AURORA'S SUNRISE

By Inna SAHAKYAN

ALPE ADRIA CINEMA - TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

Documentary - Completed 2022

A teenage girl goes from genocide survivor to Hollywood star. Losing her family, escaping slavery, enduring trauma, and Hollywood greed, Aurora travels a very long way to tell the world about her people's tragedy. Her courage long forgotten, Aurora's odyssey is revived through this unique testimony,

Festivals
& Awards

Annecy Festival 2022
Animation is Film 2022
Audience Award
Golden Apricot - Yerevan IFF 2022
Silver Apricot
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • ARMENIA, GERMANY, LITHUANIA
    • Duration
    • 86 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Inna SAHAKYAN
    • Producer(s)
    • Vardan HOVHANNISYAN (BARS MEDIA)
    • Synopsis
    • At only 14 years old, Aurora lost everything during the horror of the Armenian Genocide. But with luck and extraordinary courage she escaped to New York, where her story became a media sensation. Starring in one of the first Hollywood blockbusters as herself in 1919, Auction of Souls, Aurora would become the face of the largest charity campaign in American history. With a blend of vivid animation, aged Aurora’s video testimony, and 18-minute rediscovered footage from her original lost silent epic, Aurora's Sunrise revives Aurora her inspiring forgotten story.