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Award winning director Fatih Akin’s film ‘The Cut’ premiered at the 71st Venice International Film Festival on August 31.

The film is based on the Armenian Genocide. A young man by the name of Nazareth Manoogian gets deported from his native village of Mardin. After the deportations, Manoogian learns that his daughters may be alive. He travels to various parts of the world in search for them.

Fatih Akin was born in Hamburg, Germany, to Turkish parents. His critically-acclaimed films that have won numerous international awards include ‘Head On’ (Golden Bear award at Berlin Film Festival, Best Film and Audience Award at European Film Awards in 2004) and ‘The Edge of Heaven’ (Best screenplay at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, and the LUX prize of European Parliament).

The Armenian Genocide was recognized by Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, the Italian Chamber of Deputies, majority of U.S. states, parliaments of Greece, Cyprus, Argentina, Belgium and Wales, National Council of Switzerland, Chamber of Commons of Canada, Polish Sejm, Vatican, European Parliament and the World Council of Churches.