Official Competition Feature Film

Synopsis

The film portrays the changes in the life of an Armenian family on Aleppo’s frontline in Al Midan, an area that brought shelter to the persecuted Armenians 100 years ago and today to many displaced Syrians. From the balcony of his home, the director films with a small camera the changes in his neighbourhood and his own family, interweaving his images with extracts from classical films to illustrate the parallels between the Armenian genocide and Syrians’ reality today.

Technical details

Duration: 90 minutes
Nationality: Syria
Production year: 2016
Director: Avo Kaprealian

Houses without doors (2016)

Avo Kaprealian was born in 1986 in Aleppo and is from a Syrian-Armenian family. He left his hometown study theater studies at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts where he graduated in 2011. He took part in several film workshops organized by DocMed, Bidayyat for Audiovisual Arts and Screen Beirut on the development of film ideas in general and his feature documentary “Houses without doors” which he filmed entirely by himself. Houses without doors is Avo Kaprealian’s first feature-length film; he has directed one short entitled “Just two steps too” ( 2012; 04:09 min) that was shown at the Yerevan Golden Apricot Film Festival.