George Ghazaryan: We are planning to create film series about Karabakh war

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“War is not Traceless”, the second film about Karabakh war, will be prepared in 2010, says film director George Ghazaryan.



As he told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the motion picture will form part of the film series featuring the true history of Artsakh war.



“The idea of creating a film series was born long ago. The first film– “The Shooting House” – was produced in 2009. Telling about civilians, we aim to present the real picture of war,” Ghazaryan said.



The second film – “War is not Traceless” – is based on the stories of Gurgen Melikyan, Dean at Yerevan State University’s Oriental Languages Department.



“The film plot is based on real stories told by Gurgen Melikyan, who saw an Armenian serviceman helping a pregnant woman reach an Armenian settlement, ridding her of Azeri soldiers’ barabarism,” the director said.



Unlike the first film which lasts 20 minutes, the second film has 40 minutes’ running time, said the scenario writer and director.

George Ghazaryan was for many years a photo reporter and TV journalist, director and documentary film maker, founder of the “League of NKR Journalists”.



Gurgen Melikyan, Oriental studies specialists, Professor at Yerevan State University (YSU), Dean of Oriental Studies Department. Chairman of Gurgen Melikyan fund for over 10 years.



Since the times of Karabakh war, Gurgen Melikyan rendered humanitarian assistance to Artsakh, maintaining permanent contacts with reputable guests regularly visiting the area. Over the recent years, his fund has carried out various activities. One of key components of the organization’s program is the assistance to large families of Kashatgh region.



Shooting House is the first feature film in the history of Artsakh (NKR). It’s a 20-minute film based on the history of writer, journalist and participant of Karabakh war Ashot Beglaryan. The film was shot under the support of NKR Defense Ministry and Public Television of Artsakh (financial sponsor: businessman Karen Baghdasarov). Starring in the film is participant of Karabakh war Martin Aloyan, actor of the Drama Theatre after Vahram Papazyan.



The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out in 1988 as result of the ethnic cleansing the latter launched in the final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from 1991 to 1994. Since the ceasefire in 1994, sealed by Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan, most of Nagorno Karabakh and several regions of Azerbaijan around it (the security zone) remain under the control of NKR defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group up till now.