Victoria Aleksanyan (born 1987 in Yerevan, Armenia) is an

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film director and a co-founder of IFCA Independent Filmmakers Community of Armenia. Aleksanyan has written, directed and produced a number of short films.

Education

Aleksanyan holds a master's degree in Fine Arts in Film from

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, and in economic journalism from

Russian-Armenian University Russian-Armenian University (RAU) (russian: Российско-Армянский университет, РАУ; hy, Հայ-Ռուսական համալսարան) is an intergovernmental university being under the joint authority of the Russia ...

. She received post-production fellowship from Baden-Wurttemberg Filmakademie.

Career

Aleksanyan started her career as a journalist, working in a number of cultural magazines in Armenia. After graduating from Russian-Armenian University and receiving a master's degree in journalism, Aleksanyan's professional path took an artistic direction. She joined an outdoor theater project in

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as a blogger and a performer and shortly after moved to

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City to study Film at

. In November 2018 Aleksanyan implemented a Filmmaking Learning Lab for

Tumo Center for Creative Technologies The TUMO Center for Creative Technologies ( hy, Թումո ստեղծարար տեխնոլոգիաների կենտրոն) is a free education program for teenagers aged 12–18 specializing in technology and design, with education being provided ...

in Gyumri and held a one-month intensive educational film workshop which resulted in a production of a collaborative short film, created by the Tumo students, called “Gyumri, my love.” She also served on the Independent Film Committee for National Cinema Center, reviewing and judging the film projects and scripts for the 2018 State Funding Competition. Now, Aleksanyan is the co-founder, fundraiser, and Board Member of IFCA, Independent Filmmakers Community of Armenia.

Filmography

Director

* ''Man of God'' 2016 * ''Caregivers'' 2014

Producer

* ''Don't Think About It'' 2016 * ''The Professor: Tai Chi's Journey West'' 2016 * ''Risky Drinking'' 2016 * ''The Real American'' 2015 * ''The Baptizm Of Joshua Cohen'' 2014 * ''Broken Badge'' 2014

Second Unit Director

* ''Baggage'' 2016 * ''Mrs. Nebile's Wormhole'' 2016

Art department

* ''Bittersweet Sixteen'' 2014

Awards and nominations

Best Film Nomination at Golden Apricot IFF Armenian Panorama 2014 Best Foreign Film Award at Sunset Film festival, Los-Angeles in 2015.

References

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