Հայերեն
The Teacher
Musicologist Armen Budaghyan forbids the making of a film about himself saying that there are other more worthy people, who should be filmed first. And yet inspired with his character the director decides to make the film in secret under the mask of journalism. Budaghyan is 80 years old, but still has the wit and energy of a teenager. He not only organizes concerts and conferences, teaches in universities, but charms whole classrooms of children, playfully introducing them to the history and magic of music.
Seg Kirakossian
Born in Yerevan, Armenia in 1989, Seg Kirakossian studied documentary filmmaking at the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography, later writing a PhD at the same institute on contemporary documentary cinema. He has made films in Armenia, Turkey and the Czech Republic. Currently Seg is directing documentaries for the Public TV of Armenia and cooperating with various film studios. From 2015, he is the founder of Doctor Cinema NGO, in frames of which Seg has produced several short international documentary projects by younger film directors as cooperation between Armenia, Luxembourgh, Switzerland etc.
Filmography
Home Is Where Your Heart Is, 2008
Wandering in the Zahrad’s World, 2011
Do You Need Me?, 2014
We Just Wanted to Be Happy, 2014
An Artist in Science, 2016
Crane, Where Do You Come From?, 2016
The Teacher, 2017
24/04 World Orchestra, 2017
Film Details:
Armenia, 2017, 24’
in Armenian w/ Eng. subtitles
Director & Writer: Seg Kirakossian
Producer: Seg Kirakossian
Cinematographer: Seg Kirakossian
Editor: Seg Kirakossian
Sound: Seg Kirakossian
Production Company: Contact Media, Armenian Public TV