Arman Yeritsyan

Graduated from Yerevan Pedagogical University Film Department Arman Yeritsyan has directed a large number of PSAs and award-winning documentaries including, Under the Open Sky and Hello Felini. He worked in “Monarch Films”, “Internews Armenia”, “Russian Today” TV Channel as well as different Armenian TV Channels. He taught a series of workshops and master classes on documentary filmmaking and TV journalism at Moscow State University, VGIK, Russian Internews, South Caucasus Young Documentary Filmmakers Forum, Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinema. He was jury member at “Golden Apricot” International Film Festival, Banff World Media Festival, Banff World Media Festival, “Russia” Documentary Film Festival, “Saratov Sufferings” International Documentary Festival, “Message to Man” International Film Festival and “South Caucasus Young Documentary Filmmakers Forum”.
Since 2007 Arman is collaborating with Bars Media Documentary Film Studio, directing several documentary films as “The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia” (co-production with NHK, ITVS, YLE, SVT and TVP), “Donkeymentary”(co-production with ARTE) and “15 Young by Young: Kings for Sale”(co-production with ARTE France, Avantis Promo, Alegria Productions).

Filmography:

2015 One, Two, Three (2015) documentary. Won the Golden Apricot award for the best documentary film in the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival

2012 Donkeymentary – documentary, Broadcasted on ARTE (Germany).  The Special Prize of Saratov region’s Ministry of Culture at the Saratov’s Sufferings (Saratov, Russia, 2012) The Grand Prix at Russian Anthropological Film Festival (Yekaterinburg, Russia, 2013), Special Prize of the National Cinema Academy of Republic of Armenia “HAYAK”(Yerevan, Armenia, 2013)
15 Young by Young: Kings for Sale  – short documentary, prod company: Bars Media, Avantis Promo, Alegria Productions, for ARTE France.

2010 The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia  – documentary, prod. company: Bars Media. An international co-production with NHK, ITVS, YLE, SVT and TVP.  Grand prix at the 19th International Festival of Ethnological Film (Belgrade, Serbia, 2010), Best Armenian Film Award at the Golden Apricot International Film Festival (2010, Yerevan, Armenia), Special Jury Award at the 8th Gdansk International Doc Film Festival (Gdansk, Poland, 2010), The Best Feature Length Documentary and The Best Script Development at the “Russia” Documentary Film Festival (Yekaterinburg, Russia), The Best Documentary at the 5th Pomegranate Film Festival (Toronto, Canada, 2010), The Best Documentary at the Listapad International Film Festival (Minsk Belorussia, 2010), The Best Cinematography at the “Saratov Sufferings” International Documentary Festival(Saratov, Russia, 2010). Official selection: IDFA (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2009), Goteborg International Film Festival (Goteborg, Sweden, 2010), DOK Leipzig 53rd International Film Festival (Leipzig, Germany, 2010), Euganea Film Festival (Padua, Italy 2010), Film Fest Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany, 2010)

2007 Aram Khachatryan – Educational TV Film for the TV Cultura, Russia, prod. company: “Fishka Film” Studio.

2006 Hello Felini – documentary, prod. company: “Fishka Film” Studio. Best Documentary Film Award at “Sesily” International Film Festival (Tbilisi, Georgia)), Jury award at the “Open Russia” Film Festival, as well as audience awards at the international film festivals in Saratov and Kiev

2005 Under the Open Sky – documentary, prod. company: “Fishka Film” Studio. Best Armenian Film at the Golden Apricot International Film Festival, Yerevan; Best Documentary Film and Art House Prizes at “Lavr” International Film Festival in Moscow; Best Documentary Film at “Sesily” International Film Festival (Tbilisi, Georgia), Best Cinematography “Russia” International Documentary Film Festival (Yekaterinburg, Russia), was nominated at TEFFI (Moscow, Russia) and was included in the official selection of Dok Leipzig International FF (Leipzig, Germany).

2003 Want to Say – documentary, The Audience Award at Saratov Sufferings International Documentary Festival
The End – documentary The Audience Award at Saratov Sufferings International Documentary Festival , Best Director Award at “Yes em” Youth Film Festival in Armenia

Filmography in our catalog