Aurora's Sunrise

2022
TV-MA
1h 36m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

998

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A genocide survivor becomes a silent movie star: Aurora Mardiganian's odyssey is close to unreal. After losing her family, escaping slavery, and enduring Hollywood greed, she journeys far to... Read allA genocide survivor becomes a silent movie star: Aurora Mardiganian's odyssey is close to unreal. After losing her family, escaping slavery, and enduring Hollywood greed, she journeys far to tell the world of the Armenian Genocide.A genocide survivor becomes a silent movie star: Aurora Mardiganian's odyssey is close to unreal. After losing her family, escaping slavery, and enduring Hollywood greed, she journeys far to tell the world of the Armenian Genocide.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

998

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 20 wins & 5 nominations

Self
(archive footage)

Anzhelika Hakobyan

Aurora

Arpi Petrossian

Aurora
(voice)

Nanor Meliq-Stepanyan

Arusyak
(voice)

Ani Toroian

Aurora's mother
(voice)

Ruben Ghazaryan

Aurora's father
(voice)

Mher Gabrielyan

Shepard
(voice)

Artak Shaqaryan

Turkish soldier 1
(voice)

Garnik Seyranyan

Turkish soldier 2
(voice)

Nvard Ghazaryan

Aunt 1
(voice)

Ani Voskanyan

Aunt 2
(voice)

Hrag Boyadjian

Cousin Suren
(voice)

Artyem Mirakyan

Cousin Hrant
(voice)

Ashot Khachatryan

German Officer
(voice)

Tengiz Uzoyan

Kurdish man
(voice)

Varand Bedrossian

Uncle Ghazar
(voice)

Razmik Minassyan

Professor Loulajian
(voice)

George van Eesteren

Mr. Gates
(voice)

Director
- Inna Sahakyan
Writers
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Trivia
Official submission of Armenia for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 95th Academy Awards in 2023.

Connections
References Auction of Souls (1919)

User reviews7

Review

Featured review

10/10

Excellent

I saw Aurora a year ago and it is an artistic treasure. The story is based on factual details about the life of a teenage girl during the Arnenian Genocide of 1915, where 1.5 million Armenians were subjected to mass murder, deportation, starvation, rape and torture by Turkey. Aurora survived and moved to the US where justva few years later, Hollywood made a film about the atrocities and Aurora was hired as one of the main characters. This docu-animation film is a true depiction of Aurora's survival. Negative ratings are motivated by Turkey's denial of the genocide and have no basis in reality.