Prior Years — St. Leon Armenian Church (NJ)
ARMENIAN FILMS PROGRAM at the Socially Relevant Film Festival NY (SRFF 2024) ~ March 13-18, 2024 ~ In-Person: NY/Online
The 11th Edition of SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival opens March 13 at the Maysles Documentary Center and continues March 14 at MRHS, March 15-17 at Cinema Village, March 18 at the National Arts Club for the Awards Ceremony. The festival covers a broad range of social issues. The official Selection including the short films line up can be found on the festival’s website under the 2024 Program, totaling 53 films this year, nine of which are Armenian-themed. The main themes of the festival are 100 Years of Armenian Cinema, Black History, BIPOC films, Aging and Disability, Women, LGBTQI+, and more.
Armenian Films at the 2023 Socially Relevant Film Festival ~ March 19-31, 2023 ~ In-Person / Online
SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival (SRFF) New York is a film festival that focuses on socially relevant film content, and human interest stories that raise awareness to social problems and offer positive solutions through the powerful medium of cinema.
SMALL-STATE STRATEGIES FOR REFORMING ARMENIA'S MILITARY: How Armenia Can Punch Above Its Weight ~ Thursday, March 2, 2023 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
Dr. Edouard Abrahamyan will present key findings from the Green Paper on Armed Forces Reform that was prepared by the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office and released in 2022.
ARMENIA ON THE BRINK: Strategies in a Diminishing Landscape ~ Sunday, September 18, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
Part IV: Armenia on the Brink: Strategies in a Diminishing Landscape, the fourth in the What’s Next series on the post-war Armenian reality.
DEBUNKING MYTHS ON THE ROAD TO A SUSTAINABLE ARMENIA ~ Wednesday, June 8, 2022 ~ On Zoom/YouTube
Join Dr. Irina Ghaplanyan, author of Post-Soviet Armenia: the New National Elite and the New National Narrative, for a discussion about leadership, cynicism, and priorities.
RESTITUTION OF PROPERTIES IN TURKEY AFTER 100 YEARS ~ Thursday, April 7, 2022 ~ In Person / On Zoom/YouTube
Turkish authorities have confiscated assets belonging to non-Muslim foundations and individuals—from the beginning of the 20th Century until the 2000s—thereby eroding their capacity to serve and support their communities. There have been some positive developments since 2000.
ARMENIAN FILMS PROGRAM at 2022 Socially Relevant Film Festival New York ~ March 16-27, 2022 ~ In Person/Online
The 2022 Armenian Films Program at the Socially Relevant Film Festival New York
THE JOURNEY OF HEROES ~ Thursday, December 9, 2021 ~ In Person/On Zoom/YouTube
He held his sword tightly in his hand and never let it go. The powerful clashes of his sword echoed strongly in the mountains and valleys of Armenia, inspiring the survivors of the carnage with courage to fight back for freedom. — excerpt from book jacket
Gate to Heaven: New York/New Jersey Film Screening & Discussion ~ Friday, October 8, 2021 ~ In Person Event
Gate to Heaven SynopsisHaunted by his past, German journalist Robert Sternvall returns to Artsakh, in 2016, after 22 years when the Nagorno-Karabakh war reignites to cover the conflict. As a result of his journalistic investigation, Robert meets Sophia Marti, a young opera singer, who happens to be the daughter of missing photojournalist Edgar Martirosyan, whom Robert abandoned in captivity during the fall of the village of Talish of Nagorno-Karabakh in 1992. As their romance develops, Robert’s guilty conscience catches up…
A MASTER PLAN? Russo-Azeri Strategy for Armenian Pacification ~ Wednesday, June 30, 2021 ~ Live on Zoom/YouTube
Join Lilit Gevorgyan and Armen Kharazian for A Master Plan? Russo-Azeri Strategy for Armenian Pacification, the first in the What’s Next series of discussions on the post-war Armenian reality.