Nare Mkrtchyan. “I was drawing, not the story of 1915 but that of 2015” 

Armenian-American director Nare Mkrtchyan was born in Yerevan, moved to the United States with his family at age of 15. Nare has always been interested in film-making and entered the best university in the United States to fulfill her dreams of cinema –  USC School of Cinematic Arts: After graduation, she started collaboration with  Oscar-winning producer Rob Fried first  – as assistant director, then  – as executive producer.

“Directing has always been closer to my heart and  although I am a producer, but also in parallel and now I am shooting films as a producer and director,” says Nara Mkrtchyan. She produced 60 films shot by “Fried Films” company – mainly documentary films . Nare  managed to shoot 7 short films herself. Her first film was about Armenian immigrants who came to the US, life of Mr. and Mrs. Gevorgyan. The director’s last film is intertwined in her homeland. “The Other Side of Home” tells about the Armenian Genocide. It tells the story from a completely new perspective – women’s perspective.

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