Origines

Armenia, 2016, 60’
Director and Scriptwriter: Ashot Mkrtchyan
Cinematographer: Ashot Mkrtchyan
Producer: Ashot Mkrtchyan
Music: Forsh, Sona Talyan
Sound: Ashot Mkrtchyan
Editor: Ara Mkrtchyan
Production Company: Independent Filmmakers

These people never met in real life. They knew about each other through Facebook pages, and they gathered together in this little paradise in France to bring and share their incredible art world. They came to know each other at this extraordinary festival of Armenian art, organized by an Italian-born simple French woman farmer.

Ashot Mkrtchyan

In 1985, Ashot Mkrtchyan graduated from the Cinematography Department of Moscow All-Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK). He worked at Hayfim Studio as well as Hayk Documentary Films Studio – his actual collaborator. He served as cinematographer for such films as Comrade Panjuni, Catastrophe, The Black Wall, Lost Paradise, Prison Art, Reveries, A Touch among thers. Since 2005, Ashot Mkrtchyan is the founder director of IFAM LLC (Independent Filmmakers) Studio. In collaboration with international organizations he shot numerous social videos and films (Trafficking, The Armenian Woman or…, The Yogurt Is Black, Listen to Me… etc.).

Filmography
Winter Melody (1995),
Prison Art (1996),
“Serenade” in Europe (1996),
Non–Stop (1998),
Arakel (2001),
This Is Armenia (2002),
Kajaran (2002),
Seven Indian Boys (2006),
Geghard (2008),
Avetis (2009),
Being Different (2012),
Origines (2016).