Project Detail

Taniel

Synopsis

April 24th 1915: Under cover of the darkness of war whilst the British are preparing landings at Gallipoli, mass arrests of Armenians are taking place across Constantinople. Poet Taniel Varoujan's home is broken, his poetry scattered, name checked and ticked on ordered list – never to be seen again.

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
19 min 59 sec
Format
Red Camera 4K
Director
Garo Berberian
Producer
Nare Ter-Gabrielyan
Executive Producer
Garo Berberian
Editor
lorraine want
Screenwriter
Garo Berberian
Director of Photography
Guri Goliadze, Ben Hodgson
Production Designer
Garik Manukyan
Sound
Harutyun Mangasaryan
Composer
Phillip Glass, Michael Nyman, Tigran Hamasyan, Jordi Savall
Principal cast
Narrated by Sean Bean; With Tigran Gaboyan, Yeya Akgün (voice)
Writer of Poem 'Indelible'
Ben Hodgson
Original Poetry
Taniel Varoujan
Post-production
Storm
Foley Design
Richard Hinton
Music Consultant
Juliette Hughes
Animation
Mark Coory
Photography
Tatevik Vardanyan
Costumes
Gyumri State Drama Theatre
Assistant Director
Mariam Dvalishvili
Illustrator
Jesse Hodgson
Poetry Producer and Translator
Tatevik Ayvazyan
Poetry Consultant
Armen Saruhanyan
Second Unit
University of Portsmouth

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Rebel Republic Films

33 Beverley Court
Wellesley Road
Chiswick
London
W4 4LQ

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