THE ROYAL FILM COMMISSION | Press Release
“Jordan Submits “MY SWEET LAND” for Consideration at the 97th Academy Awards (Oscar®)”
'“Vrej's dream supersedes war and touches the viewer with personal kind of hope. So My Sweet Land does many things. And it does them in a cinematic, empathic and fascinating way that at the same time informs us about the mindset of a small nation at the point of being swallowed up by history.”
“Two films make US viewers reckon with the extent to which American ignorance — and indifference — to the conflict is a side effect of “winning” the Cold War.”
“My Sweet Land is a somber warning call that its events are not contained in one place or time, they are the story of humanity, of its constant struggle, and its hope that maybe one day, we may learn from our own mistakes.”
“A powerful, urgent and intimate exploration of inter-generational trauma”
“It is a sobering and yet eye-opening documentary about the price children pay in wartime.”
“Sareen Hairabedian, whose new documentary My Sweet Land just had its world premiere at Sheffield DocFest, writes to her newborn son.”
“I’m very dedicated to impact, and seeing how the film will help and will affect communities. I also want to bring it back to Armenia and allow it to be a tool for healing in a way, working with nonprofits and organisations that are working with children, to help them find ways to process the trauma that they've gone through during the war.”
“We are firmly focused on the people and one small boy in particular and as such we are allowed to really see our future slipping away. You will be moved.”
“Why are they [children] ignored, despite being the sole group that has absolutely no hand in the warfare plaguing their homes? This is the question filmmaker Sareen Hairabedian sought to answer with her documentary My Sweet Land
BUSINESS DOC EUROPE | Interview
“What makes the film stand out for me is that unlike other recent war docs the film is not really focused on the actual war but on the people caught between the warring factions.”
“Sareen Hairabedian’s documentary embraces the hopes, fears, dreams and everyday struggles of an Artsakh boy, one of thousands whose childhood is tied to the local military context.”
ARMENIAN FILM SOCIETY (AFS) | Interview
Armenian Film Society spoke with director Sareen Hairabedian about her experience filming in Artsakh and the making of her debut feature film My Sweet Land.
"Hairabedian patiently captures all this with an intimacy that stems from trust, with Vrej viewing her and the camera increasingly as a confidante as time passes."
First look at Sareen Hairabedian’s documentary My Sweet Land
A Boy Deals With Consequences Of War In ‘My Sweet Land’: Watch Trailer For Film Premiering At Sheffield DocFest