Lilit Movsisyan
Directing
Biography
Lilit Movsisyan is a dynamic and emerging talent, graduated with honors from the Institute of Theater and Cinematography in 2009. Her short film "Me Too" won three prizes at the Syracuse International Film Festival. In 2018, she served as a jury member at the ReAnimania International Animation Film and Comics Art Festival of Yerevan. Her short film "The Trial" competed at GAIFF 2019. Lilit's first feature-length documentary, "Fight," a collaborative Armenian-French production, has earned recognition on various platforms, including DocsBarcelona Public Pitch 2020 and Baltic Sea Docs in 2019. She is a seasoned participant in industry events such as GAIFF Pro C2C Market, B2B Doc, EurasiaDoc workshops, EAVE on Demand, and Talents Sarajevo. Committed to sharing her experience, Lilit teaches filmmaking at the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies for teenagers. Her latest film project, "Shakespeare Goes Armenian," in co-direction with Inna Sahakyan (Aurora's Sunrise 2022) has already won The DAE Talent Development Award at WHEN EAST MEETS WEST co-production forum.
Known For
Caucho is an experimental drama which tells the story of three artists: а theater director (Arsen Grigoryan),an actress (Lucie Abdalyan) and an actor (Manvel Khachatryan) who are engaged in staging the play "The Ping-Pong Players" by William Saroyan. They decide to speak only using the dialogues from the performance before the first night of the play. The game will be over if any of them breaks the rules.
Caucho
In a conservative Armenian family a 16 years old Karine dreams to become a veterinarian, but her family, especially her father, who is a well-known dog-fighter, is against it. They say it’s not a proper job for women. Karine needs to choose: to follow her dreams or to listen to her patriarchal family.
Fight
Narek runs the mokhraman.am website. For a big scandal and money, he decides to make a film where the actor will agree to really die for the sake of cinema.
Ashtray
An image of a strong and meantime distressed character, fighting against his fears, love, hope and pain in a psychological clinic. Sounds of incredible music, played by a girl with no musical instrument, come to his ear making him much more helpless. Is he really insane?
Me To
A story that proves love is unique for everyone, shaped by their own reasons. What matters most is finding someone who shares your vision and walks beside you.
Seagulls
While baking lavash, an Armenian woman sings traditional Armenian song "Khio".