Focus Armenia

IN THE LAND OF ARTO

TAMARA STEPANYAN | تمارا ستيبانيان 105 min

Céline uncovers her husband Arto’s secret, war-torn past in Armenia, confronting his lies, veterans, and ghosts of past wars.

MY ARMENIAN PHANTOMS

TAMARA STEPANYAN | تمارا ستيبانيان 75 min

A filmmaker’s nostalgic journey through Armenian cinema, reflecting on her late father’s acting career and her own artistic path.

TEZETA

ARAMAZT KALAYJIAN & GAREGIN PAPOYAN | ارامازت كالاجيان & جاريجين بابويان 99 min

An Armenian community in Addis Ababa whose orphans, adopted by Haile Selassie, form Ethiopia’s first imperial band, popularize brass music,...

AURORA’S SUNRISE

INNA SAHAKYAN | إينا ساهاكيان 96 min

Survivor of the Armenian genocide, Aurora Mardiganian lost her family, escaped slavery, and became a silent film star, traveling to reveal h...

THE ARMENIAN HISTORY TOLD BY WOMEN

INNA MKHITARYAN | إينا مخيتاريان 85 min

In an Armenian village, five women of different generations share stories and discuss life and war while making lavash, turning the bakery i...

Nature

ARTAVAZD PELECHIAN | أرتافازد بيليشيان 63 min

Gathered from the internet, most of the images that make up this film are fragile testimonies filmed with amateur means in the heart of natu...

VREMENA GODA

ARTAVAZD PELECHIAN | أرتافازد بيليشيان 29 min

A cinematic poem on Armenian shepherds’ lives, marked by seasons and agricultural rites, blending sledding, transhumance, and harvests, mesm...

MENQ ENQ, MER SARERE

HENRIK MALYAN | هنريك ماليان 94 min

In an Armenian mountain village, hungry shepherds mistakenly slaughter another man’s sheep. The ensuing police investigation exposes tension...

SAYAT NOVA

SERGUEI PARAJANOV | سيرغي باراجانوف 79 min

Sayat-Nova, an Armenian poet, lived between tradition and spiritual quest, blending music and poetry, facing inner conflicts, illuminating 1...

BAREV, YES EM

FRUNZE DOVLATYAN | فرونزي دوفلاتيان 137 min

Artyom Manvelyan is a renowned physicist and founder of a cosmology laboratory in Armenia. Faithfully, he preserves memories of the past war...

SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS

SERGEI PARAJANOV | سيرغي باراجانوف 97 min

A timeless Carpathian tale — the young Ivan falls in love with the daughter of his father’s murderer, among the Hutsul people in Ukraine.