Our participation...

Participation of the Armenian films  financially supported by the National Cinema Center of Armenia

in international film festivals and platforms (2017 and upward)

1. March 2024. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan has won the Jury Grand Prize at the XIV edition of the Francofilmfestival, organized by the Institut français Centre Saint-Louis with the support of the Francophone Embassies in Italy
2. February 2024. TONRATUN,  a state-financed feature by Inna Mkhitaryan is included in the Aswat Festival which will take place in Beirut.
3. February 2024. TONRATUN,  a state-financed feature by Inna Mkhitaryan is included in the Jean Rouch International Film Festival which will take place in  Tunisia
4. January 2024. The Croatian premiere of the animated documentary AURORA'S SUNRISE, will take place in Zagreb as part of the @festivaloftolerance festival.
5. January 2024. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, a short animation by Armine Anda is in the HORIZONS Competition of PIAFF-Paris International Animation Film Festival and the official competition of INDIEJUNIOR PORTO, Portugal.
6. January 2024. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan holds 6th place among the 23 Best Documentary Films of 2023 by  MovieWeb.
7. January 2024. The Indian premiere of AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan will take place on January 20th as part of the AniMela Festival.
8. January 2024. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan is among top 25 films of 2023 by Irish Cinephile.
9. 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. 
10. 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.
11. 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. 
12. 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.
13. 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.
    
14. November 2023. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, a short animation by Armine Anda was included in the main competition of the Amarcort Film Festival.
15. 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.
16. 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!
17. November 2023. CROSSING THE BLUE, a short feature by Victoria Aleksanyan is in the official selection of Pomegranate Film Festival.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. October 2023. HANDSTAND by Ovsanna Shekoyan has been included in the competition program of the Oscar-qualifying 39th edition of interfilm Berlin  Film Festival.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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). 
24. October 2023. HEADLESS HORSEMEN  directed by Ovsanna Gevorgyan is included in the Asian Short Film Competition of the 28th Busan International Film Festival.
25. 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.
26. 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).
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. 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).
30. September 2023. EQUATION WITH TWO UNKNOWNS, a short film by Lusine Papoyan received the Best Script Award at the BAIQONYR International Short Film Festival.
31. September 2023. The world premiere of HEADLESS HORSEMEN directed by Ovsanna Gevorgyan will take place at the 28th Busan International Film Festival.
32. September, 2023. THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES, by Armine Anda was included in the Monologue of Dreams section of the  Asian Animation Short Festival.
33. September, 2023. The Estonian premiere of the film THREE GRAVES OF THE ARTIST , by Harutyun Khachatryan and Ruben Khachatryan will take place in Tallin.
34. September, 2023. The American premiere of the feature film AMERIKATSI, by Michael A. Goorjian took place in the Alex Theatre, USA.
35. September 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was included in the Royal Starr Film Festival, the US.
36. September 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was included in the Armenian Film Festival Australia.
37. 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.
38. 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.
39. 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.
40. July 2023. ZULALI, a feature by Hayk Ordyan won the "Best International Feature Film" Award at the Orvinio Cinema Festival.
41. 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.
42. 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.
43. 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.
44. 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.
45. July 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was included in the Resistencias section of the Ambulante Documentary Film Festival, México.
46. 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.
47. 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.
48. 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.
49. July 2023. HANDSTAND  by Ovsanna Shekoyan received the Best Film award at the Bašta Fest International Short Film Festival.
    
50. 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.
51. 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. 
52. 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.
53. 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
54. 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.
55. 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.
56. 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.
57. 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. 
58. May 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was included in the Millennium Docs Against Gravity film festival, Poland.
59. 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.
60. 2023. The premiere of the film THREE GRAVES OF THE ARTIST , by Harutyun Khachatryan and Ruben Khachatryan took place in Sofia International Film Festival.
61. 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.
62. 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.
63. 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.
64. 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.
65. April 2023.THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES  by Armine Anda is selected for Fest Anca International Animation Festival in the Slovak Republic.
66. 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.
67. April 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan won the Audience Award at the Movies That Matter Film Festival.
68. 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.
