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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 19, ARMENPRESS. The international society must realize the developments taking place on Artskah soil and contribute in Artsakh problem solution. Bulgarian journalist and film director Tsvetana Paskaleva mentioned about this in a telegram addressed to “Armenpress”, presenting her past path as a documentary of Artsakh liberation war.
“In 1991 I, as a journalist and documentary film maker, focused on Nagorno Karabakh and the horrible and alarming events of deportation of people from Armenian Getashen and Martunashen villages. This became the reason of my professional curiosity”, the journalist stated.
Paskaleva added that while she was studying in Moscow, it was the period of “perestroika” and “glasnosts” and no information or news was coming from that region.
“This became my primary goal to “bring out” information from there. And I realized the terrible situation the Nagorno Karabakh people had occurred in. They were deported by the 23rd division deployed in Azerbaijan and special services of Azerbaijani police. What I witnessed changed all my life. I left my post-graduate courses and remained in Karabakh for a long time. Being a Bulgarian journalist, I had the opportunity to send information to different TV stations”, Tsvetana Paskaleva mentioned.
Paskaleva documented the entire war during 1991-1994 by her camera.
“I was permanently in Karabakh, I worked as an operator, journalist and prepared dozens, hundreds of reportage for international TV agencies. As a result, 7 films were made which demonstrate the chronology of Karabakh war. Even somebody that is unaware of Karabakh developments, understands the heroic war for Artsakh from the first frames”, the journalist stressed.
According to her, the films answer many questions, speak about fedayi groups, and tell why the Artsakh Army was created.
“Today, 20 years later, I have the opportunity to record my 7 films on two DVD discs and provide the Artsakh war chronology in 6 languages: Russian, Armenian, English, French, Spanish, and Bulgarian”, Paskaleva added.