The selection of films taking part in Sose international film festival competition programme is over. The professional pre-selection committee (filmmaker Anna Bayatian – Armenia; director, producer Lyubo Yonchev – Bulgaria; film critic Marisia Bilska – Poland) has selected 104 out of 336 films sent from 61 countries, and from September 23-30 everyone will have an opportunity to watch and discuss those films.
There are feature and documentary, full-length and short-length films participating in the festival, which are presented in the “Content is Woman” as main competition programme, special competition programmes with the topics “Independence” and “H2o”, and “Student” competition programme.
The biggest number of films are sent from France, Russia and the U.S.A. . Twelve films passed the pre-selection from Armenia.
Competing films of Sose international film festival will be shown in different cinemas and cultural centres of the capital. Detailed information regarding the timetable and venues will be announced soon.
“Content is a woman” Competition Program |
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| Ana | Ajola Daja | 00:26:29 | Short | Albania |
| ID | Celina Font | 00:08:51 | Short | Argentina |
| Turning Point | Armen Simonyan | 01:33:00 | Feature | Armenia |
| Another Homeland. Maria Jacobson’s diaries | Vrezh Petrosyan | 00:50:00 | Documentary | Armenia |
| Circulation | Ani Hakobyan | 00:20:09 | Short | Armenia |
| Lampedusa | Peter Schreiner | 02:10:52 | Feature | Austria |
| Next Door | B. S. Mueller | 00:23:00 | Short | Austria |
| Drizella | Hirtt Sarah | 00:18:12 | Short | Belgium |
| What the night brings | LEA TRIBOULET | 00:20:00 | Short | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| The woman | Margarita Bojilova | 00:30:44 | Short | Bulgaria |
| For Eva | Kiril Totev | 00:20:07 | Short | Bulgaria |
| The Bridge | Yana Lekarska | 00:18:33 | Short | Bulgaria |
| Solveig | Yana Titova | 00:14:49 | Short | Bulgaria |
| Minor | Sam C. Avery | 01:12:00 | Feature | Canada |
| A song of water | Juan José Castillejo | 00:18:10 | Short | Colombia |
| Something About Life | Nebojša Slijepčević | 00:30:00 | Documentary | Croatia |
| Dark Glasses | Jessica Rodríguez | 01:30:00 | Feature | Cuba |
| Wintry Spring | Mohamed Kamel | 00:15:38 | Short | Egypt |
| Easy Reappearance | Guillaume Levil | 00:16:50 | Short | France |
| Granny, Vanya and the Goat | Daria Yurkevich | 00:15:00 | Short | France |
| Juliet | Marc-Henri Boulier | 00:11:30 | Short | France |
| Vartouche’s Chorek | GERARD BOYADJIAN | 00:08:36 | Documentary | France |
| Mother | Rati Tsiteladze | 00:09:55 | Short | Georgia |
| Sisters Share Everything | Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss | 01:33:52 | Feature | Germany |
| He and She | Marco Gadge | 00:15:00 | Short | Germany |
| my last concert | Selcuk Cara (BVR) | 00:14:53 | Short | Germany |
| Monica | Dimitris Argyriou | 00:05:00 | Documentary | Germany |
| Sumud (Everyday Resistance) | Emmet Sheerin / Bryan Gerard Duffy | 00:11:58 | Documentary | Ireland |
| Samira | Dalit Kimor | 00:40:16 | Short | Israel |
| VIP | Boris Baykov | 00:06:57 | Short | Kazakhstan |
| Flutulus | Igor Sadovski | 00:30:00 | Short | Moldova |
| Mother | Piotrek Golebiowski | 00:27:06 | Short | Poland |
| City birds | Julia Belaya | 01:30:00 | Feature | Russian Federation |
| Temptation | Alexander Tyutryumov | 01:20:00 | Feature | Russian Federation |
| Round and Round | Alla Cheremisina | 00:26:38 | Short | Russian Federation |
| Next | Elena Brodach | 00:06:28 | Short | Russian Federation |
| Line of life | Katarina Bulajic | 00:22:00 | Documentary | Serbia |
| The Belgian Mums | Sven Tuytens | 00:26:05 | Documentary | Spain |
| Gender & Number | Inés Poggio Quero | 00:06:33 | Documentary | Spain |
| My Baby Shot Me Down | Daniella Daemy | 00:10:00 | Short | United Kingdom |
| After the Curtain | Emelie Mahdavian | 01:09:39 | Documentary | United States |
| LUTAH A Passion for Architecture: A Life in Design | Kum-Kum Bhavnani | 01:05:35 | Documentary | United States |
“Independence” Special Competition Program |
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| Soldaten | Fabricio Heider | 00:08:45 | Short | Argentina |
| My Armenian land | Garnik Meliq-Karapetyan | 00:03:20 | Documentary | Armenia |
| Hard Work | Lilit Movsisyan | 00:03:00 | Short | Armenia |