69. March 2023. TONRATUN a state -financed feature by Inna Mkhitaryan is included in the International Competition of Jean Rouch International Film Festival.
70. March 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was screened at the International Film Festival Assen, the Netherlands.
71. 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.
72. 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.
73. March 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan was included in the Kaleidoscope section of the Cartagena Film Festival.
74. 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.
75. 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.
76. 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..
77. 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.
78. March 2023. the Netherlands screenings of AURORA'S SUNRISE will be held as a part of "Internationaal Filmfestival Assen" in Assen.
79. February 2023. AURORA'S SUNRISE an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan is included in the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Saloniki.
80. 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.
81. 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.
82. 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). 
83. 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․
84. 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.
85. February 2023. CROSSING THE BLUE, a short feature by Victoria Aleksanyan was included in the Beirut International Women Film Festival․
86. 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.
87. 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. 
88. 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. 
89. 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.
90. 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.
91. 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.
92. 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.
93. 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. 
94. 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).
95. 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.
96. 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.
97. 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.
98. 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․
99. 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.
100. 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.
101. December 2022. a short film IT TAKES A VILLAGE..., by Ophelia Harutyunyan has been included in the International Competition Program of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
102. December 2022. TONRATUN, a state-financed documentary by Inna Mkhitaryan, won the International Competition of the 15th edition of the This Human World International Human Rights Film Festival.
103. December 2022. The film THE AMERICAN GOOD SAMARITANS, directed by Ara Mnatsakanyan is the winner of the "Best Documentary Feature" Award of the Dreamachine International Film Festival’s Winter Session.
104. December 2022. AMERIKATSI, a feature film directed by Michael Goorjian is included in the official competition program of the SALERNO International Film Festival held in Italy
105. November 2022.  AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan won the "Best Baltic Producer for Co-production" award at the Baltic Competition of the Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival.
106. November 2022. ZULALI, a feature film directed by Hayk Ordyan has received the "Best film about children" award at the 11th International Disability Film Festival "Breaking Down Barriers" ("Кино без барьеров").
107. November 2022. HANDSTAND, a short film by Ovsanna Shekoyan is included in the international competition of Beirut Shorts International Film Festival.
108. November 2022. a short film IT TAKES A VILLAGE..., by Ophelia Harutyunyan is included in the Festival Européen du FilmCourt de Brest within the “Women of the World” showcase.
109. November 2022. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan won the “Audience Choice” Award at Asian World Film Festival.
110. November 2022. 5 DREAMERS AND A HORSE, a creative documentary by Aren Malakyan and Vahagn Khachatryan has been included in the International Feature Competition of RIDM - Montreal International Documentary Festival.
111. November 2022. AMERIKATSI, a feature by Michael A. Goorjian won the “Best Feature Film” award and the “Audience Choice” award at the Pomegranate Film Festival in Toronto.
112. November 2022. LIGHT DROPS, a feature by Arman Chilingaryan won the “Best Director” award at Mysuru International Film Festival in India.
113. November 2022. THE AMERICAN GOOD SAMARITANS, by Ara Mnatsakanyan has been nominated in the competition program of the Montreal Independent Film Festival.
114. November 2022. GATE TO HEAVEN, a feature film directed by Jivan Avetisyan has been awarded as Best Feature Film at the Pomegranate Film Festival, held in Toronto.
115. November 2022.  AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan is the winner of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in the category of Best Animated Film.
116. November 2022. MUSHURBA,  a short animation by Petya Sargsyan is included in Pomegranate Film Festival in Toronto. 
117. December  2022. NEXT STATION PARADISE, a short film by Harut Makyan is included in the competition program of ZubrOFFka International Short Film Festival.
118. November 2022. THE WINGED,  a short animation by Naira Muradyan has been awarded a Special Jury Mention in Tbilisi International Animation Festival (TIAF).
119. November 2022.  LIGHT DROPS, a feature film by Arman Chilingaryan has been selected for the main competition in Mysuru International Film Festival.
120. November 2022. THE WINGED, a short animation by Naira Muradyan has been included in the Tbilisi International Animation Festival (TIAF).  The screening of the film will take place on the 3 November in Amirani Cinema Hall, Tbilisi.
