The Royal Film Commission – Jordan has selected Sareen Hairabedian’s documentary My Sweet Land to represent it in the Best International Feature Film category of the 97th Academy Awards, Deadline news website writes.
The documentary follows 11-year-old Vrej, who dreams of becoming a dentist in his village in Artsakh. When conflict erupts again, Vrej and his family flee, only to return to a devastated homeland. Vrej faces the new harsh realities and prepares for future battles; he wrestles with the weight of his hopes and trauma.
Deadline notes that this is not the only successful picture of the Jordanian-Armenian director. We Are Not Done Yet for HBO documentary won several awards. The Sweet Land premiered at the Sheffield DocFest earlier this year ahead of playing a number of festivals including the Amman International Film Festival in July, where it won the Jury Award for Best Feature Documentary and the FIPRESCI Award for Best Feature Length Arab Documentary.
