Event Videos — Armenian Film Foundation
Jackie in the Near East
The world premiere of the recently discovered lost film, “Jackie in the Near East,” a 1924 short film produced by the Near East Relief (NER) and featuring child-star Jackie Coogan, who helped raise millions of dollars in America for orphans of the Armenian Genocide.
Remembrances: The Assassination of Talaat Pasha
Dr. Carla Garapedian, who wrote the preface to this new edition of Remembrances, provides a general introduction and Bedo Demirdjian, translator of the memoir, talks about the challenges of working with this manuscript.
Picturing the Ottoman Armenian World: Photography in Erzurum, Harput, Van and Beyond
The Armenian contribution to Ottoman photography is supposedly well known, with histories documenting the famous studios of the imperial capital, Ottoman Armenian-run establishments that produced Orientalist visions for tourists and images of modernity for a domestic elite.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS ON THE VIA DOLOROSA, 1875-2022: A Photographic and Archaeological Journey
Having launched a new exhibit from the Armenian Image Archive, the panelists explore the fourteen "Stations of the Cross" along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem, highlighting photographs from the Bonfils Studio in 1875 and new images from photographer Jack Persekian.
1860 Gesaria (Kayseri) To Los Angeles 2022: Mapping Culture And Sharing Stories
This special two-day, in person and Zoom event highlighted mid-19th century Armenian life and cultural history featured in the newly translated memoir of Setrak Timourian and his family’s migration from Gesaria (Kayseri) to Los Angeles.
This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Aftermath: the Armenian Earthquake of 1988, A Photo Collection by Asadour Guzelian
This webinar includes an introduction to the Armenian Image Archive (AIA) by Carla Garapedian, Ph.D., a survey by Joseph Malikian, Ph.D., of early Armenian photography which will be a focus of research in the AIA, and a presentation of Asadour Guzelian’s photographs, taken on his two trips to Armenia in 1988 and 1989.
Rouben Mamoulian: An American-Armenian Theater and Film Director and Artist
This work-in-progress presentation marks the 124th birth anniversary of American-Armenian stage and screen director Rouben Mamoulian.
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE SHOOTING OF TALAAT PASHA IN BERLIN 1921: AFTER 100 YEARS
On March 15, 1921, Soghomon Tehlirian shot and killed former Ottoman Grand Vizier and principal architect of the Armenian Genocide Talaat Pasha in Berlin, as part of a larger effort to exact justice for the destruction of the Armenian people by the Ottoman government