Voyage to Amasia documents composer Eric Hachikian’s
return to his ancestral home – Amasia, Turkey – nearly 100 years after Ottoman
soldiers deported his grandmother, Helen Shushan, during the Armenian Genocide.
The film is set to Eric’s piano trio of the same name, which provided the initial
inspiration for the documentary. Voyage to Amasia traces a path through the
past, honoring Eric’s relationship with his grandmother and uncovering what her
family’s life in Turkey might have been like. It also explores how the events
of nearly a century ago continue to strain the relationship between Armenians
and Turks today. Inspired by one family’s story, the filmmakers embark on their
own journey in the hopes of finding a greater understanding between two peoples
still at odds.
The Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival
was established in 2004 in Yerevan, the capital of the Republic of Armenia. The
Festival’s theme is “Crossroads of Cultures and Civilizations”, and screens
films representing diverse ethnic groups, religions, and nations that depict
the human experience, the daily lives of people, ordinary and extraordinary,
their troubles and their joys, as they try to find meaning in a changing world.
The full festival schedule can be found here: www.gaiff.am/en/films/ More
information on the Voyage to Amasia screening is here:
www.gaiff.am/en/films/voyagetoamasia/
Randy Bell is a Washington, DC-based independent
filmmaker. His documentary films, which explore subjects as diverse as American
popular music, mid-century European modernist architecture, and the AIDS orphan
crisis in Kenya, have won awards from the Cleveland International Film
Festival, the New England Film and Video Festival, and the Ivy Film Festival.
He received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 2000, and his
Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2010.
Eric V. Hachikian is an Armenian-American composer whose
music has been hailed by the New York Times as “lovely and original.” His
compositions and orchestrations can be heard in a variety of major motion
pictures, network television shows, and national and international ad
campaigns. They have been performed Off-Broadway, at Carnegie Hall, at Boston’s
Symphony Hall, and The Getty in Los Angeles. A classically-trained composer, as
well as self-taught DJ and perpetual student of world music, Eric’s musical
style has no boundaries, and his multi-genre interests result in a unique and
personal sound.
If you would like more information about this topic, or
to schedule an interview with Randy Bell & Eric Hachikian, please call Eric
at 646 797 7603 or email him at
vta@voyagetoamasia.com
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