*    Foundation Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary

The Armenian Film Foundation is currently celebrating its 25th anniversary and a plethora of recent achievements.  Established in 1979 as a non-profit educational and cultural organization, the foundation has  dedicated its efforts to the documentation and preservation of Armenian heritage in multi-media formats. Its primary aim continues to be to inspire pride in, and world-wide recognition of, the Armenian people and their contributions to society, thereby fostering human dignity and enhancing understanding and goodwill between present and future generations of Armenians and other cultures.

*    Save the Date - For the 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner - Details to be announced soon.

*    Genocide Survivor Interview Preservation Project

The Foundation is currently negotiating with the University of Southern California for the preservation, cataloguing and digitalization of its massive film archives. Interviews of nearly 400 survivors, professionally filmed since 1967 by Dr. J. Michael Hagopian on four continents, would be included in that collection. The archives will serve as invaluable resources for students, scholars and descendants of Genocide victims for generations to come.

*    News Archives:

l 4/25/2006  KCET-TV Interview of Legendary Armenian Filmmaker Gets Extended Coverage.  Click here for complete press release.

l 1/3/2006  Legendary Armenian Filmmaker to be Honored By San Diego Church.  Click here for complete press release.

l 10/13/2005  Armenian Film Foundation to Document Faces of Genocide.  Click here for complete press release.

l 8/17/2004  Members of Congress Thank Armenian Film Foundation for Eyewitness Account of Genocide.  Click here for complete press release.

l 8/12/2004  “Caravans Along the Euphrates” – Armenian Film Foundation Documentary in the Making.  Click here for complete press release.

l 7/29/2004  Germany and the Secret Genocide Selected for Jewish “Side Bar” Screening at East Coast Film Festival.  Click here for complete press release.

l 3/20/2003   Film Foundation Premieres Film About Germany's Role in Armenian Genocide on Worldwide Day of Commemoration. Click here for complete press release.