The film, which is directed by Dessil Mekhtigian, will be distributed worldwide by MAD Solutions.
Yerevan International Film Festival will screen Dessil Mekhtigian’s From the Work of the Devil in its 20th edition, where it will be competing in its Apricot Stone Section.
The festival will be running from July 9 to 16, 2023.
In a statement, Dessil Mekhtigian expressed her pride and gratitude for the selection of her latest work to compete for a Golden Apricot. Mekhtigian, who has Armenian roots, described the film as a personal journey that brought her back to her home country for the first time.
Mekhtigian said: “I am very proud and touched that my film is in competition at a festival in my motherland. This film was made in search of my roots and I am overwhelmed with joy for the chance to go back to my home country for the first time.”
Produced by Karim Mekhtigian, From the Work of the Devil stars Dessil Mekhtigian, Ali El-Sabh, Maria Saba, and Lala Shamamian. MAD Solutions is handling the film’s distribution worldwide.
From the Work of the Devil — which held its world premiere at the 44th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival — follows a young woman who returns to Cairo after 10 years to organise an exhibition on Armenian photographers and realises why she really came back amid the preparations as her family, her past, and the city of Cairo begin to take hold of her.