121. October 2022. THREE DAYS, a short film by Davit Nerkararyan won the Best Feature Debut award at the 6th In Love with Art International Film Festival in St. Petersburg
122. October, 2022. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan won the Audience Award at the Animation Is Film festival in Los Angeles.
123. October, 2022. 5 DREAMERS AND A HORSE, a creative documentary by Aren Malakyan and Vahagn Khachatryan was screened at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Silver Eye Award.
124. October, 2022. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary by Inna Sahakyan is included in the Baltic Competition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, which kicks off on November 18.
125. October, 2022. 5 DREAMERS AND A HORSE, a creative documentary by Aren Malakyan and Vahagn Khachatryan has been selected for screening at the 65th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film.
126. October, 2022. THREE DAYS, a short film by Davit Nerkararyan won the Best Feature Debut award at the 6th In Love with Art International Film Festival.
127. October, 2022. LIGHT DROPS, a feature film directed by Arman Chilingaryan, is the official selection of the Florence International Film Festival's second edition and will be screened in the competition section.
128. October, 2022. NEXT STATION PARADISE, a short film by Harut Makyan is included in Panorama courts métrages section of Cinemed - Montpellier Festival of Mediterranean Film, and the world premiere of the film will take place there.
129. October, 2022. CROSSING THE BLUE, a short film by Victoria Aleksanyan will have its international premiere in the Short Film Competition section at the prestigious Cinemed - Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival.
130. October, 2022. GATE TO HEAVEN, a feature film directed by Jivan Avetisyan has been included in AMC's (AMC Entertainment Holdings American movie theater chain) independent programming schedule. This is a highly competitive program, which accepts only 4-8 titles every year. The film will be screened at the AMC cinema networks in the 10 largest cities of the United States.
131. October, 2022. HANDSTAND, a short film directed by Ovsanna Shekoyan won The Second Prize for Best Short Film at The International Short Film Festival of Cyprus.
132. October, 2022. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary directed by Inna Sahakyan was included in the Best of Fests section of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam - IDFA.
133. October, 2022. HANDSTAND, a short film directed by Ovsanna Shekoyan was included in the International Short Films competition program of the 20th Zagreb Film Festival.
134. October, 2022. TONRATUN, a feature film directed by Inna Mkhitaryan was selected for the competition program of the Les Écrans Documentaires festival held in France.
135. October, 2022. AMERIKATSI, a feature film directed by Michael Goorjian won the Best Narrative Feature Film at the Woodstock Film Festival. Moreover, Ghasem Ebrahimian, the cinematographer of the film won the Haskell Wexler award for Best Cinematography.
136. October, 2022. AURORA’S SUNRISE, an animated documentary directed by Inna Sahakyan has been nominated in the Best Animated Film category at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
137. October, 2022. TONRATUN, a feature film directed by Inna Mkhitaryan was included in the competition program of the International Human Rights Film Festival held in Vienna.
138. October, 2022. AMERIKATSI, a feature film directed by Michael Goorjian won Public Prize for the best film in the program, coming first among 100 films presented at the Hamburg Filmfest.
139. October, 2022. The American premiere of AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary film directed by Inna Sahakyan, took place in the competition program of the Animation Is Film festival in Los Angeles.
140. October, 2022. LIGHT DROPS, a feature film directed by Arman Chilingaryan has been selected for screening at the Euro Film Festival in Geneva.
141. October, 2022. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary directed by Inna Sahakyan participated in the Doclisboa International Film Festival in Lisbon.
142. October, 2022. HANDSTAND, a short film directed by Ovsanna Shekoyan has been selected for the competition program of the 39th Tehran International Short Film Festival, the Academy Awards qualifying festival.
143. September, 2022. LIGHT DROPS, a feature film directed by Arman Chilingaryan was included in the main competition program of The Melech Tel - Aviv International Film Festival.
144. September, 2022. Marine Petrosyan received the Best Actress award at the 18th Literature and Cinema International Film Festival (St. Petersburg) for her role as Akir in the feature film ZULALI, directed by Hayk Ordyan.
