AMERICAN MIRROR Nominated For Best Documentary At ARPA International Film Festival

Arthur Balder's American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality, which premieres on Hollywood Boulevard next Sunday November 4th at the Egyptian Theater, Rigler Theater, at 2:30 PM as part of the ARPA International Film Festival documentary lineup, has been nominated for Best Documentary Film. The results of the competitive categories of ARPA International Film Fest will be announced at the Awards Ceremony after the red carpet event on Sunday at 7:30 PM. Among the attendees will be great personalities of the arts and culture like Sylvia Minassian (festival founder), Haig Boyadjian (producer and festival's director), Maral Kazazian, Sonia Keshishian, and celebrities such as Ed Asner, Eduard James Olmos, Sveva Alviti and Natali Qasabian, among others.

American Mirror, which was most awarded film past week at DOC LA, the Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival presented by the Parajanov-Vartanov Institute, where it harvested Best Innovative Film (Arthur Balder), Best Cinematography, Best Composer (Mark Petrie) and the Parajanov-Vartanov Award (Susan Sarandon) has been presented by NYC-based documentary powerhouses Da Vinci Films and Optimum Diamonds Films.

Susan Sarandon and Armenian painter Tigran Tsitoghdzyan discuss time and identity, and how the apparently-in-conflict values of beauty and aging are perceived in modern society dominated by social media, as he limns her portrait during a timeless sitting session.

The film reveals how Tigran, a highly dedicated and painstakingly trained craftsman, tries to bring the ancient spirit of the old masters into a unique post-modern hyperrealism deeply interwoven with NYC's culture and social landscape. Shot over the period of three years, the film takes us on a rare, thought-provoking, timeless reality-and-fiction setting to reveal how one of the most striking artists in recent art history climbs up the art-world ranks on the winding journey to success and recognition.

From producer David Shara and writer-director Arthur Balder, with an original soundtrack by composer Mark Petrie, "American Mirror" stars Susan Sarandon, Tigran Tsitoghdzyan, Donald Kuspit and Florence Faivre. With the participation of Ashley Hinshaw Grace, Jules Wainstein, Hilary Rhoda, Morgan Shara, Ryan Ross, Sirey Moran.