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My Armenian Phantoms (2025)

My Armenian Phantoms poster
Original title
Իմ հայկական ուրվականները
Directed by
Tamara Stepanyan
Genre
documentary film
Country
Armenia, France
Rated
12
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

The filmmaker Tamara Stepanyan tells her own story. She grew up in an artistic Armenian family and reflects on watching her father Vigen Stepanyan work in Soviet Armenian cinema.

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What happens

My Armenian Phantoms (Armenian: Իմ հայկական ուրվականները, romanized: Im haykakan urvakannery, French: Mes fantômes arméniens) is a 2025 documentary film co-written, co-produced and directed by Tamara Stepanyan. It follows the life of Stepanyan, recounting her life living in an artistic Armenian family and what it was like to see her father Vigen Stepanyan in Soviet Armenian cinema. The film had its world premiere at the Forum Special section of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on 16 February 2025. It was selected as the Armenian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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