“From Mardiros Until Now” is a documentary fim based on the emotional journey of a United States resident, Osep Tokat to his homeland, Bingöl, Turkey. When he arrives the Zermek village of Kiğı in Bingöl province, Osep Tokat’s first stop is the fountain built by his grandfather Mardiros Sarkisyan in the village square in 1889. Then he walks around in the village searching for the house he was born in, without success, but with the help of a couple of villagers he locates the church in ruins. He starts following the traces of the past and his grandfather’s masterpieces. Mardiros Sarkisyan had been a famous master builder in the region. He had built a windmill in Zermek, and bridges, fountains, threshers, and household tools. As the Sarkisyan family joined the exodus starting in 1915, they stayed under the refuge of Hasan Agha of the Çarsancak seigneurs and managed to return to Zermek after various stops elsewhere.
“From Mardiros Until Now” is a documentary film about migration, suffering, those left behind, and yearning for homeland.
