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Peace Dialogue NGO presents the documentary film, Families in the Dark, by Vahagn Antonyan. The film was completed in 2019 and addresses issues that arise during criminal investigations of the deaths of non-combatant soldiers in the Armenian Armed Forces. These issues are presented through testimonies given by the family members of Levon Torosyan who, according to official records, died by suicide in May 2018 during his mandatory military service.

Dear visitors, we are pleased to announce that the animated film “The story of Mark L. Tyulpanov, who spoke with flowers” by Ukrainian artist Dana Kavelina is now available on Peace Dialogue’s website. This film was produced by Dana in the scope of the project ARENA: Community Theater and Public Art in 2017. When the film was almost ready for publishing author’s computer was stolen and all the materials were lost.

On August 2-12, the 3rd Summer School organized within the scope of “ARENA: Community Theatre and Public Art” took place in Borjomi, Georgia. Around 40 activists from Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Germany, and Georgia participated in the final meeting of the four-year program initiated by Peace Dialogue NGO and its German partner OWEN e.V.

“The story of Mark Lvovoch Tyulpanov was born in the project Arena: for one of the working meetings we were asked to present creative products about peace initiatives. Since this task was entrusted to me by our group, I decided to talk to all Ukrainian participants of the ARENA. My colleagues, who have been dealing with problems of refugees and internally displaced persons for many years, told me several stories, for example about a man who still misses his garden, or about two brothers who have taken different sides in the Ukrainian conflict. From all those stories, I have picked one that describes our situation more comprehensively, therefore Mark Tyulpanov is a collective character.” – said Dana Kavelina, one of the Ukrainian participants of the project ARENA: Community Theatre and Public Art.

Currently Dana is in Vanadzor, Armenia, where she continues her work on making an animated film based on her story.

The inaugural ARENA: Summer School for Peace and Art was held this year in Borjomi, Georgia. During the Summer School a group of 47 activists, independent artists and trainers from 9 different countries including the Russian Federation, Netherlands, Armenia, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Italy, Ukraine, Georgia, and Germany worked in three groups: theatre, graphic design and video.
The Summer School was organized under the scope of the three-year project ARENA: Community Theatre and Public Art launched in 2015. ARENA aims to empower civil society representatives of former Soviet Union and Eastern partnership countries and the Russian Federation to work together to develop creative approaches, new methods and activities in the field of human rights and peace building.

May 12 marks 21 years since the signing of the ceasefire agreement between Armenians and Azerbaijanis after the violent war over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

“House of Tea” is a short documentary made by Anna Zakaryan, Arthur Manoukyan and Armen Papyan from Peace Dialogue NGO. It is a story of a small teahouse in Tbilisi that brings together people from different origins, living in Georgia. The film was made in 2015.