| Three Candles: Scars from the Balkan Wars | Diana Zacharieva | 01:19:00 | Documentary | Bulgaria |
| To My Father | Diana Skaya, Liliana Komorowska | 00:25:17 | Short | Canada |
| Stony Paths | Arnaud KHAYADJANIAN | 01:00:00 | Documentary | France |
| Ardak | Esmaeil Monsef | 00:17:51 | Short | Iran |
| spilling salt | Natalia Armienta Oikawa | 01:04:00 | Documentary | Mexico |
| Ever The Land | Sarah Grohnert | 01:33:00 | Documentary | New Zealand |
| The Dybbuk. A Tale of Wandering Souls | Krzysztof KopczyЕ„ski | 01:26:00 | Documentary | Poland |
| The Spring of Life | Nadezhda Vitalskaya | 01:31:12 | Feature | Russian Federation |
| «The Doctor» | Anna Goroyan | 00:25:00 | Short | Russian Federation |
| PieroPaolo | MIGUEL ANGEL BARROSO | 01:16:00 | Documentary | Spain |
| Short Lives in a Large Room | Karlos Alastruey | 00:14:30 | Short | Spain |
| Odessa as it is. People – Events | Roman Volchak, Andranik Davtyan | 01:01:43 | Documentary | Ukraine |
| Bragg N East | Rob Underhill | 00:24:00 | Short | United States |
| A Town Called Theocracy | Jehad N. Al-Khateeb | 00:15:00 | Short | United States |
“H2O” Special Competition Program |
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| Water vender | Sona Tonakanian | 00:10:19 | Short | Armenia |
| The Diary of Theodore Kracklite | Jacques Lœuille | 00:15:00 | Documentary | France |
| The Ripple Effect | Sarah Khan | 00:05:43 | Documentary | Pakistan |
| Black water | Roman Karimov | 01:53:00 | Feature | Russian Federation |
| Ten Centimeters of Life | Anna Yanovskaya | 01:06:00 | Documentary | Russian Federation |
| Sprint to the past | Fedor Selkin | 00:16:00 | Short | Russian Federation |
| Rough Sea | Ariadna Rodríguez Masià | 00:16:20 | Documentary | Spain |
| To The Sea | ufuk çavuş | 00:12:22 | Short | Turkey |
| Waterless | Marc I. Daniels | 00:45:27 | Short | United States |
“Sudent” Competition Program |
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| I have come | Hovhannes Ghazaryan | 00:39:52 | Short | Armenia |
| Breathing | Christine Hambardzumyan | 00:17:24 | Short | Armenia |
| Once I’ve Heard A Sweet Voice | Garik Avakian | 00:13:13 | Short | Armenia |
| The Roots | Marianna Tovmasyan | 00:12:57 | Short | Armenia |
| Ladie’s house | Ani Misakian | 00:11:51 | Short | Armenia |
| Open space | Arman Ayvazyan | 00:11:11 | Short | Armenia |
| Noriko | Christian Jilka | 00:29:59 | Short | Austria |
| Ambivalence | Tine Lammens | 00:06:47 | Short | Belgium |
| Folklore | João Segall, Pedro Anversa | 00:20:00 | Short | Brazil |
| Love | Boya Harizanova | 00:24:00 | Short | Bulgaria |
| Cello | Nicolas Akrabov | 00:20:00 | Short | Bulgaria |
| Leftovers | Peter Howie | 00:11:27 | Short | Canada |
| Engagement | FU BO | 00:09:40 | Short | China |
| Cold ice, warm heart | Viljami Alaheikka | 00:19:01 | Documentary | Finland |
| The Unexpected Taste of Apple | Jonas Bloquet | 00:17:48 | Short | France |
| Colette and The Room B-12 | Alexandra Karamisaris | 00:10:13 | Short | France |
| Bus 43 | Alexis Lazaridis | 00:15:36 | Short | Greece |
| Hasti | Kamal Parnak | 00:09:33 | Short | Iran |
| Drago | Massimiliano Milic | 00:25:00 | Documentary | Italy |
| a Time in a Life | George Barbari | 00:28:35 | Short | Lebanon |
| Life to Tape | Nour Akiki | 00:11:21 | Short | Lebanon |
| America | Aleksandra Terpinska | 00:29:58 | Short | Poland |
| The Undersigned | Michał Pokropek | 00:25:30 | Short | Poland |
| The Silence | Artur Boruzs | 00:06:47 | Short | Romania |
| Gorbatov | Nikita Ordynskiy | 00:24:40 | Short | Russian Federation |
| Verochka | Ekaterina Mazukhina | 00:22:07 | Short | Russian Federation |
| The Revenge | Georgy Soldatov | 00:15:00 | Short | Russian Federation |
| My granny who once lived | Yulia Kalinina | 00:10:26 | Short | Russian Federation |
| Wolves | Alvaro Rodriguez Areny | 00:11:50 | Short | Spain |
| 1942 | Valentin Pittard | 00:10:37 | Short | Switzerland |
| The Subscriber | Maryna Artemenko, Oksana Artemenko | 00:09:39 | Short | Ukraine |
| Demons | Abdullah Ali Al Maawali | 00:13:56 | Short | United Kingdom |
| Cocaine and Cormorants | Alexis P.N. | 00:09:33 | Short | United Kingdom |
| Lost and Found | Gian Marco Heilmann | 00:12:20 | Short | United States |
| We’re Still Here | Ani Djaferian | 00:11:42 | Documentary | United States |
| Daesh Girl | Abdul Almutairi | 00:11:27 | Short | United States |