Arsen Azatyan
Arsen AZATYAN (1959, Armenia) studied film directing at the culture faculty at Yerevan Pedagogical University, where he met Nariné Mkrtchyan. Since their graduation in 1981, they have cooperated as filmmakers, first with the state studio Armenfilm and since 1990 in their own company Aysor-Plus Film Productions, the first independent production company following the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Their films participated in several international film festivals, including Berlin, Locarno and Rotterdam.
Filmography
Arsen Azatyan at IFFR
Bobo
67'
USSR
IFFR 1992
Radio Yerevan
82'
Armenia
IFFR 1993
At the Roadside
18'
Armenia
IFFR 2005
The Donkey
10'
Armenia
IFFR 2005
Andrey
15'
Armenia
IFFR 2007
About Him or How He Did Not Fear the Bear
A film in search of the motives behind and the response to the nightly killer-spree by a Russian lone wolf, slaughtering an entire Armenian family.
112'
Armenia
IFFR 2019