Come join us as we gather to commemorate the epoch-making journalist and peacemaker Hrant Dink. The Armenian Turkish editor of the weekly AGOS and human rights champion stirred the conscience of Turkish people so profoundly in his writing and TV appearances that he was murdered in broad daylight outside his office by a 17-year-old nationalist on January 19, 2007. The court case has not seen justice done on the hidden perpetrators, yet Dink continues to be the recipient of major peace prizes and honours even after his death. The Hrant Dink Foundation continues to educate and inspire Armenians and Turks on equal rights for all and the democratization of the country. It fosters dialogue towards empathy and understanding of diversity in different peoples.

This year, we invite you to a screening of Hrant Dink: Heart of Two Nations, a moving 40-minute documentary film directed by Nouritza Matossian, from their private conversations. It is the only film showing Hrant Dink speaking in Armenian about his life and struggle for justice and human rights, made in 2008, after his death. The free screening will take place at the Armenian Institute and online and will be followed by an open discussion with the director, Nouritza Matossian. We hope you will join us to keep his memory alive and celebrate his achievements together.

About the speaker:

Nouritza Matossian, friend and documentarist of Hrant Dink has memorialized his life every year since his death in 2007. She recorded his innermost thoughts and feelings in conversations editing them later for the award winning video portrait, Hrant Dink, Heart of Two Nations.

Her acclaimed biographies on Iannis Xenakis, composer and Black Angel, A Life of Arshile Gorky, Armenian American artist were both made into films. She performed the story of Gorky in a one-woman show internationally in three languages and 100 productions. She is a founder and former director of the Armenian Institute in London. Wife and partner of composer Rolf Gehlhaar.