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Hokees

Directed by Gariné Torossian
Canada, 2000 (experimental / fiction, 26 minutes, colour)
Hokees
Image: © Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre

Film Description:
"Hokees is about Anahida, a contemporary Armenian woman, pregnant with the child of her Turkish lover who is haunted by the past. An artistic blending of the real and unreal, the past and present are tightly woven into emotionally visual experience. In Armenian, Hokees literally means 'soul' or 'spirit."
-- Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Aaron Marti
Produced by: Brent Barclay
Principal Cast: Arsinée Khanjian, John Mighton, Linda Gizirian
Cinematography: Kim Derko
Film Editing: Mark Baxter
(sources)


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