SCREAMERS
'ON TOUR' 2006-15

May 10, 2015, Washington DC
Carla showing genocide survivor testimonies at DC official 100th commemoration event

May 6, 7, 2015, Beirut
Carla at 100th centenary at Empire Theater, official 100th commemoration film festival

April 24, 2015, Yerevan
Carla in Yerevan, at Genocide Museum Institute, official commemoration

April 20, 2015, Sacramento
Carla one of several speakers at California State Capitol, commemoration reception

April 22, 2015, London
Carla at Amnesty International, UK talking about 100th commemoration

April 6, 2015, Berlin
Screamers screening, Maxim Gorsky theater

April 2, 2015, Newport Beach
Carla at World Affairs Council, panel on Armenian Genocide commemoration

February 24, 2015, Minsk
Screamers screening

February 21, 2015, Pasadena
Carla honoured by Knights of Vartan at Vartanantz banquet

January 25, 2015, Westwood, CA
Carla moderates "I am Armenian" film series, Hammer Museum, one film a month for 2015

April 23, 2014, Los Angeles
Carla talks to UCLA Law Students about Armenian Genocide testimonies from the Armenian Film Foundation, as part of Shoah Foundation's Armenian Genocide Testimonies collection.

April 3, 2014, North Hills, CA
Ararat Eskijian Museum, Carla talks about Screamers

March 22, 2014, North Hills, CA
Carla chairs an international conference "Honoring Those Who Helped Rescue a Generation of Armenian Survivors 1915-1930," Ararat-Eskijian Museum

September 27, 2014, Cambridge, MIT
Carla guest speaker at Armenian Progressives Conference at MIT

April 25, 2013, Pomona, CA
Carla guest speaker at Claremont McKenna college, Atheneum speakers series "Truth, Denial and the Armenian Genocide"

April 23, 2013, Los Angeles
-- UCLA screening of Screamers
-- Carla guest speaker at Los Angeles Valley College

April 13, 2013, Pasadena
Carla guest speaker with author Peter Balakian, at NAASR event

April 4, 2013, New York
Carla at Preventing Genocide symposium, for AFF screening, "Germany and the Secret Genocide."

November 2012, Pasadena
Carla and Serj Tankian at Aid Syrian Armenians concert at Pasadena Civic Auditorium

April 23, 2012, Riverside
UC Riverside screening of Screamers

April 20, 2012, Los Angeles
Carla at LA City Council for Armenian Genocide commemoration, representing AFF for the Armenian Genocide Testimonies collection at Shoah Foundation.

April 19, 2012, Long Beach
Screamers screening at Cal State Long Beach

April 17, 2012, Los Angeles
"Screamers" at Hammer Museum with Carla Garapedian/Serj Tankian

April 13, 2012, Boston
Carla guest speaker at NAASR (National Association of Armenian Scholars and Research)

April 12, 2012, New York
United Nations: Preventing Genocide symposium Carla representing Armenian Film Foundation for screening of "The River Ran Red"

March 9, 2012, Toronto
Toronto AYF screening

August 12, 2011, Fresno, California
Film featured on PBS fundraiser/telethon (Fresno Valley PBS)

May 16, 2011, Budapest, Hungary
Central European University (CEU), closing event of the Visegrad Genocide Memories exhibit moderated by Professor Hurst Hannum

April 23, 2010, Boston, Massachusetts State Parliament
Carla Garapedian, Director, keynote speaker

April 9, 2010, New Jersey
Rutgers University screening

April 8, 2010, New York City
Columbia University screening

March 24-28, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto, Canada
Screenings for "Humain Avant Tout" (www.humainavanttout.net) a Canadian organization devoted to the prevention of genocide, in collaboration with the University of Ottawa, McGill University and Université du Québec à Montréal, to mark the Day for the Prevention of Genocide, adopted by the Canadian Parliament in April 2007.

February 10, 2010
DVD release in Australia, coinciding with "The Big Day" festival

June 21-26, 2009, United Nations, UNHCR Refugee Festival, Hong Kong
UNHCR celebrate World Refugee Day at UN Refugee Agency's office in Hong Kong, June 21 to 26 at Broadway Cinematheque in Hong Kong

May 19, 2009, Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana College screening April 23 - May 2, 2009, Argentina
Screenings with Director, Carla Garapedian

April 21, 2009, London
Amnesty International screening, London, Serj Tankian special guest

April 20, 2009, UK
Screamers DVD release, UK

April 2-13, 2009, Greece and Cyprus
Screenings with Director

February 27, 2009, Burbank, CA
Shavo Odadjian and Carla Garapedian honorees at AGBU "Generation Next" fundraising banquet

November 13, 2008, Vancouver
Amnesty International Film Festival, Van City Theater

Autumn 2008:
Screamers DVD release: France, Germany, Italy, Finland, Poland, Austria, Argentina

June 26, 2008, Tokyo
United Nations Film Festival screening, UNHCR Refugee Festival, Tokyo
Official selection, guest director Carla Garapedian

May 29, 2008, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, guest panellist, Carla Garapedian

May 25, 2008, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Cinema Paradiso screening

May 18, 2008, Berlin
Berlin screening, sponsored by the Armin T. Wegner Foundation

May 10, 2008, Amsterdam
Netherlands premiere of Screamers, Film Theater Kriterion in Amsterdam, with guest speaker Carla Garapedian and Screamers' contributor Professor Ton Zwaan, Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

May 7, 2008, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara screening

April 27, New York City
Times Square Commemoration Rally, Carla guest speaker

April 25, 2008, Hollywood,CA
Directors Guild of America, commemorative screening with Special Guests

April 24, 2008, Glendale, CA
Alex Theater, Carla keynote speaker at Glendale City official commemoration event

April 20, 2008, Pasadena,CA
AGBU "Generation Next" Mentorship Screening

April 17, 2008, Westwood, CA
UCLA Melnitz theatre screening

April 16, 2008, Fresno, CA
Cal State Fresno screening

April 13, 2008, Redwood City, CA
Boys and Girls Scout screening, Homenetmen, Redwood City, Northern region

April 6, 2008, La Canada, CA
Boys and Girls Scout screening, Homenetmen, Mann Theater, Southern region

March 30, 2008, Glendale, CA
Best Buy Glendale, DVD signing in-store with Director

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.