Producer Peter Bahlawanian

Renewed Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Underlines Russia’s Waning ... https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/world/europe/... Op-Ed: Why is Azerbaijan blockading Armenians? Russia played a … https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-01-13/... Jan 13, 2023 · Armenians were under attack from an Azerbaijani military not interested in The Desire to Live is a devastating documentary of an active, unprovoked attack. With brutal honesty the film captures the beginning of the final stage of the ethnic cleansing of the indigenous Christian Armenian population . \ Baroness Caroline Cox, the House of Lords (United Kingdom), said, “If nations are allowed to commit genocide with impunity, to hide their guilt in a camouflage of lies and denials, there is a real danger that other brutal regimes will be encouraged to attempt genocides. Unless we speak today of the Armenian genocide and unless the Government recognizes this historical fact, we shall leave this century of unprecedented genocides with this blot on our consciences A MUST READ: https://zartonkmedia.com/2022/12/28/genocide-is-about-to-unfold-in-artsakh-and-the-west-has-secured-a-front-row-seat/ Diaspora Films presents “The Desire to Live”, a documentary feature by director/writer/editor Mariam Avetisyan, a brave young filmmaker living in Artsakh Armenia, produced by Peter Bahlawanian. A visually stunning record of the 2020 war’s impact on the indigenous people of Artsakh, the film depicts the uncertainty and challenges of a crippled or nonexistent livelihood in a region wracked by war. After so much devastation and ongoing conflict, this award-winning documentary is helping spread the message of the country’s many struggles, especially that of its native people. With almost no narrative, audiences are free to focus on the visual storytelling before them, in the faces of children wondering about tomorrow, in the eyes of the elderly who have survived so much conflict. The message is conveyed in the inevitable lines of worry on the faces of mothers and fathers that have lost so much. The Desire to Live is the recipient of 136 awards from 72 Festivals worldwide. These include Best Director Documentary Feature and Best Indigenous/Native Peoples Film at the Cannes World Film Festival. Other festivals such as the Toronto International Women Film Festival, the ARPA international Film Festival in Los Angeles, the London New Wave Film Festival, Florence Film Awards, Indie Cinema Film Awards in Helsinki, Manil