Domestic Demon/ Miles/ The Swallow's Toast of Faith

2026, USA/Portugal, 6 min.

A housebound mother's hunger for agency and control among the mutating textures and temporalities of her home sets off an uncanny transformation. Shadow and silhouette capture the surreal ways in which time spent dutifully in the home changes us as we dare to ask, “How can I still be free?” A portrait of matrescence and post-partum depression during the pandemic lockdown, narrated in Western Armenian, the filmmaker's endangered mother tongue.

2026, USA, 9 min.

A young street dancer is shaken when his mother reveals that her time is drawing to an end. Carrying the weight of her words through the streets, he searches for solace in movement as he struggles to face the inevitability of loss.

2026, Armenia, 47 min.

A documentary following people who have experienced repeated forced displacement and continue to live with the constant fear of being uprooted once again. Through deeply personal stories, the film explores memory, belonging, and the uncertainty surrounding life in Armenia's border communities.

Կազմակերպիչ ՝ «Ոսկե Ծիրան» Հ.Կ.