Los Angeles, CA – March 2, 2018 –
Join us with family + friends in Glendale, CA for Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.
TriCoast Entertainment and Kara Kedi Films proudly announce three-time award winning historical drama, ‘LOST BIRDS’, to screen in Glendale, CA in honor of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on April 24th, 2018.
Written and directed by Ela Alyamac (‘Fairy Dust’) and Aren Perdeci, ‘LOST BIRDS’ is a historical fairytale told through the eyes of brother and sister, Bedo and Maryam, who were left behind during the mass deportations of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire of 1915.
After Bedo and Maryam go against their mother’s wishes and sneak out to play in their secret cave, they return to find both their home and village empty. Along with Bacik, the wounded bird they’ve been nursing back to health, the children embark on a dangerous, yet poetically visual journey to find their mother.
“Lost Birds is the first film to depict the great tragedy of 1915 that was made in Turkey. Brought to the screen by the five years of work, persistence and courage of the filmmakers Aren Perdeci and Ela Alyamac, who share writing and directing credits. Lost Birds handles the task of telling a very dramatic story in a fairy tale narrative and this leads the audience to feel something magical yet so real at the same time,” wrote Aida Takla O’Reilly for the Golden Globes, Foreign Language Films (HFPA).
This bittersweet, intimate drama brings to light the well-known 1915 Armenian tragedy through Alyamac and Perdeci’s research and work from the past five years. With stunning visuals, beautiful music and powerful performances by the young actors, ‘LOST BIRDS’ is a labor of love that will leave the audience will new perspectives on a long-lived international conflict.
Alyamac and Perdeci hope the film continues its global success, with their hopes “that ‘Lost Birds’ will help people to share and discuss their own stories after they watch the film, and build a bridge between people who once lived on this land in harmony,” said Alyamac in an interview with Simone Zoppellaro Yerevan.
Perdeci added, “This film can not change the fact that this tragedy took place, but it can help us to better understand each other and to look at the future with hope.”
‘LOST BIRDS’ was first released and found instant success at the Arpa International Film Festival, acquiring three award wins: Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award, Best Director, and Best Feature Film.
‘LOST BIRDS’ stars several first-time actors, including the emotional capture of innocence through children eyes by Heros Agopyan as ‘Bedo’ and Dila Uluca as ‘Maryam’. Alongside is Sarkis Acemyan as ‘Grandpa Yetvart’, Arto Arsenyan as ‘Father Mesrop’, and Takuhi Bahar as ‘Kinar’.
For more information about the ‘LOST BIRDS’ screening in Glendale, CA on April 24th, 2018 and to attend with press passes, please contact jenna@tricoast.com.
Watch the trailer for ‘LOST BIRDS’ here: https://vimeo.com/201209025. For more information, please visit the film’s official site: http://www.lostbirdsfilm.com/.
LOST BIRDS (2017, 90 min.) Written and directed by Ela Alyamac and Aren Perdeci. Editor: Ela Alyamac, Aren Perdeci. Cinematographer: Aren Perdeci. Sound department: Eli Haligua, Burak Topalakci, Caglar Yesilay. US. English. Kara Kedi Films, TriCoast Entertainment.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Kara Kedi Films
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