‘Orphans of the Genocide’ Wins Telly Award

“Orphans of the Genocide,” a documentary chronicling the plight of the Armenian orphans of the Armenian Genocide won the Silver Telly Award, which is the competition’s highest honor,- Asbarez reports.

The production team, known as the Armenoid Team, includes Paul Andonian, Bedo Der-Bedrossian and Bared Maronian (founder), who are multi-Emmy Award-winning professionals who produce documentaries about untold stories. The production of the film was made possible by a grant from the Bezigian Family.

The same version is already a Regional Emmy nominee.

Maronian told Asbarez Friday that the film was picked by the 2011 New York City Filmmaker’s Festival, which will run from August 27 to 28 at the Anthology Film Archives in New York.

“Orphans of the Genocide” is a short film produced by the Armenoid Team. This short documentary includes a feature interview by Maurice Missak Kelechian, whose findings unveiled the secrets of an orphanage in Antoura near Beirut, Lebanon, where 1,000 Armenian Genocide Orphans were being turkified.

By the end of WWI more than 150,000 Armenian children were left parentless as a direct result of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Authorities. Near East Relief commissioned by the US Congress catered to over 132,000 Armenian orphans alone.

Kelechian’s research prompted an article by award winning journalist Robert Fisk of The Independent magazine. This short documentary also includes testimonials from children of Armenian Genocide orphans. This 18 minute documentary debuted on April 24, 2010 at the commemoration of the 95th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Hollywood Florida. The one hour version of Orphans of the Genocide will include a feature interview by award winning journalist Robert Fisk.

The Armenoid Team is currently working on expanding “Orphans of the Genocide” to a one hour film.

On April 24, 2011 tens of thousands of Armenians marched to Dzidzernagapert Monument in memory of 1,500,000 Armenian genocide slain victims

A skeleton crew of the Armenoid Team recently visited Armenia as a part of its final phase of production and filmed one of the largest Armenian Genocide Commemorations in the World at the Dzidzernagapert Monument, where tens of thousands of Armenians gathered to pay their respects to the souls of the Armenian Genocide victims o f 1915 , perpetrated b y the Ottoman authorities.

April 24, 2011 marked the 96th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide which created over 150,000 Armenian genocide orphans scattered around Historical Armenia.

Orphans of the Genocide, a one hour documentary tells the compelling story of these orphans. Their plight, their fear, their survival…

Another stop for the Armenoid Team was Gyumri, formerly known as Alexandrapol situated 75 miles North West of Yerevan. Gyumri was often referred to as the Orphan City.