Our participation 2023
Participation of the Armenian films financially supported by the National Cinema Center of Armenia
in international film festivals and platforms
December 2023. ZAKO, a feature animation project by Tigran Arakelyan has been selected for 4th Annecy Festival Residency to participate in the "Graphic development for animation feature film" program.
December 2023. THE MUD, a short film by Vahan Grigoryan was screened in New York and London in the frames of the "Armenians in Film" program implemented by AGBU Performing Arts.
November 2023. AMERIKATSI, (dir. M. A. Goorjian), LUKA, (dir. Jessica Woodworth), HREE GRAVES OF THE ARTIST, (dir. Harutyun Khachatryan), CHNCHIK (dir. Aram Shahbazyan), 5 DREAMERS AND A HORSE (dir. Vahagn Khachatryan & Aren Malakyan ) were screened at the Tbilisi International Film Festival as part of "Country in Focus - Armenia" non-competitive program.
December 2023. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, a short animation by Armine Anda is in the official competition of the Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People.
November 2023. THE MUD a short film by Vahan Grigoryan is included in the screening program of "Armenians in Film" organized by AGBU Arts and Armenian Film Society. Screenings will take place at Film at Lincoln Center-Francesca Beale Theater.
November 2023. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, a short animation by Armine Anda was included in the main competition of the Amarcort Film Festival.
November 2023. CROSSING THE BLUE, a short feature by Victoria Aleksanyan has been included in the competition program of the Oscar-qualifying interfilm Berlin Film Festival.
November 2023. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, has just received the "Best Short Animated Film" award from the Children's Jury at the Rolan International Film Festival for Children and Young People in Armenia!
November 2023. CROSSING THE BLUE, a short feature by Victoria Aleksanyan is in the official selection of Pomegranate Film Festival.
October 2023. The short animations WHEN I AM SAD (dir. Lilit Altunyan) and THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES (dir. Armine Anda) are included in the Short Film Competition of the ReAnimania International Animation Film & Comics Art Festival of Yerevan.
October 2023. The Armenian premieres of the short animations SEVANIK (dir. Harutyun Tumaghyan), CULUMUS CLOUDS (dir. Naira Muradyan) and FROM THE BORDER (dir.Artur Saribekyan) took place within the framework of the ReAnimania International Animation Film & Comics Art Festival of Yerevan.
October 2023. HANDSTAND by Ovsanna Shekoyan has been included in the competition program of the Oscar-qualifying 39th edition of interfilm Berlin Film Festival.
October 2023. THE MUD by Vahan Grigoryan has been screened in the frames of screenings organized by AGBU Arts-I Armenians in Film 2023 in London.
October 2023. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, a short animation by Armine Anda received a "Special Mention" award at the International Animation festival AJAYU, in Peru.
October, 2023. CROSSING THE BLUE, a short feature by Victoria Aleksanyan received "The Best Actress" award at the Malta Short Film Festival (actress Armine Anda).
October 2023. HEADLESS HORSEMEN directed by Ovsanna Gevorgyan is included in the Asian Short Film Competition of the 28th Busan International Film Festival.
October 2023. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES a short animation directed by Armine Anda is included in the official competition of the Oscar-qualifying Animest International Animation Film Festival.
October 2023. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, a short animation by Armine Anda received 4 awards in September festivals: GOLDEN FLAME ANIMATION AWARD and PRODUCERS AWARD in LANTERN & LIGHT International Children’s FF (Australia); SPECIAL MENTION-s in SHORTS MEXICO (Mexico) and @CORTO LOVERE (Italy).
October 2023. EQUATION WITH TWO UNKNOWNS, a short film by Lusine Papoyan received the Best Children Short Award at the Rani Durgavati International Film Festival held in India.
September 2023. Michael A. Goorjian, director and leading actor of the feature film AMERIKATSI, received the Best Actor Award at the Salento International Film Festival.
September 2023. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, a short animation by Armine Anda has five selections in September. It is included in the official competitions of SHORTS MEXICO, (Mexico); LANTERN & LIGHT International Children’s FF (Australia); TAOBA International Youth Film Festival (Georgia). It is also included in WORLD FILM FESTIVAL KOLKATA (India) and ASIAN MOVIE NIGHT Program of ASIAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL -MONOLOGUE OF DREAMS (Netherlands).
September 2023. EQUATION WITH TWO UNKNOWNS, a short film by Lusine Papoyan received the Best Script Award at the BAIQONYR International Short Film Festival.
September 2023. The world premiere of HEADLESS HORSEMEN directed by Ovsanna Gevorgyan will take place at the 28th Busan International Film Festival.
September, 2023. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, by Armine Anda was included in the Monologue of Dreams section of the Asian Animation Short Festival.
