Sareen Hairabedian's 'My Sweet Land' to be screened at GAIFF

U.S.-based Jordanian-Armenian filmmaker Sareen Hairabedian’s feature documentary "My Sweet Land" will have its Yerevan premiere at this year’s Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF), it said.

The film, which has already been screened at Sheffield DocFest 2024, is a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of a multigenerational war.

"My Sweet Land" follows an 11-year-old boy named Vrej, growing up in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), who dreams of becoming a dentist in his picture-postcard village with its roaming ducks and golden bees. Vrej’s life takes a sudden turn when war erupts, forcing him to flee with his family.