by admin | Jul 12, 2017 | blog
Director Garo Berberian was looking for a piece of poetry to connect the narrative strands of the film shaped by Varoujan’s poetry through the 5 scenes: Arrest, Incarceration, Train, Prison and Death, and he commissioned Ben Hodgson to write a poem. The poem has the...
by admin | Jun 30, 2017 | blog
Working as assistant director on “Taniel” was the second time I have worked on a film in Armenia, and as neighbours with us, Georgians, I wanted to return and discover more about the country and its people. It all started when I was working on a film called “Red...
by admin | Jun 12, 2017 | blog
It was exciting to be invited to be the on set photographer for the filming of “Taniel”. I had worked other films’ sets before, music videos and documentaries, but never on a short film with a sizeable cast and crew. As the director Garo Berberian was a friend...
by admin | May 12, 2017 | blog
On being involved in the film… I knew Garo and about his intention to make a film but never imagined that I’ll be in it, especially because I didn’t know that Varoujan had a wife, as we never learned anything about her at school. In general, we never heard about our...
by admin | Apr 24, 2017 | blog
April 24th 1915, Taniel Varoujan, a magnificent poet, aged 31, was arrested at his home in Constantinople, never to return. Varoujan was one of hundreds Armenian intellectuals arrested that night which was the start of the calamity which became the Armenian Genocide....
by admin | Apr 20, 2017 | blog
The 20th April 1884 is Taniel Varoujan’s birthday, and it’s an opportunity for us to celebrate the man and his work. It’s difficult to comprehend how such a young person, only 31 when arrested, would have the maturity, sophistication and vision to pen the...
