IDFA Forum
There Was, There Was Not
Emily Mkrtichian
United States, Armenia
Selected for
IDFA Forum 2023Presentation category
Rough Cut Project
Production status
In post-production
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Logline
The first line of every Armenian fairy tale, There Was, There Was Not tells the collective myth of a homeland lost to war — and four women’s resistance to that loss.
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Project information
Selected for
IDFA Forum 2023
Countries of production
United States, Armenia
Production status
In post-production
Credits
Production
Emily Mkrtichian,
Brock Williams
Emily Mkrtichian,
Brock Williams
Director
Emily Mkrtichian
Emily Mkrtichian
Editing
Emily Mkrtichian,
Alexandria Bombach
Emily Mkrtichian,
Alexandria Bombach
Executive producer
Alexandria Bombach,
D. D. Wigley
Alexandria Bombach,
D. D. Wigley
Financier
Sundance Film Institute,
International Documentary Association,
Hot Docs CrossCurrents Doc Fund,
Chicken&Egg Pictures,
Armenian General Benevolent Union,
Creative Armenia
Sundance Film Institute,
International Documentary Association,
Hot Docs CrossCurrents Doc Fund,
Chicken&Egg Pictures,
Armenian General Benevolent Union,
Creative Armenia
Pitch team
Emily Mkrtichian,
Brock Williams
Emily Mkrtichian,
Brock Williams