Arshile Egoyan

Ararat

Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.

Absence

Andrew's mother disappears without a trace, leaving the differently-abled young man in his grandmother's care. Discovery of her sister's departure prompts an estranged aunt to rush back to the family home in an effort to institute order.

Before They Joined Us

Outside dangers and family fears cause tensions to rise for a young woman leaving wartime Lebanon for Montreal, in Arshile Egoyan's terse and affecting drama.

Ararat

Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.

Absence

Andrew's mother disappears without a trace, leaving the differently-abled young man in his grandmother's care. Discovery of her sister's departure prompts an estranged aunt to rush back to the family home in an effort to institute order.

Before They Joined Us

Outside dangers and family fears cause tensions to rise for a young woman leaving wartime Lebanon for Montreal, in Arshile Egoyan's terse and affecting drama.