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58 articles available in total starting from 09/10/2003. Last article published on 07/08/2025.

Tamara Stepanyan • Director of In the Land of Arto

Interview: Tamara Stepanyan • Director of In the Land of Arto

“I wanted to recall trauma gently, without actually showing the war”

The Armenian-French director discusses her first fiction feature, sharing insights on the casting process and on how she weaves real-life elements into fiction  

07/08 | Locarno 2025 | Piazza Grande

Review: In the Land of Arto

Review: In the Land of Arto

Armenian-French director Tamara Stepanyan’s enigmatic first fiction feature slowly unveils the mysteries behind the death of a man whose hidden past sheds light on a painful present  

07/08 | Locarno 2025 | Piazza Grande

The Sickness of Yerevan and Wolfgang share Yerevan's GAIFF Pro Grand Prix

The Sickness of Yerevan and Wolfgang share Yerevan's GAIFF Pro Grand Prix

Four more projects, namely UXXR – Is There Sex After the USSR?, American Dream: The Return of Captain Kabonga, In The Coffee Grounds and Process were given Special Mentions  

28/07 | Golden Apricot 2025 | GAIFF Pro

Christine Haroutounian • Director of After Dreaming

Interview: Christine Haroutounian • Director of After Dreaming

“The question of what constitutes the self is at the root of everything I make”

The director and artist of Armenian roots breaks down the origins of her film and explains how her powerful images and concepts came into being  

23/07 | Golden Apricot 2025

Fiume o morte! emerges triumphant at the 22nd Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Fiume o morte! emerges triumphant at the 22nd Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Holy Electricity and Songs of Slow Burning Earth were also victorious at the Armenia-based film event  

23/07 | Golden Apricot 2025 | Awards

Varvara Hovhannisyan • Head of International Department, Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Interview: Varvara Hovhannisyan • Head of International Department, Golden Apricot International Film Festival

“For several years, our main goal has been to make the festival a platform for regional cinema – and we’re getting there”

Our discussion with the International Department head focused on the Armenian festival’s objectives, and how it has stimulated film production in the country and the region  

18/07 | Golden Apricot 2025

Review: After Dreaming

Review: After Dreaming

Christine Haroutounian’s debut feature attempts to expose on screen personal inner worlds, troubled by the uncertainty and anxiety that life in wartime causes  

16/07 | Golden Apricot 2025

Twenty features locking horns at the 22nd Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Twenty features locking horns at the 22nd Golden Apricot International Film Festival

All ten contenders in the International Competition and another seven from the Regional Competition are European productions or co-productions  

14/07 | Golden Apricot 2025

Maria Rigel • Director of Thus Spoke the Wind

Interview: Maria Rigel • Director of Thus Spoke the Wind

“The Armenian language is inherently poetic”

The director discusses generational conflict, symbolic characters, Armenian identity and the emotional impact of music in her film  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

Review: Thus Spoke the Wind

Review: Thus Spoke the Wind

Maria Rigel’s film is a visually compelling, if underwritten, work that explores resistance to change in an Armenian village  

09/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

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