earlier films, The Sweet Hereafter and Family Viewing.



In 2002, Egoyan dealt with his Armenian heritage in the searing genocide drama Ararat. Egoyan is an Oscar nominee (The Sweet Hereafter) for director and screenplay and a four time Cannes Film Festival award recipient (in addition to nominations that didn't result in wins). His films are often told with fractured, complicated timelines that emphasize the burden of the past and the disjointed nature of contemporary existence.