Tamara Stepanyan

Born in Armenia, Tamara Stepanyan studied filmmaking at the Lebanese American University and documentary filmmaking at the National Film School of Denmark. She now lives in France and is considered one of the new voices of contemporary Armenian film. Her first feature-length film Embers won Best Documentary Award  at the Busan IFF. Those from the Shore won Best Documentary at the Boston FF and the Amiens IFF. Village of Women was selected for more than 30 festivals and received nine international awards and an Étoile de la Scam. My Armenian Phantoms had its world premiere at the Berlin IFF and was the official Oscars entry for Armenia in 2025.

Filmography

Little Stones (short, 2010), February 19 (short, 2011), Embers (doc., 2012), Those from the Shore (doc., 2016), Village of Women (doc., 2019), My Armenian Phantoms (doc., 2025), In the Land of Arto (2025) ․