‘Yeva’ Armenia's foreign-language Oscar submission

Armenian National Film Academy’s this year’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 90th Academy Awards is Anahit Abad’s drama “Yeva”, the press service of Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival reported.

Written and directed by Abad, the Armenian-language film was co-produced by Armenia and Iran and financed by National Cinema Center of Armenia and Farabi Cinema Foundation.

The film centers on Yeva, a young woman, who escapes her influential in-laws with her daughter Nareh, after her husband’s tragic death and takes refuge in one of the villages of Karabakh, Armenia. A complete stranger in the village, the woman is obliged to live her life in disguise.

The feature stars many recognized actors and actresses from Armenia, such as Narine Grigoryan, Shant Hovhannisyan, Marjan Avetisyan, Rozi Avetisyan, Sergey Tovmasyan, Vrezh Qasuni, Tigran Davtyan, Nanor Petrosyan, Evelina Adamyan, Marat Davtyan, others.

Translator: Hamdollah Emadi Heydari

Editor: Hamid Shamlou

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