SCREAMERS
'ON TOUR' 2006-08
March 7, 2008, University of California, Berkeley
"Screamers" screening and discussion with Carla
February 19, 2008 DVD Release, Sony BMG
February 13, 2008, California State University, Long Beach
The President's Forum on International Human Rights:
Modern Genocides and Global Responsibility, "Screamers"
screening and discussion with Carla
January 20, 2008, New York City
Hrant Dink memorial service, screening of Dink interview, St.
Vartan’s Cathedral
November 22-29 2007 Australian Release
Carla in Sydney and Melbourne to screen “Screamers”
November 15, 2007 Los Angeles Harbor College
“Screamers” screening and discussion with Carla
November 4, 2007, AFFMA Film Festival, Hollywood
Carla accepts the Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award on behalf
of “Screamers” at the Sheraton Hotel, Universal City
October 27, 2007, Fordham University, New York
Carla delivers speech on Pontifical visit of Karekin II to the
U.S.
October 28, 2007, Washington DC
Third Congressional Screening of “Screamers” for Congressmen
October 22, 2007, Sao Paulo, Brazil
“Screamers” in official selection of Sao Paulo Mostra
Festival. Finalist for Audience Award.
October 18-22, Prague, Czech Republic
“Screamers” in MOFFOM (Music on Film-Film on Music)
Film Festival
October 11, 2007, New York
Serj on CBS Morning Show, “Screamers” featured, on
occasion of Sub Committee vote
October 15, 2007, European Parliament, Brussels
“Screamers” was shown in the European Parliament in
a special tribute to Hrant Dink, who was murdered after the film
was released. Dink was being prosecuted under Article 301, which
prohibits discussion of the Armenan Genocide in Turkey. Carla
met Charles Tannock MEP, who was a contributor in the film. After
the screening, the European Commission asked Turkey to drop Article
301 as a condition of membership in the European Community.
October 12-18, Ghent, Netherlands
Flanders International Film Festival, “Screamers”
screens October 12 and 17
October 12, 2007, Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw International Film Festival, “Screamers” official
selection
October 11, 2007, Cincinnati
Carla guest speaker at University of Cincinnati screening of “Screamers”.
Introduced by Dr. Mitchell Livingston, UC Vice-President. The
“Dream for Darfur” torch arrived at University of
Cincinnati’s Sigma Sigma Commons. “Dream for Darfur
is calling for China to pressure the Sudanese government to end
Darfur’s genocide.
Participants included Nick Clooney, renowned journalist and Darfur
advocate; Henry Fenichel, Holocaust survivor, Dr. Mitchell Livingston,
UC Vice-President; Leah Peelman, winner of the 2007 Cincinnati
Flying Pig Marathon; Mary Wineburg, 400 meter runner-in-training
for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games; Billy Hatcher, Cincinnati
Reds first-base coach and member of the Reds’ 1990 World
Series team; Rabbi Ingber of the Cincinnati Imwise Temple; Father
Hert of UC; Zeinab Schwen, president of the Cincinnati Council
on American-Islamic Relations; Tony Schrietz, co-chair of Greater
Cincinnati Advocates for Darfur, representing the Archdiocese
of Cincinnati; and Homa Yavar, co-chair of GCAFD, representing
Muslim Mothers Against Violence and the Islamic Center of Greater
Cincinnati.
October 10, 2007, Cincinnati, Freedom Center Underground Railway
Museum
“Screamers” Benefit Screening for “Not On Our
Watch”, Nick Clooney special guest
September 27, 2007, Reykavik, Iceland
Reykavik Film Festival, “Screamers” official selection
September 27, 2007, Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg International Film Festival, “Screamers” official
selection, Carla does Q & A
September 22, 2007, Geneva, Switzerland
“Screamers” screening to UN representatives and members
of community
September 19, 2007, Bern, Switzerland
“Screamers” extraordinarg screening to Swiss Parliamentarians
The screening, at the Kino im Kunstmuseum of Bern, was held one
month before Switzerland’s federal elections to elect a
new parliament, where Switzerland’s current anti-racist
law, which makes Genocide denial illegal, is being attacked by
the SVP (Swiss People’s Party). The screening was attended
by prominent representatives from the Swiss Parliament, representing
the entire spectrum of Swiss politics, including Chaira Simoneschi-Cortesi,
deputy speaker of the National Council, Andreas Haemmerle, Vice
President of the Socialist Party, Dominique de Buman, Vice President
of the Christian Democratic Party, and Ueli Leuenberger, Vice
President of the Ecological Party (Green Party). Mr. Leuenberger
introduced the event, underlining the importance for civil society
to have an anti-racist law. Twenty MP’s viewed the film
and contributed to the panel discussion afterwards with director,
Carla Garapedian, along with members of the Swiss media.
