The Wegner Award
The Armin T. Wegner Award
For the vision to see the truth… and the courage to speak it.
Founded in 2003 through the efforts of the Armin T. Wegner Society of USA, the Armin T. Wegner Award is presented annually by the Arpa Foundation for Film, Music and Art as a humanitarian honor. Each year, at the discretion of the executive committee, the award is given to a motion picture that contributes to the fight for social conscience and human rights — a cause to which Armin T. Wegner dedicated his life.
Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award 2022
Dr. Eric Esrailian receives Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award 2022. Dr. Eric Esrailian, a renowned film producer, physician, and entrepreneur, received the Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award on November 20, 2022, at the 25th Arpa International Film Festival at the…
The winner of the Armin T. Wegner Award 2019
The Stateless Diplomat: Diana Apcar’s Heroic Life Filmmakers Mimi Malayan and Arthur Muradyan were the visionary creators behind “The Stateless Diplomat: Diana Apcar’s Heroic Life”. This poignant film chronicles a pivotal chapter in the life of Diana Apcar, who was…
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Winner 2017: Terry George
Academy Award-winning screenwriter-director Terry George was bestowed with the Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award the 20th Arpa International Film Festival for the feature film The Promise on November 5, 2017. The award ceremony took place at the Loews Hollywood Hotel.…
Winner 2016: Bared Maronian
Four time Regional Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker Bared Maronian was bestowed with the Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award at the 19th Arpa International Film Festival on November 6, 2016, for his documentary film Women of 1915. The film is…
Winner 2015: Ela Alyamak & Aren Perdeçi
Both filmmakers were born in Istanbul, Turkey, however Aren Perdeçi is a descendant of the Ottoman Armenians. They received the Armen T. Wegner Humanitarian Award for their feature film Lost Birds at the 18th Annual Arpa International Film Festival in…
Winner 2012: Lusine Sahakyan
Lusine Sahakyan is a professor of Turkic Studies at Yerevan State University in Armenia. Author of three books Dr. Sahakyan spent two years making “Hamshen at Crossroads of Past and Present”, a film dedicated to the current state of the…