A film by Inna Sahakyan
Armenia's submission to the 95th Academy Awards- Best International Film
North America Premiere
Official Selection- Animation is Film Festival 2022
Oct. 23, 2022, Hollywood, CA
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Official Selection- IDFA 2022
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Official Selection- Doclisboa 2022
Festival Internacional de Cinema
Official Selection- Film Fest Hamburg 2022
A co-production of Armenia, Germany & Lithuania
2022 | 96 minutes | in Armenian with English subtitles
This film was made possible with the academic contribution of the Zoryan Institute and is based on its Oral History Archive
Produced by: Bars Media, Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Artbox Laisvalaikio Klubas
Producers: Vardan Hovhannisyan, Justė Michailinaitė, Kestutis Drazdauskas
Christian Beetz, Eric Esrailian, Inna Sahakyan
Featuring Aurora (Arshaluys) Mardiganian as herself (archival documentary footage)
Featuring Anzhelika Hakobyan as Aurora (motion capture)
Featuring Arpi Petrossian as the voice of Aurora (animation)
Script: Inna Sahakyan, Kerstin Meyer-Beetz, Peter Liakhov
Editor &Live Action Director: Ruben Ghazaryan
Art Director: Tigran Arakelyan
Composer: Christine Aufderhaar
Additional music: Andranik Berberyan, Garegin Arakelyan
Lead Illustrator: Gediminas Skyrius
Lead Character Artist: Rimas Valeikis
Lead Animators: Šarūnas Vyštartas, Tigran Arakelyan, Ruben Ghazaryan
Animators: Lusine Chergeshtyan, Rimantas Laskauskas, Sigitas Mikūta, Žiedė Matonytė, Richard Derteano
Artists: Martyna Kašinskaitė, Ieva Batrytė, Gor Yengoyan, Mher Gabrielyan, Juozas Šleikus
Animation: Meinart Animation Studio, OnOff Studio
Sound Post-Production Studio:Berberyan Music Production House
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 charity campaigns in American history. With a blend of vivid animation, interviews with Aurora herself, and 18 minutes of surviving footage from her lost silent epic, Aurora's Sunrise revives a forgotten story of survival.