September 9, 2007, Los Angeles
University of Southern California (USC) Norris Auditorium “Screamers”
screening and panel discussion, sponsored by Center for Religion
and Civic Culture, the Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History
and Education, the School of Cinematic Arts, the Institute of
Armenian Studies, the Peace and Conflict Studies Program, and
the School of International Relations. The screening is an affiliated
event of Visions and Voices: the Arts and Humanities Initiative.
Panel discussion with Carla Garapedian, “Screamers”
Director; Michael Renov, Associate Dean, School of Cinematic Arts;
Douglas Greenberg, Exec. Director, Shoah Foundation Institute
for Visual History and Education; Bill Yahraus, “Screamers”
Film Editor and Senior Lecture, School for Cinematic Arts; Donald
Miller, Exec. Director, Center for Religion and Civic Culture.
July 13-5 August, 2007, Johannesburg and Cape Town , South Africa
Encounters Documentary Film Festival. “Screamers”
official selection. Carla attends screenings in Johannesburg and
Cape Town, local press and radio.
July 22, 2007, Beirut
Carla meets His Holiness Aram 1 at the headquarters of the Armenian
Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias, Lebanon.
July 21, 2007, Theatrical Release, Beirut
“Screamers” theatrical release, Empire theatres
“Screamers” hits the movie screens in the Middle East,
to a packed crowd at the Empire Theater in Beirut, with local
dignitaries, fans and members of the public. Carla gave interviews
to various members of press, TV and radio.
July 10-15 2007, Yerevan, Armenia
Golden Apricot Film Festival, Screamers wins the “Golden
Apricot” for Armenian Panorama and Ecumenical Jury Award
June 8-11, 2007, Theatrical Release, Toronto, Canada
“North by Northwest” Festival, Screamers Screenings
at the Royal Theater, Toronto.
June, 2007, Vancouver, Canada
Special Screening of “Screamers” in local arts theatre
June, 2007, Providence, Rhode Island
Special Screening of “Screamers” in local arts theater
May 29, 2007, Glendale, California
Carla speaks at CASP awards night
May 22, 2007 Cannes, France
Press reception, Majestic Hotel
May 21, 2007, Cannes, France
Cannes Film Festival special screening, Olympia Theater
“Screamers” at the 60th Anniversary of the Cannes
Film Festival, with a special screening at the Olympia Theater
in Cannes, attended by press, distributors and film festival participants.
May 5, 2007, Glendale, California
Carla speaks at AIWA symposium, “Leading Women - Women Leading
Renaissance Banquet Hall
April 27, 2007, Detroit, Michigan
Screamers theatrical release in Detroit
April 29, Los Angeles
Screening, The Knitting Factory, Hollywood
April 27-29, Coachella Music Festival
“Screamers” featured on Axis of Justice stand
April 27, Marseilles, France
“Screamers” screening
Cinema Les Varietes, 37, rue Vincent Scotto, 13001 Marseilles
April 24, 2007 London, UK
Screening at British Parliament, sponsored by the Genocide Prevention
Committee
On April 24th which commemorates the beginning of the Armenian
Genocide, “Screamers” was officially screened in the
British Parliament by the Genocide Prevention Committee, chaired
by John Berkow, MP. The Honorable Member made the following statement:
“Timed to coincide with the 92nd anniversary of the horrific
Armenian genocide, this harrowing film is the most powerful reminder
that the evil of genocide is sadly not a thing of the past but
has remained a recurrent feature in our world to the present day,
from Armenia to the Holocaust, from Srebrenica to Rwanda, and
now to Darfur. Bestial slaughter of whole peoples continues to
blight humanity, shaming and diminishing us all. By pitching the
film to young people who often will know nothing of earlier horrors,
Carla is encouraging a new generation to treat the business of
murder as their business to stop, through campaigning, protest
and pressure.” John Berkow, MP
April 24 2007, Los Angeles
Commemorative march, Hollywood
Screening at Barnsdell Park Theater
April 24, 2007, Los Angeles
Axis of Justice Radio Show on Genocide,
Hosted by Serj Tankian, Carla guest
April 24, 2007 Paris
March and Screening
Publicis Cinema/129 avenue des Champs Elysee
April 23, 2007 Paris, France
Notre Dame Cathedral
“Screamers” outdoor screening against cathedral
April 23, 2007, Yerevan, Armenia
Carla speaks at rally and march to Commemoration monument
April 17, 2007, Theatrical Release, Yerevan, Armenia
Screamers theatrical release, Moskva Kino theatre
April 15, 2007, Yerevan, Armenia
Naragatsi Art Institute screening, for press and public
Hosted by Nareg Hartounian
April 15, 2007, Syracuse, New York
Official selection, Syracuse International Film Festival
Screamers screening
Producer Peter McAlevey on Special Symposium, Representing Youth
in Cinema
March 30, 2007, NYU, Greenwich Village, NY
“One Week for Darfur” screening with STANDNOW
March 30, 2007, Claremont McKenna College, California
Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights
Screening and Discussion, hosted by Professor Jonathan Petropoulos
March 24, 2007, Dallas, Texas
Official Selection, AFI Dallas Film Festival
“Screamers” screenings
Carla speaks at Documentary Director’s Symposium
Nasher Sculpture Center, March 22
March 23-24, 2007, Montreal Human Rights Film Festival, Canada
Screamers wins the Public Award. See press review in The Montreal
Gazette.
