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31. July 2010 by [post_author_posts_link_outside_loop]

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Eric Friedler honored with the Armin T. Wegner Award 2010

Los Angeles – Director-producer Eric Friedler received the prestigious Armin T. WegnerHumanitarian Award at the Opening Night of the 13th Annual Arpa International Film Festival in Hollywood on  September 24, 2010.

The feature length docudrama Aghet: Ein Völkermord (Aghet: A Genocide), for which Eric Friedler was honored, was screened at the historic Egyptian Theatre.  He is the tenth recipient of the Armin T. Wegner Award, since the award’s inauguration in 2003.

Aghet: A Genocide, is a powerful documentary, which debuted on German public television, NDR, in April, 2010, depicting the annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians from 1915 til 1923 and the effects of the Turkish Government’s international campaign of genocide    denial on international policy. Award-winning director Eric Friedler assembles an impeccable cast, who bring to life the original texts of German and U.S. diplomatic dispatches and eyewitness accounts, interspersed with never-before-seen footage of the Genocide and its political aftermath.  The film, applauded by Nobel Prize laureate Gunter Grass, has sparked debate throughout Europe.  It is now being showcased around the world on television, and in major film festivals.

From Left: Carla Garapedian, producer; Eric Friedler, director and producer; Sylvia Minassian, founder of Arpa Foundation for Film, Music and Art

Photo: © Don Hannah       

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