GATE TO HEAVEN
by Jivan Avetisyan
synopsis
Haunted by his past, German journalist Robert Sternvall returns to Artsakh after 22 years when the Nagorno-Karabakh war reignites. Through his investigation, he meets opera singer Sophia Marti, who is the daughter of Edgar Martirosyan, a man who he abandoned in captivity in 1992. As their romance develops, Robert’s guilty conscience catches up.
| international title: | Gate to Heaven |
| original title: | Gate to Heaven |
| country: | Armenia, Lithuania, Germany, France, United States, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy |
| sales agent: | MPM Film (Movies Partners in Motion Film) |
| year: | 2020 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Jivan Avetisyan |
| screenplay: | Artavazd Yeghiazaryan |
| cast: | Richard Sammel, Tatiana Spivakova, Leonardas Pobedonoscevas, Benedict Freitag, Naré Haykazyan, Sos Janibekyan, Aram Karakhanyan, Nina Kronjäger, Arthur Manukyan |
| cinematography by: | Rytis Kurkulis |
| film editing: | Eimantas Belickas |
| art director: | Sevakn Baghdasaryan, Jurgita Gerdvilaite |
| music: | Michele Josia |
| producer: | Masis Baghdasaryan, Kęstutis Drazdauskas |
| co-producer: | Marco Gilles |
| executive producer: | Adrineh Mirzayan |
| associate producer: | Robert Hofferer, Angelika Schouler |
| line producer: | Narine Voskanyan |
| production: | Artbox, 7 Morgen Filmproduktion, Glaam Media Invest, Timeless Production Group, The Lab – a Media Production Company, Ala Bianca SRL, Fish eye Art Cultural Foundation (AM), ARTsakh Arts and Cultural Foundation (US) |
| backing: | Lithuanian Film Centre (LT) |