Movie

The Avalanche (2023)

• April 20, 2023
• 1h 0m

• Documentary

Overview

Loosely inspired by Stefan Zweig’s novella, in which playing chess is depicted as a means of surviving fascism, The Avalanche recounts the events of the Armenian genocide, still contested by the Turkish state. Pinar Öğrenci uses archives and present-day footage of the region to uncover the traumas left by the Armenian people on their landscape and their memories.

Director

Pınar Öğrenci

Writers

Pınar Öğrenci