Hear the voices from the region about living through and beyond conflict
17 years ago, the documentaries Though Nut, Citizenship: Refugee, and Catharsis were created as part of the Dialogue Through Film project. The protagonists of these documentaries lives in Nagorny Karabakh until their forced displacement in September 2023. The film 17 Years Later follows the fates of the protagonists of...
Without Wings tells the powerful story of women who have been displaced from Nagorny Karabakh and are now raising their children on their own.
"If Bashkend is given to the Armenians, it’s the end for us. We make our living here, and these places will no longer be safe,” says 53-year-old Vali (last name not provided), a resident of the village of Shynykh in the Gedabek district. He engages in animal husbandry in neighboring Bashkend....
Armenia is again faced with the problem of accepting refugees — thousands of people who have lost everything they had. The story began in the late ’80s of the last century. Since the beginning of the Karabakh conflict, more than 500 thousand Armenians were forced to leave Azerbaijan. Some of the refugees resettled...
As a result of the second Karabakh war between Azerbaijan and Armenia in 2020, and an “anti-terrorist operation” by the Azerbaijani army in 2023, territories that had been under the control of the Armenian army for more than 30 years returned to Azerbaijan. After that, Azerbaijanis from the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region and seven adjacent districts...
“Our childhood was spent in the mountains and forests. My friends and I often climbed steep cliffs and spent days on the highest points of Lachin. Even now I remember how proudly we used to look at the city from these heights. For hours we would stare as if we...
The Karabakh War of 2020 and the September 2023 hostilities have dramatically altered life in the southern, Syunik region of Armenia. This is especially true for the economic development of the region, the ability of local residents to earn and support their families. The situation in Syunik has been particularly...
Thousands of people who moved from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia have settled in various regions of Armenia. They are trying to adapt to the conditions of life here and get used to the new circumstances – the loss of their homeland, their homes and all their property.
“There are no photos where dad and mom are together. They collected photos in one album. When we moved, our things were moved to my grandmother’s house, and then there was a fire and the album was destroyed.
