The Other Side of Despair
Switzerland, July 2024
FILM,
Documentary,
8 min.
- directed by
- Varsy Buchmann
- Status
- In distribution
A moving portrait of a young Armenian artist, Art Petrosyan, who sets fire to his own paintings. Shot during a time of profound loss and upheaval in the aftermath of the forced deportation of 110'000 people from Artsakh, it provides a unique and thought-provoking perspective on the relationship between art, identity, and the struggle for survival.
credits
- World Premiere
- July 2024
- Original Version
- Armenian (english subtitles), colour, Streaminglink, 8 min.
- Production
- Boostplus GmbH, point de vue
- Producer
- Varsy Buchmann
- directed by
- Varsy Buchmann
- Cinematography
- Albert Sargsyan
- Editing
- Andreas Weber
- Location Sound Mix
- Hayk Frangulyan
- Music
- Arsen Babajanyan
- Animation
- Margarit Amirkhanyan
- Compositing
- Tigran Vanyan
- Special Effects
- Nathan Ornick
- Lighting Design
- Gor Poghosyan, Nikolay Semennikov
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Boostplus GmbH