Armenian film presented for Russian academy award

An Armenian drama film telling about the Nagorno-Karabakh war has been presented for the Nika Awards, an annual ceremony held by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences. 

“If Only Everyone …” will vie for a prize in the Best film of the CIS and Baltic States nomination, the National Cinema Center of Armenia says in a statement.

According to Michael Poghosyan, the film’s producer and a starring actor, the other movies contesting the title are “Eternal Return” (Kira Muratova, Ukraine), “All Went Away” (Georgy Parajanov, Georgia, Czech Republic, Russia), “Earth is My Home” (Ayuba Shokhobidinova, Uzbekistan) and “Lonely Island” (Peeter Simm, Estonia, Belarus, Latvia).

The actor has said that no Armenian film has been so far presented for Nika Awards. 

The ceremony is due in Moscow on April 2. It was earlier screened at the 2012 Moscow International Film Festival.