145. September, 2022. HANDSTAND, a short film directed by Ovsanna Shekoyan, has been selected for the competition program of the 12th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus.
146. September, 2022. GATE TO HEAVEN, a feature film directed by Jivan Avetisyan was included in the competition section of Be Epic! London International Film Festival. It was the opening film of the festival and came winning with the Best Cinematography award.
147. September, 2022. The film THE AMERICAN GOOD SAMARITANS, directed by Ara Mnatsakanyan won The Best Humanitarian Feature Film award at Cannes World Film Festival Remember the Future.
148. September, 2022. The short animation MUSHURBA, directed by Petya Sargsyan was included in out-of-competition programs of the International Animation Film Festival "Animur". The screening of the film will take place on September 30 and October 1.
149. September, 2022. The films AMERIKATSI (directed by Michael Gyurjyan) and AURORA'S SUNRISE, (directed by Inna Sahakyan) are included in the Kaleidoskop program of the 30th-anniversary edition of FILMFEST HAMBURG.
150. September, 2022. The film 5 DREAMERS AND A HORSE, directed by Aren Malakyan and Vahagn Khachatryan has been included in the main competition section of the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) in the US.
151. September, 2022. The film THE AMERICAN GOOD SAMARITANS, directed by Ara Mnatsakanyan has been included in the competition section of ARPA International Film Festival in Los Angeles.
152. September, 2022. AURORA'S SUNRISE, an animated documentary directed by Inna Sahakyan, is the official submission of Armenia to the 95th Academy Awards "Oscar".
153. September, 2022. The film THE AMERICAN GOOD SAMARITANS, directed by Ara Mnatsakanyan has been included in the competition section of Chicago Independent Film Festival.  
154. September, 2022. The film ZULALI, directed by Hayk Ordyan has been included in the competition section of the 18^th edition of "Cinema and Literature" International Film Festival in Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation.    
155. August, 2022. THE AMERICAN GOOD SAMARITANS directed by Ara Mnatsakanyan came winning in the American «Accolade Global Film Competition» and was granted the "AWARDS OF MERIT" prize.
156. August, 2022. ZULALI,full length feature, directed by Hayk Ordyan will be screened in the "World Cinema" program in the frames of the Tashkent International Film Festival.
157. August, 2022. THE AMERICAN GOOD SAMARITANS, by Ara Mnatsakanyan is included in the international competition of Accolade Global Film Competition IFF.
158. August, 2022. THE AMERICAN GOOD SAMARITANS, by Ara Mnatsakanyan came winning in Docs Without Borders Film Festival (DWBFF) and was granted "Excellence" award.
159. August, 2022. BEYOND THE THRESHOLD, a short film directed by Angine Isanyans has been selected to participate in the International Competition of Linz International Short Film Festival.
160. August, 2022. THE WINGED,  a short animation directed by Naira Muradyan will be screened at the 6th edition of Chaniartoon - International Comic & Animation Festival held in September, in Chania, Greece.
161. August, 2022. THE AMERICAN GOOD SAMARITANS, a full-length documentary by Ara Mnatsakanyan has become an official selection in documentary film competitions for two American film festivals: Docs Without Borders and Glendale International Film Festival.
162. August, 2022. THE WINGED, a short animation directed by Naira Muradyan has been included in the competition program of the Neum Animated Film Festival.
163. August, 2022. TONRATUN, a feature film directed by Inna Mkhitaryan has been selected for screening at one of the best documentary film festivals États généraux du film documentaire in Lussas, France.
164. July, 2022. ZULALI, a feature film directed by Hayk Ordyan is the Opening Film, in Competition, of the 19th Salento International Film Festival (SIFF) to be held in Italy from 6 to 11 September 2022.
165. July, 2022. AURORA’S SUNRISE, a feature-length animated documentary directed by Inna Sahakyan won the Silver Apricot Prize at the International Film Competition of the 19th Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Yerevan.
166. July, 2022. KOREAN DELICACY, a short film directed by Hambardzum Hambardzumyan won the Special Award after Gennadi Melkonyan at the 19th Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Yerevan.
