'Ara Malikian, a life between the ropes' convinces the Academy by awarding it the Goya for best documentary film

Malikian has dedicated the Goya to Natalia Moreno, his partner and director of the film "for dedicating five years of her life to talking about mine."

The film of Kokoro Films, Ara Malikian, a life between the ropess, has won the Goya Award for Best Documentary Film 2020 on a journey through the life of the prestigious Lebanese musician and violinist.

Coming out of a war at 14 years old between bombings, leaving his family behind and facing the world with only a violin... And triumphing all over the world. This is the exciting story that the documentary covers.

Malikian has highlighted that "the documentary talks about immigration and refugees, I have been one. They want immigrants and deportees to be the cause of society's problems, I hope you don't believe it. Travelers have always been the wealth of civilization."

"I have been a refugee. Now they want us to believe that we are the cause of misery. I hope you don't believe it," he added.

Malikian has dedicated the Goya to Born Moreno, his partner and director of the film “for dedicating five years of his life to talking about mine.”

The film managed to prevail Self portrait, from Gaizka Urresti; The painting, by Andrés Sanz and Stories from our cinema, by Ana Pérez-Lorente and Antonio Resines.