March 14, 2007, London, UK
Premiere, Renoir Cinema, Bloomsbury
With Special Guest Elton John
Sir Elton John was the special guest at the “Screamers”
London Premiere at the Renoir Cinema in Bloomsbury. Other guests
included contributors to Vanity Fair and The Independent, Mr.
David Furnish, Tim Jeffries, representatives of the Aegis Trust,
London School of Economics and Political Science, the Royal Institute
of International Affairs and survivors from Darfur, including
Israel Jarbo.
March 2, 2007, Notre Dame University
Browning Cinema Screening
Part of “Genocide Films Series: On Our Watch?”
Sponsored by the Notre Dame Holocaust Project, the Nanovic Institute
for Europen Studies, the Center for Social Concerns and the DeBartolo
Arts Center.
February 12, 2007, Carla on Fox News, Boston
"Screamers" follows the rock band System of a Down as
they toured Europe and the US pointing out the horrors of modern
genocide that began in Armenia in 1915 and is still going on today
in places like Darfur. The members of the band are all grandchildren
of genocide survivors. FOX25's VB discussed the film with director
Carla Garapedian.
February 11, Cambridge, Massachusetts
ADAA/Techfusion Party and Q&A with Director
February 9, Theatrical Release, Chicago
theatrical release
February 9, Theatrical Release, Boston and Worcester
Premiere, theatrical release
February 5, 2007 Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
Starr Auditorium, Screening for Carr Center for Human Rights.
Discussion with
Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of Practice of Global Leadership
and Public Policy and Director, Carla Garapedian.
January 26, 2007 Theatrical Release, Washington DC
Washington DC theatrical premiere, with coverage in the Washington
Post and The Hill and various news outlets (see press).
January 26, 2007 Theatrical Release, New York City
New York City theatrical premiere, Times Square, Empire theatre
January 25, 2007 New York City
Premiere reception, The Core Club
January 22, 2007 Encino, California
Temple Beth Shalom screening of “Screamers”, Shavo
Odadjian special guest.
Hosted by Rabbi Ed Feinstein and Rabbi Harold Schulweis of Jewish
Worldwatch, with a panel discussion including Harout Sassounian,
editor of the California Courier and Carla Garapedian. Press coverage
in the Daily News and Fox 11 TV.
January 20, 2007 Fresno
California State University, Armenian Studies Program with special
guests Taner Ackam and Carla Garapedian January 19, 2007 Theatrical
release, Fresno, California
theatrical release, local press coverage
January 19, 2007 – Hrant Dink assassinated in Istanbul,
with vigils held around the world
Press conference, Hollywood, CA, Carla with community members
January 17, 2007 Washington DC
Capitol Hill screening, U.S. Congress
Sponsored by Congressmen Adam Schiff and Congressman Frank Pallone,
Save Darfur, the ANCA Endowment Fund and the Raffy Manoukian Charity.
“Screamers” made its first full-length appearance
on Capitol Hill in the Mumford Room of the Library of Congress,
with members of Congress, staffers, think-tank guests and members
of the Press. The panel discussion was chaired by Constitutional
law expert Professor Paul Rothstein, of Northwestern University.
December 8, 2006 Theatrical Release, Los Angeles/Orange County
Los Angeles, theatrical release: Mann Theaters in Glendale, Hollywood,
Santa Monica, Orange County and the Laemmle Theater in Encino.
November 2, 2006, Hollywood, California
PREMIERE, Arc Light Cinema, AFI FILM FESTIVAL
“Screamers” wins the ‘Audience Award’
“System of a Down” – their families, production-tour
team and music management -- were our special guests at the “Screamers”
premiere at the Audi Pavilion reception at the Arc Light Cinema
in Hollywood. Other special guests included contributors Hrant
Dink and Vartkes Yeghiayan, and humanitarian activist Bianca Jagger.
The event was sponsored by The Raffy Manoukian Charity, Save Darfur
and the Armenian National Committee of America.
Press Conference with John Dolmayan and Serj Tankian at AFM, Santa
Monica, hosted by Save Darfur and the Armenian National Committee
of America.