167. June, 2022. HOMECOMING, a short debut by Raffi Movsisyan won in the "Best Armenian Short Film" category at One Shot International Short Film Festival.
168. June, 2022. SWEEPING YEREVAN, a feature film directed by Nairi Hakhverdi won in the "Best Documentary Film" category at Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival.
169. June, 2022. AURORA’S SUNRISE, an animated documentary directed by Inna Sahakyan was selected to participate in the official competition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
170. May, 2022. THE HEIRESS, a short film by Evelina Barseghyan received a Special Jury Prize at 29th Sguardi Altrove International Women's Film Festival, Milan, Italy.
171. May, 2022. THE WINGED, а short animation by Naira Muradyan is selected to be part of the Young Audience Competition for the 13th edition of Anibar International Animation Festival.
172. May, 2022. THE HEIRESS, a short film by Evelina Barseghyan is selected for the Sguardi Altrove International Women's Film Festival, Milan, Italy.
173. May, 2022. THE HEIRESS, a short film by Evelina Barseghyan was included in the competition program of the Metropolis Film Festival held in Milan.
174. May, 2022. the Canadian premiere of the film 5 DREAMERS AND A HORSE directed by Vahagn Khachatryan and Aren Malakyan has taken place within the framework of the prestigious "Hot Docs" Canadian International Documentary Film Festival.
175. May, 2022. AURORA’S SUNRISE, an animated documentary directed by Inna Sahakyan will premiere in the feature-length competition at Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
176. April, 2022. THE HEIRESS, a short film by Evelina Barseghyan was granted "The Honorable Mention Award" at the Prague International Film Awards Spring Edition 2021/2022.
177. April, 2022. THE HEIRESS, a short film by Evelina Barseghyan was selected for the competition program of Prague International Film Awards.
178. May, 2022. HANDSTAND, a short film by Ovsanna Shekoyan is selected for the competition program of the 19th edition of IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival, held in Lisbon, Portugal.
179. March, 2022. LIGHT DROPS, a feature film directed by Arman Chilingaryan was awarded "Best Drama" in AltFF, Alternative Film Festival in Toronto, Canada.
180. March, 2022. WHEN I AM SAD, a short animation by Lilit Altunyan was selected in the official competition program of the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Germany.
181. February, 2022. ZULALI, a feature film directed by Hayk Ordyan was nominated for the Nika Award of the Russian National Film Academy in the "Nika Award for Best Film of CIS and Baltic States" category.
182. January, 2022. SHOULD THE WIND DROP, a feature film directed by Nora Martirosyan won the Government of Maharashtra "Prabhat" Best International Film Award at the 19th Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) in Maharashtra, India.
183. December, 2021. WHEN I AM SAD, a short animation by Lilit Altunyan was selected by Clermont-Ferrand (Animation for children from Clermont-Ferrand), one of the most prestigious International Short Film Festivals.
184. December, 2021. DREAM OF KAFKA, a short animation by Davit Babayan was included in the 3rd edition of Los Angeles International Film Festival - Film Maudit 2.0
185. December, 2021.LIGHT DROPS, a feature film by Arman Chilingaryan came winning in "Best Drama" category at Tokyo Film Awards - a competition for film and TV industry professionals.
186. November, 2021. HEIRESS, a short film by Evelina Barseghyan was awarded with Jury Prize "For the Effortless Coverage of a Sensible Issue" at XXI International Film Festival PITERKIT (Russia).
187. October, 2021. WHEN I AM SAD, a short animation by Lilit Altunyan (Armenian-French coproduction) after its World Premiere at Animest International Festival in Romania was selected by other six international film festivals such as BIAF - Bucheon International Animation Festival, South Korea; Cinanima, Portugal; Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Greece; BASTAU International Film Festival, Kazakhstan; Colombo International Women’s Film Festival, Shri Lanka and Paris Courts Devant, France. On, the film was selected by a notable festival Carrefour of the Animated films - Forum des Images IFF, France, December 8-12.:
188. October, 2021. HANDSTAND, a short film directed by Ovsanna Shekoyan was awarded with the "Genadi Melkonyan" Special Prize at the "Koriz" competition of the 18th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival.
