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“Endless Corridor” screened in Athens

24 February 2016 11:50 (UTC+04:00)
“Endless Corridor” screened in Athens

The Azerbaijani embassy in Athens and the European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS) held the official presentation of the award winning documentary, “Endless Corridor”, produced directed by Aleksandras Brokas and narrated by Jeremy Irons.

The event held within the framework of the International “Justice for Khojaly” Campaig also included the presentation of a book by Ian Peart and Fiona MacClchlan, entitled, “Khojaly Witness of a War Crime”.

A concert of traditional music of Azerbaijan also took place in the presence of Azerbaijani Ambassador Rahman Mustafayev, filmaker Aleksandras Brokas and author Ian Peart.

The premiere of the documentary was held at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in July 2014. Gerald Rafshoon (US), a Grammy Award winner, and Aleksandras A. Brokas (Lithuania) are the documentary's producers.

Endless Corridor follows two journalists, Lithuanian Richard Lapaitis and Russian Victoria Ivleva, on their return to Azerbaijan 20 years after covering the horrific Khojaly Massacre during the Armenian–Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

They journey to find the survivors they had first met in the aftermath of the Armenian attack. The film includes interviews with the survivors and spine chilling admissions from the perpetrators. A riveting documentary that unfolds like a dramatic narrative with exceptional lighting and cinematography is narrated by Jeremy Irons, the Oscar-winning British actor. The Emmy-winning American producer Gerald Rafshoon was the Executive Producer.

The film was presented in Istanbul, Ankara, Rome, Vilnius, London, Paris, Dublin, Berlin, Bern and Luxembourg in February as part of the Justice for Khojaly campaign, organised by Leyla Aliyeva, Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation .

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