Diana Mkrtchyan - Ojakh, the Other Side of Silence - a Marvel to Behold | Ep 499, Dec 30, 2025

Chapters

1. 00:00 Intro to TCC - Host Bedros Afeyan interviews Ojakh director Diana Mkrtchyan
2. 02:04 Bedros on why we're talking with Diana
3. 03:14 Who is Diana Mkrtchyan, and what is her life journey?
4. 07:20 About Ojakh
5. 07:53 Tell us about the inspiration from Erhan Arik
6. 12:46 What led Erhan Arik to the Armenian Genocide?
7. 17:15 How did the making of Ojakh come together, vision, realization and politics?
8. 22:59 We the centenarian subjects aware that their conversations could be their last testimonies?
9. 26:19 How do you capture the dignity of the subjects?
10. 29:58 How do you work with your cinematographer?
11. 47:02 How was it that all those grandchildren went to Yerevan to see your film?
12. 49:28 How Armenia did everything to occlude the premier of OJAKH in Yerevan
13. 58:13 The police state that seems to be Armenia
14. 59:12 No place to exhibit Artsakh Rugs in Yerevan
15. 1:04:22 Future projects and thought by Diana
16. 1:06:02 Admiration for Vardan Asatryan, curator of Artsakh's museum of Carpets - he has no place in Armenia
17. 1:06:50 The cancer in our body
18. 1:09:10 How can conscientious Armenians help?
19. 1:15:11 Any advice to future Armenian filmmakers?