St. Leon Church in Fair Lawn, NJ, will present a screening of the film Gate to Heaven, followed by a discussion with filmmaker Jivan Avetisyan, on Friday, Oct. 8, at the church’s Abajian Hall (12-61 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn). Outdoor wine reception (weather permitting) with filmmaker at 7 p.m. Screening at 7:45 p.m., followed by discussion. Masks required. Click the following links to: buy tickets, view the trailer, learn more about the film, read about Jivan Avetisyan. To view a flyer with information, click here.
FILM SYNOPSIS: Haunted by his past, German journalist Robert Sternvall returns to Artsakh, in 2016, after 22 years when the Nagorno-Karabakh war reignites to cover the conflict. As a result of his journalistic investigation, Robert meets Sophia Marti, a young opera singer, who happens to be the daughter of missing photojournalist Edgar Martirosyan, whom Robert abandoned in captivity during the fall of the village of Talish of Nagorno-Karabakh in 1992. As their romance develops, Robert’s guilty conscience catches up with him.