Vardan Hovhannisyan

Armenia

Vardan Hovhannisyan

director, producer

Mel

Mel

Mel(ine) is an intimate documentary about Mel Daluzyan, one of Armenia’s most talented weightlifters, a once beloved champion who has won medals and broken world records, but whose fame transformed into infamy when his…
Donkey Island

Donkey Island

A humorous documentary about a small island with many donkeys. Lamu, just off the coast of Kenya, is the home of 24,000 people, 6,000 donkeys, just 2 cars and a 14-year-old donkey race champion, Shee Famao, whose…
The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia

The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia

Two old men, 78, 75, are shouting at each other under the tightrope, arguing whose student is the best; ‘I started to walk when I was thirteen, 30 musicians died whilst I was dancing!’ ‘But I won the competition in the…
A Story of People in War and Peace

A Story of People in War and Peace

As a journalist, Vardan Hovhannisyan was supposed to spend five days reporting on the trench warfare in Nagorny Karabakh, a highland territory battled over by Armenia and Azerbaijan. Instead, he stayed for four years.…