2022 | Germany, Turkey | Documentary

Aşît (The Avalanche)

  • Kurdish English, French 60 mins
  • Director | Pınar Ogrenci
  • Writer | Pınar Öğrenci
  • Producer | Pınar Öğrenci

STATUS: Released

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Loosely inspired by Stefan Zweig’s novella, in which playing chess is depicted as a means of surviving fascism, The Avalanche recounts the events of the Armenian genocide, still contested by the Turkish state. Pinar Öğrenci uses archives and present-day footage of the region to uncover the traumas left by the Armenian people on their landscape and their memories.

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