01.05.2025


On April 27, a screening and discussion of Ani Hovhannisian’s documentary film The Hidden Map took place at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.

Welcoming the audience gathered to view the film about the lost homeland, AGMI Director Edita Gzoyan emphasized the significance of Ani Hovhannisian’s work. She also noted that Ani’s father, world-renowned scholar and historian Richard Hovannisian, had strong ties with the Museum-Institute, having participated in numerous conferences and public events, and in 2019 was awarded the AGMI’s Henry Morgenthau Medal of Honor.

The Hidden Map is a film chronicling the author's pilgrimage to the land of her ancestors. Devoting many years to its creation, Ani presents—through the perspective of a foreign traveler—the story of the Armenian Genocide, the loss of homeland, the destruction of cultural heritage, and the continuing manifestations of Turkey’s genocidal policies. The film has been broadcast numerous times on prominent television channels in the United States and other countries, including in Armenia.

The screening of The Hidden Map at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute evoked a deep, unquenchable sense of longing, once again reminding the audience of the lost homeland and the indelible traces of the past. Following the screening and discussion, the filmmaker donated books from the Hovhannisian family archive to the AGMI library.

The film screening concluded the project titled Echoes of Survival: A Triptych of Reality.