''Back to Ararat'' ( sv, Tillbaka till Ararat) is a 1988 Swedish

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

about the

Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was ...

. The film won the

Guldbagge Award for Best Film The Guldbagge for Best Film is a Swedish film award presented annually by the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) as part of the Guldbagge Awards (Swedish: "Guldbaggen") to the best Swedish motion picture of the year. Winners and nominees Each Guldba ...

at the

24th Guldbagge Awards The 24th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1988, and took place on 6 March 1989. '' Katinka'' and '' Back to Ararat'' were presented with the award for Best Film. Awards * Best ...

. The film featured interviews with poet

Gevorg Emin Gevorg Emin (, September 30, 1919 – June 11, 1998) was an Armenian poet, essayist, and translator. Biography Emin, the son of a school teacher, was born in the town of Ashtarak. In 1927, his family moved to Yerevan, the capital of Sovie ...

and his son Artashes Emin.

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* * 1988 films 1988 documentary films Swedish documentary films 1980s French-language films Armenian genocide films Armenian-language films Best Film Guldbagge Award winners Documentary films about the Armenian genocide 1980s English-language films 1980s Swedish films {{1980s-Sweden-film-stub