Motherland
Poland2025fiction21'National Competition
The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is about to cease to exist. The radio has reported the news, dark smoke can be seen in the distance and a series of shots and explosions can be heard. A small village hidden in the mountains is almost deserted now, only some forsaken dogs can be heard barking. Aram, a former soldier, has stayed behind and he is trying to convince his disabled mother to leave. However, the apathetic woman does not respond to his efforts and seems resigned to her fate. The Azerbaijani army is getting closer and Aram will soon have to make a difficult decision.
- directed by
- Gor Arushanyan
Born in Yerevan, Armenia, in 1999. He is a scriptwriter, second assistant director and production designer. He studied at the Terlemezyan College of Fine Arts and later served in the Armenian Armed Forces for two years. He has held several solo exhibitions in Yerevan and participated in numerous contemporary exhibitions across Europe and the USA. In 2020, he moved to Łódź in Poland to study at the Łódź Film School. He continues to develop his own films. His work blends his cultural and military background with modern European influences to explore themes of memory, identity and transformation through visual art and cinema.
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