Shoghakat Vardanyan’s 1489 (2023)

Vol. 146 (Summer 2024) by Isabel Jacobs
Shoghakat Vardanyan’s debut is a raw, immersive, and hard-to-watch story of grief.

Shoghakat Vardanyan on 1489

Vol. 146 (Summer 2024) by Isabel Jacobs
Armenian filmmaker Shoghakat Vardanyan recounts what it meant to develop a film about her brother's wartime disappearance.

Inna Sahakyan’s Aurora’s Sunrise (2022)

Vol. 126 (Summer 2022) by Isabel Jacobs
This animated documentary follows the true story of a survivor of the Armenian genocide.

Inna Sahakyan on Aurora’s Sunrise

Vol. 126 (Summer 2022) by Isabel Jacobs
We met Armenian filmmaker Inna Sahakyan to speak about her animated documentary Aurora’s Sunrise.

Golden Apricot Shorts 2022

Vol. 126 (Summer 2022) by Isabel Jacobs
The domestic short film selection at this year's Golden Apricot film festival turned the gaze inwards.

Alexis Pazoumian’s Nagorno Karabagh: Two Children in the War (2020), Louise Martin Papasian’s Drafted (Appelé, 2021) & Raffi Movsisyan’s Homecoming (2020)

Vol. 122 (February 2022) by Melina Tzamtzi
Melina Tzamtzi reviewed three Armenian shorts that address male vulnerability.

Christine Haroutounian’s World (Ashkhar, 2020)

Vol. 121 (January 2022) by Melina Tzamtzi
Christine Haroutounian’s World is a short about coping with grief.

Christine Haroutounian on World

Vol. 121 (January 2022) by Melina Tzamtzi
Christine Haroutounian discusses the idea behind her film and what it is like to navigate Los Angeles and her Armenian heritage.

Silva Khnkanosian’s Nothing to Be Afraid Of (2019)

Vol. 100 (December 2019) by Zoe Aiano
Silva Khnkanosian's portrait of a post-war demining process manages to do without contextualization or stylistic gimmickry.

Maria Saakyan’s I’m Going to Change My Name (Alaverdi, 2013)

Vol. 97 (September 2019) by Antonis Lagarias
Maria Saakyan zeroes in on conveying a sense of subjectivity in her playful coming-of-age story.
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