A Dream Called Cinema and Theater

1. What inspired you to become a film director, and what drives your creative vision? I was 10 years old, living in the village of Khachmach in Artsakh—about 20 minutes east of Shushi, 40 minutes from Stepanakert, and not far from the Azerbaijani border. The scenery was breathtaking. Every time I played in our backyard or roamed the village, I would tell myself that one day I would make a film about my village. That dream became a reality with my second feature film, The Last Inhabitant. What inspired me to become a film director wasn’t just the art itself—it was the need to preserve memory, to give voice to the unseen and unheard. What drives my creative vision today is still deeply rooted in everything related to Artsakh: the faces, the silence, the strength of my people. I want my films to be bridges—between past and future, war and peace, home and exile. I believe cinema has the power to make people feel, remember, and most importantly, understand. 2. Can you tell us ab...