“To face the hell of our past and the miracle of our survival”

Ani Hovannisian & Steven Sim in the ruins of Khoulavank in Kharpert

Ani Hovannisian & Steven Sim in the ruins of Khoulavank in Kharpert Source: courtesy Ani Hovannisian

The Armenian Film Festival Australia, after a successful start in Melbourne, will launch in Sydney this week. One of the documentaries of the Festival’s list is Ani Hovannisian’s The Hidden Map. In this interview, Ani, the granddaughter of genocide survivors, talks about her emotional journey through our ancestral homeland and the discovery of our destroyed cultural heritage.



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