directing department
HIGH COURSES OF SCRIPTWRITERS AND DIRECTORS, MOSCOW

FICTION, 2008, 33 min.

screenplay: Diana Mkrtchyan
cinematography: Yuriy Iskhakov
editing: Diana Mkrtchyan
sound: Ayim Ibragimova
music: ethnic
cast: Genrikh Binyatov, Karen Martirosian, Amalya Shaxidjanova, Lusine Vardanyan

An Armenian family – refugees from Azerbaijan - live in a dormitory in suburb of Moscow. Grandma and grandfather argue because of the fig tree left in their garden in Baku. They count the varieties of sugar they used to buy in Baku, list the names of classmates, refuse to unpack their trunks and wait...The film was shot in real dormitory where refugees live. Most of the characters are real refugees.