February 19
Spring Grant 2011 - Post-Production Stage
Tamara Stepanyan / Short Narrative / Armenia, Lebanon, Qatar / 2011 / 42 min / Colour / Original Language: Armenian / Interests: Drama
Synopsis
It is February 19. The train will depart with Anna and Alex. Years have passed; the day has come for their last meeting. Location: the train. City: Yerevan. She is there – in the train. He enters – and the white thin wall becomes a cold white barrier between them. They will talk, shout, cry, whisper and make love. The dull thin wall remains.
Credits
- Director
- Tamara Stepanyan
- Screenwriter
- Tamara Stepanyan
- Producer
- Tamara Stepanyan, Gohar Igityan
About the Director
Tamara Stepanyan was born in Armenia and moved with her parents to Lebanon in 1994. After studying and working there, she moved to France, where she is currently developing her first narrative feature. Stepanyan has participated in film workshops in South Korea, at the Asian Film Academy as part of the Busan International Film Festival in 2007; and in Denmark, in an exchange programme at Den Danske Filmskole, in 2012. She has won several international awards for her films.
Awards and Festival History
Festivals
Dubai International Film Festival 2011, in Official Competition (UAE)
Festival Côté Court-Pantin 2012, in Official Competition (France)
Lebanese Film Festival 2012, in Official Competition (Lebanon)
Rencontres cinématographiques de Cerbère-Portbou 2012
Won Best Fiction Film Award at the Lebanese Film Festival 2012 (Lebanon)