September, 2023. The Estonian premiere of the film THREE GRAVES OF THE ARTIST , by Harutyun Khachatryan and Ruben Khachatryan will take place in Tallin.
September, 2023. The American premiere of the feature film AMERIKATSI, by Michael A. Goorjian took place in the Alex Theatre, USA.
September 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was included in the Royal Starr Film Festival, the US.
September 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was included in the Armenian Film Festival Australia.
August 2023. a state-financed short IT TAKES A VILLAGE..., by Ophelia Harutyunyan won the “The Best International Film” award at the OSCARS & BAFTA Qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival.
August 2023. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, by Armine Anda has two new selections in August. It is included in Children Film Competition of @Imaginaria Animation Festival in Italy and in “Strange Guests” program for teenagers of Animist Talin in Estonya.
August 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was nominated for the Best Feature Narrative Award at the Festival of Cinema, NYC.
July 2023. ZULALI, a feature by Hayk Ordyan won the "Best International Feature Film" Award at the Orvinio Cinema Festival.
July 2023. ONCE UPON A TIME AT SCHOOL, a feature by Harutyun Khalafyan has been included in the Lampa International Film Festival held in Russia.
July 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was nominated in the Co-Production Film of the Year category of the "Silver Crane", Lithuania's annual national film awards.
July 2023. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, by Armine Anda won two awards at the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival. The film won “Golden Apricot” Award in the festival’s “Apricot Stone” competition and received the Special Award after Gennadi Melkonyan.
July 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was included in the competition program of the Atlantida Mallorca Film Fest and won the ACEC Critics Award.
July 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was included in the Resistencias section of the Ambulante Documentary Film Festival, México.
July 2023. The films IT TAKES A VILLAGE..., by Ophelia Harutyunyan, EQUATION WITH TWO VARIABLES by Lusine Papoyan and THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES by Armine Anda have been included in the “Apricot Stone” Short Films’ Competition of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival.
July 2023. TONRATUN, a creative documentary film by Inna Mkhitaryan was included in the “Non-Competition” Program of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival.
July 2023. LUKA, a feature by Jessica Woodworth is the opening film in competition of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival. It is also worth mentioning that the Armenian premiere of the film took place on the opening day of the festival.
July 2023. HANDSTAND by Ovsanna Shekoyan received the Best Film award at the Bašta Fest International Short Film Festival.
July 2023. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, by Armine Anda has been included in the "Constantine's Gold Coin" International Animation Festival held in Serbia.
June 2023. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, by Armine Anda has been included in the L.O.S.T. Award Competition (dedicated exclusively to authors of short film soundtracks) of the Lago Film Fest.
June 2023. AMERIKATSI, a feature film by Michael A. Goorjyan has won the SILVER FIFOG 2023 award at the Feature Film Competition of the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva.
June 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan has been selected to participate in the Maine International Film Festival taking place in Waterville, Maine, USA
June 2023. GATE TO HEAVEN, a feature film by Jivan Avetisyan has been screened in the frames of the Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève.
June 2023. AMERIKATSI, a feature film by Michael A. Goorjyan has been included in the competition program of the Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève.
June 2023. A short animation THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, by Armine Anda will have its Italian Premiere in the Eco Shorts Competition of the Shorts International Film Festival. The film has also been included in the Unicef Teens Competition of the Lago Film Fest.
May 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was the closing film of the Fidadoc, Le Festival international du film documentaire d'Agadir, Morocco.
May 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was included in the Millennium Docs Against Gravity film festival, Poland.
May 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan, and LUKA, Jessica Woodworth's feature were screened at the Marché du Film- Festival de Cannes.
The premiere of the film THREE GRAVES OF THE ARTIST ,by Harutyun Khachatryan and Ruben Khachatryan took place in Sofia International Film Festival.
May 2023. THE AMERICAN GOOD SAMARITANS, by Ara Mnatsakanyan won the "Best Film Music" (Artashes Kartalyan) and "Best Film Producer" (Manvel Saribekyan) awards at the International Anatolian Film Awards (AFA) in Turkey.
April 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was screened at the Boston Independent Film Festival on April 30th at 2.30 PM, the Brattle Cinema.
April 2023. The official Poland premiere of the AURORA'S SUNRISE will be held at the a part of the Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Aurora's Sunrise will be premiering on May 13th.
April 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was the opening film of the GO EAST Film Festival. The premiere took place on April 26 in Wiesbaden, Germany.
April 2023.THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES by Armine Anda is selected for Fest Anca International Animation Festival in the Slovak Republic.
April 2023. The official Canadian premiere of the state-financed animated documentary AURORA'S SUNRISE will take place at the Montréal Animated Film Summit International Festival.
April 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan won the Audience Award at the Movies That Matter Film Festival.
