Erhan Arik, a Turkish photographer, grew up in a house where Armenians once lived, driven out by the massacres in 1915. He had never been interested in this episode of history. In a dream, a voice asks him: “Why did you turn that room into a barn, where my wife used to make bread?” He wakes up with a jolt. The voice continues to haunt him. He then decides to set out to meet Armenians. This film tells the story of this journey. On the other side of the border, on the other side of the silence...

A film by Diana Mkrtchyan, inspired by the journey of the Turkish photographer Erhan Arik.

The film is presented in Armenian, French and Turkish with English subtitles.

About the Director

Diana Mkrtchyan grew up in Armenia and graduated in Cinematographic Studies in Moscow. She is the author of five documentary films. Her first short fiction film, Gata, was selected for the Cannes Film Festival in 2008 and received numerous awards at international festivals. “Ojakh: on the other side of silence” is her first feature documentary. The film has already received several international awards, including Best Director in France and Best International Documentary in New-York.

Filmography (selected) Le don de St. Nikolaï (doc., 2007) Gata (short, 2008). Ojakh, on the Other Side of the Silence (2024).