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“Tevanik” directed by Jivan Avetisyan won the nomination of the “Best Foreign Film” at Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival, June 2016 Edition, Avetisyan posted on Facebook.

According to the source, the film was included in the Russian Voices (Vologda Independent Cinema from European Screens) the competition program. The film is due to be screened at Salyut cinema.

To remind, the film was screened for the first time in 2014 in Armenia. The film is about a dramatic story of three adults Aram, Astghik and Tevanik. Through the story of their life, the director depicts the life, sacrifice and the love of people in small Armenian village during the Karabakh war.

The script for “Tevanik” was initially written by Arnold Aghababov in 1996-1997.

“Tevanik” premiered at the Moscow Cinema in Yerevan in May 2014 and in Artsakh in June, and has been shown in various European cities. It has won a considerable number of awards, including: Best Screenplay at the Los Angeles Arpa International Film Festival in November 2014; Best Feature Prize in the Armenian Panorama Competition at the Golden Apricot Film Festival in July 2014; Audience Favorite Award at the Silk Road International Film Festival in Xi’an, China in 2014; and Most Original Work in the International Feature Films Competition of the Overlook 2014 Film Festival in Rome. It was also shown at the 67th Cannes Film Festival.