March 2023. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, a short animation by Armine Anda is included in the official competition of two festivals: Fantaspoa - International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre and Animatiba–International Animation Festival of Curitiba.
March 2023. TONRATUN a state -financed feature by Inna Mkhitaryan is included in the International Competition of Jean Rouch International Film Festival.
March 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was screened at the International Film Festival Assen, the Netherlands.
March 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was awarded Grand Prix at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) in Geneva.
March 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan won the Special Mention and Audience Award at the Movies that Matter Festival, the Netherlands. The film was also nominated for the Camera Justitia Award.
March 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was included in the Kaleidoscope section of the Cartagena Film Festival.
March 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was included in the International Competition of Feature and Medium-Length Documentaries of the It's All True International Documentary Film Festival, Brazil.
March 2023. CROSSING THE BLUE, a state-financed short by Victoria Aleksanyan is included in the "Dutch Competition 2023" of the Academy Awards qualifying Go Short International Short Film Festival held in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
March 2023. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, a short animation by Armine Anda and CROSSING THE BLUE, a short feature by Victoria Aleksanyan are included in the official competition program of the American Film Academy qualifying Bulgarian IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival..
March 2023. CROSSING THE BLUE, a state-financed short by Victoria Aleksanyan is included in the "Dutch Competition 2023" of the Go Short International Short Film Festival held in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
March 2023. the Netherlands screenings of AURORA'S SUNRISE will be held as a part of "Internationaal Filmfestival Assen" in Assen.
February 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan is included in the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Saloniki.
February 2023. CROSSING THE BLUE, a short by Victoria Aleksanyan will have its American premiere at the SR Socially Relevant Film Festival in New York.
February 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan is included in the International Competition program of the HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival held in Oslo, Norway.
February 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan is included in the “Creative Documentaries” competition of the 21st edition of the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH).
February 2023. The official premiere of the short animation THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES by Armine Anda will be held in "New Directions" Competition of Kaboom Animation Festival․
February 2023. DREAM OF KAFKA, a state-financed short animation by Davit Babayan won the Grand Prix in the “International Animation” Competition of the Kaaffilm International Short Film Festival held in Milan.
February 2023. CROSSING THE BLUE, a short feature by Victoria Aleksanyan was included in the Beirut International Women Film Festival․
February 2023. ZULALI by Hayk Ordyan won the Jury Prize at the Nantes International Film Festival (Univerciné Nantes), held in France from February 7 to 12.
February 2023. The Brussels premiere of the animated documentary AURORA'S SUNRISE directed by Inna Sahakyan will take place within the framework of the Brussels International Animation Film Festival.
February 2023. a state-financed short IT TAKES A VILLAGE..., by Ophelia Harutyunyan won the "Coup de Coeur du jury" Prize of the 20th edition of the Festival des 24 Courts.
February 2023. the animated documentary AURORA'S SUNRISE directed by Inna Sahakyan won the Best International Film Award at the prestigious International Documentary Film Festival MiradasDoc.
February 2023. CROSSING THE BLUE, a short feature by Victoria Aleksanyan was included in the official competition of the Academy Award, Bafta and European Film Academy qualifying Tampere Film Festival.
February 2023. a short film IT TAKES A VILLAGE..., by Ophelia Harutyunyan participated in the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and won France Télévisions Award, while Nanor Petrosyan was recognized as the Best Actress by France Télévisions and Unifrance.
February 2023. The feature film LUKA, by Jessica Woodworth had its Belgian premiere at the Ostend International Film Festival and was included in the “LOOK!” Competition.
February 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan will have its Spanish premier in MiradasDoc International Film Festival held in Guia de Isora, Spain.
February 2023. ZULALI, AURORA'S SUNRISE and Village of Women (Hayk Documentary Film Studio) will be held in the frames of the Nantes International Film Festival (Univerciné Nantes).
January 2023. two features ZULALI by Hayk Ordyan ("Director Focus" program) and LIGHT DROPS ("Country Focus" program) by Arman Chilingaryan have been included in SCO Film Festival, held in Mumbai, India.
January 2023. The official Finnish premiere of the animated documentary AURORA'S SUNRISE will be held in Helsinki at the DocPoint-Helsinki Documentary Film Festival.
January 2023. The official Australian premiere of the animated documentary AURORA'S SUNRISE will be held as part of the Europa Europa Film Festival in Melbourne and Sydney.
January 2023. The official Italian premiere of the animated documentary AURORA'S SUNRISE will be held at the Trieste Film Festival. The film will be screened at Alpe Adria Cinema․
January 2023. The official Swedish premiere of the animated documentary AURORA'S SUNRISE will take place in Göteborg within the framework of the Göteborg Film Festival.
January, 2023. The world premiere of LUKA, a feature film directed by Jessica Woodworth, took place within the framework of the 52nd Rotterdam International Film Festival.
