COCONUT CREEK, Fla. – Bloodless: The Path to Democracy documentary feature film snatched two of the top awards at the 21st Beverly Hills Film Festival. Bloodless received the Golden Palm Award and Best Feature Documentary.
“We are humbled that the jury, comprising Oscar winning industry professionals and industry leaders, extended high praise and selected Bloodless as the recipient of the Festival’s top awards out of the 150 films,” said filmmaker Bared Maronian, founder of Armenoid Productions.
The feature documentary film by the four-time regional Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer and producer captures the non-violent civil disobedience protests and social media campaigns during Armenia’s 2018 velvet revolution when opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan overthrew the decades-long, corrupt oligarchy power. The documentary was also written by Silva Basmajian and produced by Seda Grigoryan, Silva Basmajian and Bardig Kouyoumdjian.