The Fifth Column (film)
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Director Vatche Boulghourjian Running time 29 minutes Awards 3rd Prize Cinefondation Country Lebanon | 7.2/10 Genre Short Screenplay Vatche Boulghourjian Writer Vatche Boulghourjian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date May 20, 2010 (2010-05-20) (Cannes) Cast Harry Simitian, Linda Meguerdichian, Sako Ohanian Similar movies Anywhere Out of the World (2010), Barking Island (2010), The Lips (2010), Adrienne Pal (2010), Leap Year (2010) |
The Fifth Column (Armenian: Հինգերորդ Զօրասիւն pronounced Hinkerort Zorasune), is a Lebanese–American short film, directed by Vatche Boulghourjian. It competed in the 2010 Cannes Film Festival where it was awarded 3rd Prize by the Cinéfondation, La Sélection. In August 2010 it was presented at the opening night of the Lebanese Film Festival in Beirut where it won 1st Prize, Best Film. The Fifth Column was screened at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival in October 2010, where it won Best Student Short Film, 1st Prize. It was also presented at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Beirut Cinema Days, and the Golden Apricot International Film Festival. In January 2011 the film was presented at Emir Kusturica's Kustendorf Film & Music Festival, and was awarded the Film Critics' Press Award. The film depicts an atmosphere of desperation in the Armenian quarter Bourj Hammoud, a suburb of Beirut. The film is entirely in Western Armenian dialect.
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