Country Focus
Should the Wind Drop / Si le vent tombe
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 14th December
- 9.30 am
- nila
Screening 2
- 17th December
- 3.15 pm
- new 3
Director's bio
Nora Martirosyan
"Nora Martirosyan is an Armenian filmmaker and visual artist born in 1973 in Yerevan, Armenia. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Yerevan and later at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam. Martirosyan has been living in France and teaching cinema and video at the School of Fine Arts in Bordeaux since 2015. Her work often explores political and social themes, and she has directed several short and medium-length films. Her first feature film, ""Should the Wind Drop"" (2020), is set in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and has received critical acclaim. Martirosyan's unique storytelling and artistic vision have made her a notable figure in contemporary cinema3."
Synopsis
International auditor Alain has arrived to appraise the airport of a small self-proclaimed republic in the Caucasus to green light its eventual reopening. Through Edgar, a local boy running a make-shift business in the airport, Alain will risk all to help this isolated territory to open up.
Details of Cast
Grégoire Colin, Hayk Bakhryan, Arman Navasardyan, David Hakobyan. Narine Grigoryan
Details of Crew
Editors Nora Martirosyan Yorgos Lamprinos Cinematography Simon Roca Composer Pierre-Yves Cruaud Sound Anne Dupouy, Valérie Le Docte, Sabrina Calmels, Aline Gavroy
Producer Details
Julie Paratian
Writer Details
Nora Martirosyan, Olivier Torres, Guillaume Andre, Emmanuelle Pagano
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Films in this category
2013
Parajanov Scandal
1996
Labyrinth
2022
Amerikatsi
2006
The Lighthouse
2016
Lost in Armenia
2022
Gate to Heaven
Categories
- International Competition (14)
- Homage (4)
- World Cinema (63)
- Indian Cinema Now (7)
- Kaleidoscope (6)
- Malayalam Cinema Today (12)
- Restored Classics (7)
- Jury Films (5)
- Opening Film (1)
- Spirit of Cinema (1)
- Ann Hui: Chronicler of the Outliers (5)
- The Female Gaze (7)
- Signatures In Motion (3)
- Midnight Cinema (3)
- Festival Favourites (13)
- Viva el Cine: Latin American Films (5)
- Refracted Realities : The Existential Mindscapes of Hong Sang-soo (4)
- Chiaroscuro : Retrospective of Madhu Ambat (4)
- Celebrating Shabana Azmi (5)
- Centennial Tribute (3)