189. October, 2021. HANDSTAND by Ovsanna Shekoyan, BEYOND THE THRESHOLD  by Angineh Isanyan, HOMECOMNIG by Raffi Movsisyan, THE WINGED, by Naira Muradyan and DREAM OF KAFKA by David Babayan shorts were screened at the 18th Golden Apricot International Film Festival within the framework of the "Koriz" short film competition.
190. September, 2021. GATE TO HEAVEN, a feature film by Jivan Avetisyan, came winning in four nominations at the Ontario International Film Festival in Canada - "Best Sound", "Best Music", "Best Script" and "Best International Film".
191. September, 2021. WHEN I AM SAD animation by Lilit Altunyan (Armenian - French coproduction) was selected for the official competition program of the Animest Internation Film Festival. The World Premiere of the film will take place at Animest in Bukharest from October 13-17.
192. September, 2021. THE HEIRESS, a short film by Evelina Barseghyan, was included in the main competition of "KINOSHOCK" - the Film Festival of CIS and Baltic counties. The 30th jubilee edition of the "KINOSHOCK" Film Festival kicks off in Anapa on September 25 and will last up to October.
193. August, 2021. WHEN I AM SAD, short animation by Lilit Altunyan has been included in the official competition program of the Academy Award Qualifying International Animation Festival BIAF 2021 (Bucheon International Animation Film Festival), which is held on 22-26 October in South Korea.
194. July, 2021. SHOULD THE WIND DROP, a feature film by Nora Martirosyan, was screened on July 14 at the 74th Cannes International Film Festival at the Olympia 3 Cinema Hall.
195. July, 2021. DREAM OF KAFKA, a short animation by Davit Babayan has been included in Anima't - animation section of the 54th edition of the SITGES International Film Festival of Catalonia, October 7-17, 2021.
196. June, 2021. DREAM OF KAFKA, a short animation by Davit Babayan has been included in the 13th edition of Weird Market - International Film Market for animation, video games and New Media in Segovia, Spain ( September 24 - October 3, 2021).
197. May, 2021.  DREAM OF KAFKA,  a short animation by Davit Babayan has been included in the competitive program of Animatricks International Animation Festival, May 20-23, Helsinki.
198. April, 2021. AURORA'S SUNRISE, a documentary film (with animation elements) by Inna Sahakyan participated in an E-Meeting Point Vilnius Cinema Forum - "Coming Soon" postproduction movie pitching. The film received two awards - participation in the French Sunny Side of the Doc marketplace and its postproduction film boutique, as well as participation in Marche du Film within the Cannes Film Festival.
199. April, 2021․ HOMECOMING, a short debut film by Raffi Movsisyan was included in the competition program of one of the most prestigious film festivals in Europe, the Krakow IFF.
200. March, 2021․ YEVA, a feature film (co-produced by Armenia and Iran) by Anahit Abad won AUDIENCE AWARD - the main prize at the 11th Francofilm Festival, which took place in March, 2021 in Rome. Francofilm Festival was organized by the French Institute of Saint Louis.
201. March, 2021․ DREAM OF KAFKA, a short-animated film by David Babayan has been accepted in the Official Selection for ANNECY Animation International Film Festival in France. It’s noteworthy to mention that ANNECY is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious animation film festivals.
202. March, 2021․ DREAM OF KAFKA, a short-animated film by David Babayan has been accepted in the Official Selection for "T-SHORT ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL" in Latvia.
203. March, 2021. The Armenian feature film project FORTRESS, co-produced by Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Bulgaria and Armenia received financial support from the 162nd Eurimages Board of Management meeting among other 24 feature co-productions.
204. February, 2021․ DREAM OF KAFKA, a short-animated film by David Babayan has been accepted in the Official Selection for the CYBORG FILM FESTIVAL in Tuscany, Italy.
205. February, 2021․ BEYOND THE THRESHOLD, a short film by Angine Isanyans has been accepted in the Official Selection for International Clermont - Ferrand Short Film Festival (Festival International du court métrage de Clermont - Ferrand), one of the most prestigious international film festivals. held annually in France. The festival is held annually in Clermont-Ferrand, France and hosts the largest short film market.
