Safe zone

I am from the generation that was born during and after the war, in a closed and isolated society. I have not experienced Armenians and Azerbaijanis living, working and co-existing together. I do not have memories from those times; I have stereotypes that the society, school and the media taught me and everyone else in my generation.

The words “enemy” and “Azerbaijani” had always been synonyms for me until I went to Tbilisi. This story is about a “hidden” community of Armenians and Azerbaijanis who can only meet in a third country, who have the need to talk to each other, to listen to the other side and who eventually become friends.

Awards: Best film in GIPA Doc U, 2020. Adami Media Prize, 2020.