About Naré
Naré Mkrtchyan was born in Armenia and raised in Los Angeles. In her work, she combines both the American filmmaking technique and the international, independent spirit. She is a graduate of University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. She has written, directed and produced over sixty projects, including her latest which was a Netflix original. She has projects that filmed all over the world including Japan, Mexico, Armenia, Turkey, US, etc. Her documentary The Other Side of Home remains the only Armenian Genocide film to be shortlisted for Oscar. Naré chooses to use the tool of cinema as means to deal with intergenerational trauma and to alchemize pain into healing. Her passion is telling unique human stories that connect people and move beyond the boundaries of nationality, gender, and religion.
The Other Side of Home
In 1915, an estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Turks in what historians call the first genocide of the 20th century. In 2015, a Turkish woman named Maya discovers that her great grandmother was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide. Maya comes to embody the conflict that remains unresolved between the two nations. She has two conflicting identities: one that suffers and the other that denies. This documentary follows Maya as she goes to Armenia to take part in the 100th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide and to come to terms with her conflicted identity.
The Other Side of Home is a story of identity, denial, and how the experience of genocide creates a ripple effect for future generations on both sides. It is the first (and only) film about the Armenian Genocide to have ever been shortlisted for an Oscar.