SYNOPSIS
In Yerevan, Ani—a film photographer and mother of three—takes portraits of women who have come to Armenia to seek refuge and rebuild their lives. Through these encounters, her own journey as a woman, a mother, and an artist is also gradually revealed.
THE DIRECTOR
Born in Armenia in 1984, he left his country in 2009 to live between France and Armenia. His studies at the Yerevan University of Cinema and Theatre (2001-2005) and then at the Munich University of Film and Television (2006-2009) gave him a necessary distance from his country's history, to which he now feels ready to return.
In 2010, he participated with his short film project The White Wall in a GREC (Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinématographiques - Film Research and Experimentation Group, founded in 1969 by filmmaker Jean Rouch, producer Pierre Braunberger, and Anatole Dauman) writing workshop, which helps produce first short films. His mentor was the French cinematographer and director Caroline Champetier (Margarethe Von Trotta, Amos Gitaï, Barbet Schroeder, Jean-Luc Godard, Léos Carax, Chantal Akerman, etc.)
Other works with Ana Films :
Maya et Tosca - Quand les voix manouches s'élèvent, Hakob Melonyan (2025)
The ghost republic (in production)
