Vardan Hovhannisyan
Vardan Hovhannisyan Director/Producer
Vardan established Bars Media Documentary Film Studio, which specializes in making documentaries about human stories, culture, history and other social issues, in 1993. His numerous documentaries include such award-winners as Prison Art, Non-Stop and Winter Melody. More recently he directed and produced A Story of People in War and Peace, which was nominated for the Joris Ivens award at IDFA (The Netherlands, 2006), and has won over 20 other awards including an Audience Award at Trieste Film Festival (Italy 2007), and the 'Best New Documentary Filmmaker Award' at Tribeca Film Festival (New York, 2007). The Film has been shown on the BBC, ARTE, PBS, YLE. He has also produced the documentary The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia, an international co-production with NHK, ITVS, YLE, SVT, TVP. Vardan is also developing documentary films in Africa, Russia and Afghanistan. He is a member of the EDN and the IDA.
External links
- http://www.barsmedia.am/ - Bars Media Documentary Film Studio Official website
- http://www.warandpeacefilm.com/ - "A Story of People in War and Peace" Official website
- http://www.barsmedia.am/tightrope/index.html/ - "The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia" Official website