A Passage

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A PASSAGE is a film that tackles the political economy and social ecology of border infrastructures in Southern Armenia. By focusing on two significant events which illustrate the dominant political shifts in the region, the film looks at how processes of rapid militarization and neo-liberalization have restructured these borders. These two events include the recent erasure of the historic Yerevan-Baku Railway; and the upcoming construction of an industrial Free Economic Zone (FEZ) planned precisely where the removed train infrastructure was housed. The film stitches together various contested sites of the region including Meghri’s abandoned airport, a functioning Soviet-era Copper and Molybdenum mine, a 16th century church, the deserted Karchivan and Meghri train stations and an abandoned rail tunnel that bridges the geopolitical boundary of Nakhchivan and Armenia.

  • Duration: 17 Min.
  • Countries: Armenia, Iran
  • Languages: Armenian, Chinese, Farsi
  • Subtitles: English
  • Production year: 2019
  • Premiere: German Premiere

  • Director: Rouzbeh Akhbari, Felix Kalmenson