FILMOGRAPHY

My work explores rites of passage, embodied memory and our relationship with the living world through poetic and sensory documentary filmmaking. Rather than seeking to explain, I create spaces of resonance, inviting audiences to reconnect with themselves, with each other and with nature.

DOON: Homecoming (2025) — Director & Producer

Embodying the essence of Armenian dance, Shakeh Major Tchilingirian gracefully narrates a story of exile and homecoming through a solo dance performance, giving voice to a collective grief and yearning which can be hard to express through words. The movements connect her with roots going back to time immemorial; a shared essence extending beyond culture, time and space.

  • Nominated for Best Expressive Film — Sustain Film Festival, 2025

  • Selected for the Best of Fest Programme — Third Culture Film Festival, 2026

  • Special Mention — IMARP, Brazil, 2025

Fire Speaks (2024) — Creative Consultant

In this 70-minute documentary bridging ancestral wisdom with contemporary living, Mark Elmy — an Englishman and Mayan spiritual guide in Guatemala — shares ancient Mayan teachings on how to interact with fire during ceremonies, work with the sacred calendar and align with our life purpose.

  • Merit Award — Awareness Film Festival (Los Angeles), 2024

Fallin’, a dance film (2021) — First Assistant Director

In this short dance film by Valentina Beatriz, two dancers are magnetically drawn towards and away from one another, embodying the dynamics of addictive attachment and co-dependency commonly associated with the experience of falling in love.

  • MONGBRA Award — Auroville Film Festival, 2024

Who are the Mayans of today? (2019) — Script Editor & Translator

Just like plants, human beings are only as strong as their root system. Kairi Kivirähk’s student film (44 min) takes us on a holistic journey to the heart of ancestral Mayan wisdom and medicine.

RWANDArt (2016) — Director & Producer

Through dance, music, fashion and art, RWANDArt (52 min) explores Rwanda’s emerging creative scene by introducing young and driven local artists reshaping the country's cultural landscape.

  • Nominated for the Prize of the Flemish Commission for UNESCO, 2018

  • Broadcast on Canal+ (2017–2019)

The Reality of the Ciliwung People (2014) — Director, Researcher, Videographer & Editor

A 30-minute public policy film exploring the social and economic dynamics of life in the slum areas of Bukit Duri, Jakarta, Indonesia. Areas which have been overlooked by government relocation strategies implemented for flood prevention. Produced as part of a research project for the Centre for Public Policy Transformation.

CONNECTING STRINGS: Armenian Spirit in Music (2012) — Director & Editor

A 10-minute ethnographic student film exploring how Armenian youth in London use music to express and share their identity and cultural heritage within a British context. Realised as part of the SE555 Visual Anthropology Project at the University of Kent (UK).

  • Hugh Brody Runner-Up Prize