Film: 2022 Oscars: Armenia selects ‘Should the Wind Drop’ for international feature film category

Panorama, Armenia
Sept 28 2021

CULTURE 19:28 28/09/2021 ARMENIA

Armenia will submit filmmaker Nora Martirosyan’s “Should the Wind Drop” (Si le vent tombe), a drama about Artsakh, for consideration in the Best International Feature Film (formerly called Best Foreign Language Film) category of the 2022 Oscars, the Armenian National Film Academy reported on Tuesday.

The decision was made as a result of a secret voting at the meeting of the Film Academy on Monday.

The film was produced with the financial support of the National Cinema Center of Armenia and is a France-Armenia-Belgium coproduction.

Its screenwriters are Nora Martirosyan and Emmanuelle Pagano, the producer is Julie Paratian.

Nora Martirosyan is a graduate of both the Art Academy in Yerevan, Armenia, and the State Academy of Fine Arts, in Amsterdam. In 2010, she directed the documentary short “Les Complices”. “Should the Wind Drop” is her feature debut. She currently lives and works in Montpelier, France.

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