206. January, 2021․ DREAM OF KAFKA, a short-animated film by David was awarded a Special Mention by the Professional Jury at the 21st International Festival of Francophone Short Films Un poing c'est court in Vaud-en-Vlaine, Metropolitan Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, which took place from 15 to 23 January 2021.
207. January, 2021․ ARNO BABAJANYAN. AGE OF LOVE, a documentary film by Vaga Vardanyan will be screened on the Russian First Chanel on the occasion of Arno Babajanyan's 100th anniversary.
208. January, 2021․ GRANNY, a short film by Aram Shahbazyan has been included in Dublin International Film Festival 2021.
209. December, 2021. FIVE DREAMERS AND A HORSE, a full-length documentary by Vahagn Khachatryan and Aren Malakyan has received financial support from the prestigious Swiss Visions Sud Est fund. By the decision of the experts of the fund financial support was provided for seven international film projects, including the full-length documentary "Five Dreamers and a Horse" directed by Vahagn Khachatryan &  Aren Malayan.
210. December, 2020․ BEYOND THE THRESHOLD, a debut short film by Angine Isanyans has become an official selection for the international competition of International Clermont - Ferrand Short Film Festival for 2021.
211. December, 2020․ The feature films SARBE DANCE  by Yusup Razikov and   EARTHQUAKE by Sarik Andreasyan were purchased to be distributed in Latin America. The screening rights were acquired by Encripta, Brazil's largest video distribution platform.
212. December, 2020․ Due to the support of "ReAnimania" film festival  ZAKO,  by Tigran Arakelyan (The Raw Fruit) will participate in the ANNECY’s film market. To mention - ANNECY is the largest international animation film festival.  
213. December, 2020․ After three weeks of online screenings, the winners of the 26th edition of CINEMANIA were unveiled. A Special Jury Mention was  awarded to the feature film SHOULD THE WIND DROP , by Nora Martirosyan. 
214. November, 2020․ SHOULD THE WIND DROP,  a feature film (France-Armenia-Belgium co-production) by Nora Martirosyan was awarded a Special Jury Prize - Silver Alexander Meet the Neighbors (3,000 euros) at Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
215. November, 2020. CHRISTMAS ROAST, a debut short film by Aleksander Baghdasaryan participated in the Literary Short Film Festival 2020 in Texas and won in the "Best Feature Film" category.
216. October, 2020․ The world premiere of the feature film CHNCHIK directed by Aram Shahbazyan will take place on 23 October, 2020 at the Busan International Film Festival.
217. August, 2020․ SHOULD THE WIND DROP, a feature film directed by Nora Martirosyan was screened on August 27 at the La Coursive Cinema in La Rochelle, France. The screening included films assisted by Groupement national des cinémas de recherche. On August 30 the film was also presented at The Angoulême Francophone Film Festival.
218. September, 2020․ LENGTHY NIGHT, a feature film directed by Edgar Baghdasaryan, was included in the official selection of PARANÁ INTERNACIONAL FILMS FESTIVAL, Argentina.
219. September, 2020․ FIGHT, a feature film by Lilit Movsisyan was included in the program of the San Sebastian Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-production Forum.
220. July, 2020. LENGTHY NIGHT,  a feature film by Edgar Baghdasaryan was awarded "Best Feature Film" at The Indie for You Film Festival.
221. June, 2020․ For the first time after the Post-soviet period an Armenian film by Nora Martirosyan SHOULD THE WIND DROP (Armenian-Belgian-French production) has been included in the official program of the 73^rd Cannes IFF in “First Feature Film” category.
222. June, 2020․ GATE TO HEAVEN, a feature film by Jivan Avetisyan is included in the Cannes virtual film market through the efforts of the French sales company "MPM Premium".
223. June, 2020. LORIK, a feature film by Alexey Zlobin, won the "Best Feature Film" award at the SR Socially Relevant Film Festival online Awards Ceremony in New York.
