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Don’t talk!

Don’t talk! is a poetic portrait of a woman whose life is manipulated by fear.

Fear

27 November, 2019

Searching for a safe place to play

Children in Armenia’s second largest city still play in the ruins of buildings destroyed in the 1988earthquake. Gyumri, a city of around 120,000 people near the Turkish border, is slowly rebuilding. Butparks and playgrounds remain largely neglected, parents say.

Fear

26 November, 2019

Loss by grace

Fear

21 November, 2019

Portrait

Our main character is a 46-year-old man, who shares a long, communal room in Bediani Psychiatric Hospital with 40 other patients. In his dark room, which is permeated wit...

Fear

20 November, 2019

Dying alone

62-year-old Karen fears dying alone. He and his wife Silva, 56, are childless and live in a village in Vayots Dzor, in south-east Armenia.

Fear

13 November, 2019

Remote-controlled addiction

One year ago, a car hit me. Television shows became an oasis of comfort when my real life was overrun by fears about my condition. My fear of reality became a fear of add...

Fear

12 November, 2019
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