224. June, 2020. 5 DREAMERS AND A HORSE, a debut project directed by Vahagn Khachatryan and Aren Malakyan has been selected to participate in the Eurimages Lab Project Awards program within the framework of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
225. March, 2020. LENGTHY NIGHT, a feature film by Edgar Baghdasaryan was included in the shortlist of NIKA annual film awards (Russia) in the nomination “Best Film of the CIS, Baltic States and Georgia", which will take place on March 29, 2020.
226. January, 2020. CHRISTMAS ROAST,  a short film debut by Alexander Baghdasaryan is included in the international competition of the prestigious Fribourg International Film Festival (Switzerland), which will be held on March 20-28.
227. January, 2020. CHRISTMAS ROAST,  a short film by Alexander Baghdasaryan will participate in one of the most prestigious short film festivals International Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, held annually in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
228. 2019. The premiere of a short film IT TAKES A VILLAGE..., by Ophelia Harutyunyan took place at the Leipzig International Film Festival in Germany,
229. December, 2019. ABOUT HIM OR HOW HE DID NOT FEAR THE BEAR, a feature film by Arsen Azatyan and Narine Azatyan was premiered at the Chinese Hainan International Film Festival held from December 1- 8.
230. December, 2019. CHRISTMAS ROAST, a short film debut by Alexander Baghdasaryan is included in the competition of one of the most prestigious short film festivals International Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, held annually in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
231. October, 2019. The 48th Rotterdam International Film Festival hosted the world premiere of a feature film directed by Arsen Azatyan and Narine Azatyan ABOUT HIM OR HOW HE DID NOT FEAR THE BEAR.
232. August, 2019. LORIK, a feature film by Alexey Zlobin participated in the Latin American film festivals winning in 5 nominations at The Venezuelan Film Festival VEFF.
233. August, 2019. LORIK, a feature film by Alexey Zlobin, won in the “Intertwined parallels” nomination at the Orenburg International Film Festival.
234. April, 2019, The 37th Uruguay International Film Festival hosted the South American premiere of a feature film directed by Arsen Azatyan and Narine Azatyan ABOUT HIM OR HOW HE DID NOT FEAR THE BEAR.
235. April, 2019. The screening of a feature film directed by David Safaryan HOT COUNTRY, COLD WINTER took place in Brussels.
236. 2019, April. MOUNTAINS, THE SUN AND LOVE, a feature film by Mikayel Poghosyan, will be screened at the opening ceremony of the 16th Salento International Film Festival.
237. October, 2018. YEVA, a feature film by Anahit Abbat, won the "The Best Feature Film" award at the "Arpa" International Film Festival in the United States.
238. September, 2018. YEVA, a feature film by Anahit Abbat, won the "The Best Feature Film" award at the «COTBUSS».
239. July, 2018. SPITAK, a feature film by Alexander Kott won a special prize at the Accolade Global Film Competition in the United States.
240. May, 2018. SPITAK, a feature film by Alexander Kott is included in the Montreal International Film Festival.
241. April, 2018. SPITAK, a feature film by Alexander Kott (Armenian-Russian co-production) is included in the main competition program of the 40th MIFF - Moscow International Film Festival, April 19-26. It’s noteworthy to mention that the world premiere of the film will also take place there.
242. 2018, April. LORIK, a feature film by Mikayel Poghosyan, was included in the list of 10 nominated films at the Mexican International Film Festival.
243. March, 2018. LORIK, a feature film by Mikayel Poghosyan, was presented in the “Best Feature Film” competition at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia.
244. March, 2018. ONE DAY, a feature film by Guzh Tadevosyan was awarded a special prize by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan.
245. March, 2018. ONE DAY, a feature film by Guzh Tadevosyan, won "The Best Cinematography Award" at the 3rd International Festival of Short Films "Navsoz" in Tajikistan.
246. 2017. YEVA a feature film by Anahit Abbad was included in the competition program of the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF).
247. 2017. YEVA, a feature film by Anahit Abbad was an Armenian submission to the OSCAR Best Foreign Language Film.
248. 2017. YEVA, a feature film by Anahit Abbad was included in the competition program of the Montreal World Film Festival.
249. 2017. THE LAST INHABITANT, a feature film directed by Jivan Avetisyan, was included in the 20th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF).